Backyard pond emergency!?
My neighbor has gone away for the weekend and left me in charge of his fish pond. Heard a funny noise coming from his yard this morning and discovered that most of the water has drained out of the pond this morning (the pump is still running). He's not back until tomorrow and I have no idea how to fix this. Can I just throw a hose in and fill it up again (the fish are okay so far - there's about 6" of water left)
HELP!!!
The fish are your standard pond fare - koi and goldfish.
Turn off the pump. Run water in. PUT DECHLORINATOR IN! If you don't all the fish will die.
There is a leak somewhere near the waterfall. Have a look, put the rock that tipped back in place and all will be OK.
Showing posts with label pond losing water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pond losing water. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Friday, June 04, 2010
Pond losing water
Question:
My water level dropped really fast in my pond.
My pond is abot 800 gallons and this morning. I woke up to find that there was a 6 inch loss of water. (BTW it rained really hard that night) and after I came back from school there was about the same amount, so i know it's not a leak. The day before the water level was stable. I have never had this happen before, so could you kindly tell my why this happened and if it is normal ?
Thank you for your time.
Answer:
First turn off your pump, then fill the pond. Watch it for 24 hours. Then turn on your pump and see if you can see where the water is leaking off the back.
If you have a fountain, the water can be blowing out if you had a storm. If you have spitters, the water can be drooling out of that. No water leaks that fast, so it's the pump.
Check all connections, but chances are a rock tipped and water is falling off the back or the side.
My water level dropped really fast in my pond.
My pond is abot 800 gallons and this morning. I woke up to find that there was a 6 inch loss of water. (BTW it rained really hard that night) and after I came back from school there was about the same amount, so i know it's not a leak. The day before the water level was stable. I have never had this happen before, so could you kindly tell my why this happened and if it is normal ?
Thank you for your time.
Answer:
First turn off your pump, then fill the pond. Watch it for 24 hours. Then turn on your pump and see if you can see where the water is leaking off the back.
If you have a fountain, the water can be blowing out if you had a storm. If you have spitters, the water can be drooling out of that. No water leaks that fast, so it's the pump.
Check all connections, but chances are a rock tipped and water is falling off the back or the side.
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
My pond is losing water
How to arrange my rocks in my pond so they do not splash out and lose water?
The water looks like they are causing me to lose water off the rocks. How can arrange them so it does not happen?
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The water area needs to be twice as wide as the height of the waterfall. If it is not, the water will splash out. That's one of those laws of physics that none of us can break. Even if the water flow is in little drops, it will still splash out. So lower your water height or make the pond bigger.
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