Million dollar idea!

[DrDave]

If it fails, use the mineral spirits 1st then clean off the mineral spirits with acetone. MS can leave an oily reisdue and Acetone will remove that.

 

[mrsclem]

Well, guess no one has come up with a stop-leak for ponds yet. Started losing water again 2 days ago and it has dropped below the patch put on so I guess there was a problem somewhere else. I have shut down the bog to rule that out and put my filter that was leaking a small amount into a container but no luck. Water level is now 6" in the shallow end. Most of the fish in this pond were going up for sale this spring anyway so I guess this would be a good time to move them to sale tanks.
Also, had my neighbor tell me he saw a redtailed hawk on the ground by the pond last week. I have seen it close by and yesterday I watched it swoop over the pond. The netting is now up but 2 pure white koi are missing! Not sure how many smaller fish he got as well. We have 3 pairs of hawks nesting in our neighborhood.

 

[sissy]

oh my sorry to hear that do you have places or tanks to move the fish to safety or are they to large for that .

 

[mrsclem]

I have 1 150 gallon stock tank and 2 100 gallon ones. Will put the sale fish in those and the ones I will be keeping will go in the new pond. I figure if I move my filters over to the new pond while we rebuild, I can handle the overstocking.

 

[addy1]

Darn sorry about the hawk getting your fish mrsclem. We have a bunch in the woods behind me, they are more bird eaters then fish I think lol

It is getting to nesting season, they are looking for food!