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Mickymoody
I have a pond in the back garden, established, with fish, that were tiddlers when introduced, but are now 6-8" long, and fat buggers!
They have had a varied life, with a rockery collapse, pump, and UV light failures, but last winter was harsh for them.
The UV lamp, and hence pump was left running to alliveate a frozen surface, but overnight the water was frozen solid, the pump stopped, and the pond was mainly ice, say 2 feet thick? and the pond maybe 2.5feet deep?
The fish then had 3" of water once the ice thawed, but the pump was no more.
Filled the pond up, and the water was gone, after 2 days, back to 3" level. Even though the pump isn't working.
Filled it up again, and it holds water, for a few days. Then water returns to 3" again...
The pond is bedded in clay, with a liner, and can't see any leaks in the liner.
There is nothing flooded in the general area of the pond, so where is all the water going? Why does it hold water for a few days, then lose all the water? No rips or tears in the liner, and its clay lined anyways..?
Fish aren't really happy, as my fish goes to bite my partner when she feeds them, and vica versa when I feed her fish, as they normally like to be stroked, aka tickled trout..but these are Carp.
They have had a varied life, with a rockery collapse, pump, and UV light failures, but last winter was harsh for them.
The UV lamp, and hence pump was left running to alliveate a frozen surface, but overnight the water was frozen solid, the pump stopped, and the pond was mainly ice, say 2 feet thick? and the pond maybe 2.5feet deep?
The fish then had 3" of water once the ice thawed, but the pump was no more.
Filled the pond up, and the water was gone, after 2 days, back to 3" level. Even though the pump isn't working.
Filled it up again, and it holds water, for a few days. Then water returns to 3" again...
The pond is bedded in clay, with a liner, and can't see any leaks in the liner.
There is nothing flooded in the general area of the pond, so where is all the water going? Why does it hold water for a few days, then lose all the water? No rips or tears in the liner, and its clay lined anyways..?
Fish aren't really happy, as my fish goes to bite my partner when she feeds them, and vica versa when I feed her fish, as they normally like to be stroked, aka tickled trout..but these are Carp.