Posted by ramil dy on December 19, 2002 at 03:51:53:
In Reply to: Musty smelling water posted by mom105 on December 16, 2002 at 21:08:54:
for the smell it need a water change and add a carbon in your filter chamber these can be bought in your local petshop the bigger the pond the better the lesser is your maintainance.
ramil
:I've been searching this forum, learning a lot, and I know changes need to be made, but, can anyone advise on this? We have a 125 gallon tank, with 2 butterfly koi (I know its not big enough..) and numerous goldfish. The tank has been very easy to take care of, we have occasionally changed some of the water, or added if needed. The tank has been up and running for 2 years. We have 2 filters on the outside that the water flows back through. No "real" plants. AQ gravel, which the koi keep stirred up a lot. The water smells musty, we've lost a few goldfish, and the bottom-feeder (the guy with a sucker for a mouth, he was about 12") So, now what? I have a third of the water out, I think I should take the most of the goldish out also, and put in an indoor pond that I have in my greehouse. My concern is the koi, they were both one size, but now one, the black and white is about 14", the smaller about 7". We like the koi in the 125 gallon tank, its at my husbands office, which entertains the clients...but I will move them to the indoor pond if that would be better, I believe that one is about 250 gallon. We have city water, so there's chlorine in it, how do I treat the water before I put it in the tank, or do you put the treatment in the tank and put the water in? I have been using a bucket, and adding the treatment, and then putting it in the tank....time consuming if I take a third of the water out, which is why I probably havn't done it too often. Any suggestions?
