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Fish dying #188276 10/18/09 08:20 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5 Georgia G gaboy OP Fingerling
OP gaboy Fingerling G Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5 Georgia	Went my pond this morning to go fishing only to find my fish on top of the water trying to get oxygen. None of the fish are dead yet, but I don't think it's going to be long. Any ideas what could cause this? Could it be the weather? Is there anything I can do to save them?

Re: Fish dying gaboy #188277 10/18/09 08:28 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,507 Likes: 269 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,507 Likes: 269 Miss.	Tell us about the weather lately and the pond. Lots of threads here on low DOs (low oxygen). Any thing that stirs up and moves water in the top 3 feet of the water will help. For example running a boat motor just below the surface or pressure spraying pond water back over the surface. See this near the bottom for emergency aeration. http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthread...=true#Post92497 Last edited by ewest; 10/18/09 08:40 AM.

Re: Fish dying gaboy #188279 10/18/09 08:35 AM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,365 Eunice, Louisiana B bobad Lunker
bobad Lunker B Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,365 Eunice, Louisiana	I hope that doesn't continue. How deep is your pond? Best of luck,,, Shrimp

Re: Fish dying bobad #188280 10/18/09 08:52 AM
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TOM G Lunker T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,086 Dawson Tx	Have you got a water pump you could recirculate water with? I subscribe Some days you get the dog,and some days he gets you.Every dog has his day,and sometimes he has two!

Re: Fish dying gaboy #188290 10/18/09 10:29 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5 Georgia G gaboy OP Fingerling
OP gaboy Fingerling G Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5 Georgia	The weather had been in the mid 80's until Friday. Got down to 44 last night and a high of 65 today. Pond is about 1 1/2 acres and has some 15 foot water in it. The fish are not on top any more so hopefully that's a good sign. I'm running a garden hose in the pond now and got a aerator that runs on the tractor pto. I dipped up about 10 very large brim and put them in the livewell and put a bubbler in and all but one came back to life. There was a crop duster about a mile away this morning and I smelled the chemical he was spraying. That could of caused it maybe. Thanks for the replies.

Re: Fish dying gaboy #188333 10/18/09 10:03 PM
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CJBS2003 Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker C Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,458 Likes: 2 Earth	Might be a turn over that happened a bit too fast... Or some chemicals drifted into your pond?