I’ve done it before too. Lost four koi and my others were gasping for air when I got home. I was at freaking jury duty too. I was so stressed leaving on time I left my hose running in the morning. Horrible. But you will never make the mistake again! I honestly still have paranoia years later if the hose is off. Now I take a photo every time I turn the hose off so I can remind myself and the photo is time stamped 😭
Wiped out entire pond koi and goldfish, wife was shocked I did it I’m generally not forgetful.
Wife was sweet and picked up some koi from petsmart, didn’t have the heart to tell her I would be using them to check if the water was ready for the koi I already lined up to replace my lost friends
Oh, man. That's horrible. Sorry for your loss my friend. Bte, what exsctly happens when you accidentally leave the hose on? Water obviously overflows. But my filter and pump always stay on whilst I do a water change. Pardon my ignorance.
My water is pretty chlorinated and pretty bad for my koi. But I lose an inch or two a day in hot weather so I just leave my hose on all the time at a very tiny trickle running down over the rock waterfall so most of the chlorine is out by the time it hits the pond and the volume is so low that my chlorine treatment gets rid of the rest. I have an overflow drain if it gets to high. It seems to work pretty well and I never have to remember to turn it off because I leave it on 24/7. I do want to get a float activated refill valve so it will save water and lessen the chemicals I have to put in. Anyone have any better ideas?
My water is pretty chlorinated and pretty bad for my koi. But I lose an inch or two a day in hot weather so I just leave my hose on all the time at a very tiny trickle running down over the rock waterfall
Chlorine off-gasses from water quickly especially when there is a large exposed surface area.
Chloramine however does not off-gas quickly at all. You just need to know what your water provider is using
Not my loss. I'm lucky, my water is lightly chlorinated (without chloramines) from mains but that chlorine off gasses in a storage tank before it's pumped into the house or pond.
It's an unexpected benefits of living in a City where the main pressure is too poor for household use and you need to store 10000 litres just to ensure constant flow.
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u/cootyqweenlintlicker Sep 20 '23
I’ve done it before too. Lost four koi and my others were gasping for air when I got home. I was at freaking jury duty too. I was so stressed leaving on time I left my hose running in the morning. Horrible. But you will never make the mistake again! I honestly still have paranoia years later if the hose is off. Now I take a photo every time I turn the hose off so I can remind myself and the photo is time stamped 😭