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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Koi turn up dead in Fort Worth Japanese Garden after accidental chlorination


All because they used regular tap water to fill the pond. DOH!

Horrifying, just horrifying. Poor little fishes.

By Flickr user Slick Vic

Horrifying, just horrifying. Poor little fishes.

More than 100 Koi fish were discovered dead today in the Japanese Garden pond after the water was accidentally chlorinated overnight.

The garden’s three ponds normally contain about 800 of the brightly colored orange fish that range in size from about six inches to three feet in length.

The accidental chlorination occurred during normal pond cleaning that is carried out every other year.

The procedure involves lowering the water level in the pond and placing two 55-gallon stock tanks filled with raw water in the pool to contain the fish. The tanks are filled with a water line that normally carries raw water, but due to a maintenance procedure at the nearby South Holly Water Treatment Plant, the line also was being injected with tap water. Tap water contains levels of chlorine that are safe for human consumption, but are harmful to Koi fish.

The Japanese Garden is closed to the public today.


Source: Fort Worth



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jkingpegasus, anonymous:

It really is horrifying. Some of those fish are as old as I am (30).

4 years, 2 months ago
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Mike Orren, verified:

Indeed gut-wrenching. When we moved into our house six years ago, the previous owners had koi which they left us and we did the exact same thing by accident.

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Travis Bush, verified:

Love those fish...must be quite a setback for the gardens.

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Jesus Valadez, verified:

Noooooooooo! My girlfriend will be sad to hear this. She loved feeding those fishies.

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ch0, anonymous:

Now I feel like my 50 cents were wasted. Curse you, South Holly Water Treatment Plant!!!

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cyancey, anonymous:

Working with fish for over 30 years and the precaution we take to insure their health and well- being, unfortunate accidents like this is still hard to take, especially for the animal care takers.

4 years, 2 months ago
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Vic Savelli, staff:

At least it wasn't a total wipe out. They are lucky it was only 100 of the 800.

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Timada, anonymous:

I seem to remember a few years ago at Beaumont Ponds[ http://www.beaumontponds.com/ ] there was an incident similar to this, it’s a real shame a mix up like this can kill so much wildlife. The people in charge of the water need to be more conscious of the wildlife. I’m just glad the koi aren’t an endangered species.

3 years, 8 months ago
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