Last Friday evening I left the hose running into my pond and by morning all of the fish were dead. No they didn’t drown. They were poisoned by the Chloramine in the tap water.
RIP Fish
It was the Chernobyl disaster of my pond. Fortunately I had some mosquito fish in the small fountain and the frog survived so there will be some fauna continuity. The frog probably survived because he has been adjusting to chemicals by taking nightly swims in the pool.
The plan now is to restart the pond with local fish and more lilies. It should be beautiful, environmentally sound and much easier to take care of.
This Lily flowered two days after the fish disaster
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Sorry to hear about the fish. My “sister-in-law” lost her fish to the racoons this Spring. They even pulled up the pond liner! Their frog made it through the attack though.
would love to see a video of the nightly swim posted on youtube.
Josie: frogs seem quite resiliant
Marta: It is probably beyond my technical skill but I might give it a try.