| pm? and more of the 'rest of the story'
I know the feeling re the hyacinths, we started with 3 about 2 months ago. Oh, more of the rest of the story. Ponds been here. Had comets in it. Got rid of them. Bleached everything. Many many rinses. Filled the pond and was adding ammonia to it for about 6 to 8 weeks. Not sure how DH did in maintaining the ammonia flow while I was gone. But by the time I returned from a working trip, middle of Aug - the pond was more than half full of the plants. DH had put in two small koi a few days previous and they continued to be happy for about a week and a half. At that point, half of our WA fish came in and we added the 6 larger koi, salt and melafix to aid in transition, then regular water replacement (about 10 to 15 percent) with 'conditioned/dechlorinated' tap water to help the filters keep up with the new load (filters didnt seem to have any trouble!) and that's when the plants started dying, fish changing color, and general death and unhappiness, etc.... am interested in the meeting, dont know how to send a PM. |