Pond/Fish advice.

When you cleaned the pond out, did you clean out your filter media.....? Please dont say you threw the media out and put brand new media in..?

Originally Posted by Bibio

Stuff....

Cheers bud, I will investigate a little further, and may even take a sample to my local aquatics centre.

Originally Posted by darylB

It might be worth changing the bulb in the uv light, they only last for 6 months and then lose their effectiveness, Ponds do lose water in summer due to evaporation, especially if running fountains, waterfalls etc.

Daryl

Cheers, I'll look into getting a new UV for the old filter, but the filter that is being used in the fish pond is only 2 or so months old.

Originally Posted by BigBaddad

Chips go well with fish.

Unfortunately I only like cod.

Originally Posted by Quiff Wichard

phil dont worry too much..

a year or 2 you will get Kate up the duff and be filling it in to make a sand pit.

Shut up and go be soft or sumet!

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

Phil, I'd go and buy some oxygenating plants and get them in there and also look into getting some water quality testing equipemt, probably in the form of an inexpensive kit so that you can test the water and make sure that it has the right PH and balance. Go to a good aquatic centre and ask the staff there, not Pets @ Home or similar.

Plenty oxygen in the water hun as I have plants and the pond is agitated quite a lot from the feeds coming out of the filters.

Originally Posted by Stuuk1

When you cleaned the pond out, did you clean out your filter media.....? Please dont say you threw the media out and put brand new media in..?

No, no, no, no. Not on your nelly. I only ever clean the media with pond water, and it wasn't required when I moved the fish. My larger filter is also self cleaning, you just turn a knob, knock/shake it a couple times and it's done!

Looking at it again, the fish that keeps swimming up, doesn't seem to be able to float. If it stops it appears to sink, so has to keep swimming upwards. It also doesn't appear to be able to swim very easily, it all seems very laborious and not at all graceful (i.e. very wriggley!)

The murky water seems as if you are going through some kind of algae boom but seeming as you have cleaned your media properly, its strange.

http://www.fishforums.net/

Register on there, it has thousands of members and the some of the mods there are people with 40+ years of experience. Ask on there and you will get a correct answer in no time!

I keep tropical fish so I know a little, but there is a dedicated pond section on there so give that a try.

Cheers bud.