Hi everyone,
I have recently replaced my old pond in my garden which was lined with pond lining and have installed a pre-formed plastic pond. Although i'm not new to having a pond i have ever tired out a pre-formed pond. I had 3 existing fish in the pond before and i added these plus 7 more to the new pond. These 10 consisted of Koi, Goldfish and Shubunkins. Once i had filled the new pond with water i added some solution i purchased from the fish shop to keep the fish healthy. After this i put the bag on the water and left for half and hour and slowly let them in the water. Everything was fine for a few days until one of the goldfish died. I thought it was down to shock perhaps. A week later i added a few more fish to the pond. These seemed to settle in fine again, until i found one dead. This time it was a Koi that had died, one of the new ones, again i put this down to the shock. 2 days later the whole pond has died out! The fish seemed fine until the Koi died. They had been in there a few days before the first death so surely it rules out shock? I have heard that the pre-formed plastic liners are poisonous but it did take a good 2 weeks for this poison to kill the fish if this is the case? I thought that perhaps one of the new fish i purchased had a decease and infected all the other fish. They did seem to be short of breathe before they died. Any advice would be brilliant as i'm not sure what to do to get a healthy pond back. Many Thanks!
I have recently replaced my old pond in my garden which was lined with pond lining and have installed a pre-formed plastic pond. Although i'm not new to having a pond i have ever tired out a pre-formed pond. I had 3 existing fish in the pond before and i added these plus 7 more to the new pond. These 10 consisted of Koi, Goldfish and Shubunkins. Once i had filled the new pond with water i added some solution i purchased from the fish shop to keep the fish healthy. After this i put the bag on the water and left for half and hour and slowly let them in the water. Everything was fine for a few days until one of the goldfish died. I thought it was down to shock perhaps. A week later i added a few more fish to the pond. These seemed to settle in fine again, until i found one dead. This time it was a Koi that had died, one of the new ones, again i put this down to the shock. 2 days later the whole pond has died out! The fish seemed fine until the Koi died. They had been in there a few days before the first death so surely it rules out shock? I have heard that the pre-formed plastic liners are poisonous but it did take a good 2 weeks for this poison to kill the fish if this is the case? I thought that perhaps one of the new fish i purchased had a decease and infected all the other fish. They did seem to be short of breathe before they died. Any advice would be brilliant as i'm not sure what to do to get a healthy pond back. Many Thanks!
