My project is complete after much heart ache. The project itself didn’t give me the heart ache. Yesterday I had planned my day such that I finished all my chores and little jobs to do well ahead of time so that I could finish my project quickly. Before I sat down to finish I had one last job. I just wanted to feed the fish so I went to feed them. When I looked into the pond I saw some algae and blanket weed. For the warm and sunny weather they had begun to grow so I thought I would treat it. I went and picked a bottle which said it was for control of algae etc so I used it. After a few minutes I found the fish had begun to gasp for air and come up. Alarmed I checked the bottle. There was nothing in the front to say not to use but when I looked at the back of the bottle there in very tiny print it said not to use for ponds with fish! I know it was silly of me not to read the label properly but why on earth there was no warning in the front of the bottle? I or my hubby would never have bought this liquid.. To cut a long story short I had to spend rest of the day flushing out the pond and filling it up with new water. By afternoon the fish seemed to be a bit better. When I woke up this morning I was not sure if I would find all my fish dead or alive. This morning I decided to give a final change of water and I found one dead baby fish. There were nine of them I couldn’t see many in there. Maybe they just went into little crevasses in the pond and died or maybe they are still there hiding. Whatever it is the big fish are still alive but for how long I don’t know. Only time will tell. They seemed ok this evening. So this was my disaster and heart ache. I know i must have killed half the pond life but i hope the pond will recover soon. Ok enough of my natter i am off to bed now.
I’m quite sure I wouldn't have seen the warning either Shashi so don’t be hard on yourself. I do hope the rest of your fish are OK.
ReplyDeleteHello Barbara the fish were still alive this morning and looked ok but I cant see all the little ones. I hope they survived.
DeleteHope you have recovered from your jet lag now and are rested
oh,...i probably wouldn't have seen it either and it should be in big letters on the front label - not tiny letters on the back. Glad it seems that some have survived.
ReplyDeleteYes I am glad too. There were nine baby fish and only 3 died so it is not too bad. But I feel still bad
Deletehope the whole pound is OK!! things like that do happen, so dont be too hard upon yourself.
ReplyDeleteEven though I lost only 3 I still bad about it
DeleteAwwww.... sorry to hear about the little fishy Shashi.... we're a couple of old softies.... any living thing we want to keep alive it seems... I hope all returns to normal for them.
ReplyDeleteWell there were nine baby fish but seven survived. Its like then there were 7😀
DeleteOh dear, I'm so sorry about the pond and fish situation. I do hope the remaining fish survive. The company should have put some sort of warning label on the front of the bottle. Hoping to hear good news soon.
ReplyDeleteProbably my fault for not reading the full instructions I suppose
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