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

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  1. Cheetah

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    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.
     
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  3. Marius Swart

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

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