Oops!!.... This could've been disaster....

Early yesterday, Istarted to drain water from one of my ponds with no fish in the pond (at a slowrate)..... When the pond had around 15% water left..... I put the garden hosein there and started filling it with the (slow) drainage still in place.

Now.... this pond is adjacent to a Guppy pond (with about500 guppies in it) and interconnected by an overflow pipe into the Guppypond.... At around 20h00 last night..... (pond almost full).... I got a phonecall and spoke on the phone for about 10 minutes..... AND THEN!!!!.... Icompletely forgot about the filling process going on outside and eventuallywent to bed.

This morning at around 07h00..... I suddenly rememberedabout the filling process going on outside and rushed out to see that the"no-fish" pond overflowed into the guppy pond which (in turn)overflowed into the garden......

Needless to say that both ponds must've had a ten timesvolume displacement/replacement during the 11 odd hours that I was fillingthem, thus meaning that my 500 Guppies were now in pure tap water directly fromthe hose........

Apart from a few males which overflowed with the currentinto the garden...... I do not notice any other ill effects on those still inthe pond.... in fact..... they actually look cheerful and full of life. I'llmonitor to see that they remain fine.

 

Did they survive??? 500??? nice. How big is your pond? i should take tips from you,my gupp pond ugh......