Jon wrote:
Sunshine wrote:
Thanks Moley for the Daily Mail link. We had a feeling that lack of oxygen and too much bacteria killed our poor fish. We took the lily out of the pond and set it free in Little Britain lake - the frogs will have to fend for themselves.
We will be taking out the pond and not restocking it (it was quite upsetting)
I've just been for a walk in the sunshine - it's still hot out there but it's lovely to walk without a jacket or carrying an umbrella
Only just spotted this. The fish in my pond died
en masse the other day. The same thing happened to me once before.
The fact that Jon also suffered a sudden loss ( sorry to hear that ) seems to back up the lack of oxygen theory then. Ponds are most at risk during thundery weather and it sounds as though these losses coincided with the outbreak of thunderstorms we had earlier this week ??
In the past when I have had ponds and kept fish, a sure sign of distress was the fish coming to the surface and literally gasping for air, even with the pumps working. To overcome that I used to play a hosepipe directly on to the surface of the pond, sometimes for several hours.
Similar conditions are in situ this afternoon across much of The South East. Several thunderstorms already being reported and the heat and humidity has really built over our region this afternoon. It could all go BANG in the next few hours.
Just across The Channel in France, Benelux and Germany severe conditions are being reported.
Moley
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