Hi, I've got a 450 litre pond, been set up for weeks and finally added 5 shubunkins to it on the weekend. The next day we couldn't see them at all, the pond is so dark, can't see any of the rocks or anything at the bottom even with the lights on.
The water is clear though when we took some out to have a look.
We have been assuming the fish are ok, food seemed to be going. We took the water lily out and big rock so we could try and see them.
We added some clear start which has helped a little and we did finally see them all yesterday, just about, so we know they are all ok in there but not sure what we can do to clear the water up properly? Seems pointless having a pond if you can't see the fish
we have a blagdon pump, checked the filter spomges and they were completely clear of any rubbish and it's working well.
I did test the water yesterday but with my tropical test kit as that's all I had and lfs wasn't open by time i got home to buy a pond water kit - not sure if they read differently?! Ammonia was clear and nitrite was on the second pink reading - think it was 0.3.
Food has been eaten over night too, all gone when we checked this am.
Any ideas on what's going on?
Thank you!