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Wed, Feb 16, 11 at 16:27
| Hi guys,
I have a half barrel pond in my garden, which over the last couple of years I have done nothing to. I have just let it be like its own ecosystem. I will add water with the hose from time to time, but thats about it. I have about one plant in there......Here's the thing though. Last year Pacific Tree frogs laid eggs there, and then I got tadpoles, and now I have more frogs. Mating season just started again this year and this morning I found a new batch of frog eggs. I think there is probably a bunch of sludge in this pond - I have a couple of snails in there to keep the algae down but the water is pretty murky. I want to go in today and completely change the water and clean out the pond. Is there a product I can get at a regular pet store to treat the water for the chlorine? Every time I start looking at these products I worry that they can only be used if there is a filtration system. Or sometimes the directions apply to much larger ponds and I can't really calculate how much to put in this half barrel size (I don't even know how many gallons it holds) Can someone recommend a product I can get at the pet store to use in this pond? |
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| Why don't you let the new water sit for a few days? Put into a couple of buckets and let it sit for a 3 or 4 days and the chlorine will dissipate on its own. |
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| Chlorine will disappear after 24 hours. That is how I do my 90 gallon fish tank. Otherwise, you will need to fill the barrel with a gallon jug so you know how much water is in there. Then get the "safe start" liquid from the store. |
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| I have my goldfish from the pond now in a 55 gal aquarium in the basement. Every 4 weeks I exchange 25% of the water, first fill three 5 gal buckets with faucet water and let it sit there for 24 hrs to get rid of the Chlorine, no chemicals are added except table salt (no jodine). The fish love it. |
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