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Thanks to both Mike and JR for the thoughtful replies. Over the weekend I moved my fish into a "new and improved" 300 gallon quarantine tank and went to work removing ALL rocks and plants from my pond. With the help of my lovely wife, I was able to complete the entire task this weekend. We also took the opportunity to clean the filtration. Unfortunately, we did also clean the pond liner with a brush...(thought it would be better). I've refilled the pond and re-started the filtration and feel good about the future. It looks so much "safer". I have a meeting in the morning with our local pond dealer to see about making the pond deeper and bigger. I will also be talking to him about setting up the bottom drain.
For the last few days, I haven't seen any flashing and my fish have taken the transition to the holding tank rather well. I purchased a few larger koi at the Texas Koi and Fancy Goldfish show auction a few months back and didn't want anything to negatively effect them.
Thanks again so much for your help. This board has proven unbelievably helpful to me since I have started keeping koi.
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