Biological pharmycuticals???

[viperman100]

when setting up a pond (1000)gallons for koi do I need to add, water conditioners and cycle (bacteria) like you do for an aquarium? this isnt mine, i'm helping a friend set up his pond with a submersible filter and uv filtration cuz the lady that built it for him only set him up with a water circulation pump which feeds hil waterfall. I think originally he didnt plan on putting fish in it but wants to now. I will be doing it this weekend so please give me some info.

 

[Muske]

Does the pond have water or brand new?

If adding new water, absolutly add stress coat or chlorine remover. Adding cycle will only help too. I would start w/some feeders for a couple of weeks before adding any Koi. The Koi have a bigger bio-mass and creat a lot more waste. By using the goldfish, it will give the pond a chance to build up the BB before the Koi are introduced. I treat my pond like my fish tanks....

Add chlorine remover each time I add new water, QT all fish, don't over feed, and do reg. maintenace.

 

[viperman100]

we drained it in order to add the new pump and filters so I guess you can call it brand new. but I guess the answer is yes it will need water conditioner each time he adds water and setting it up will require a bacteria like cycle just like a new tank. Thanks wasnt sure because I saw a thread state about not needing filtration at all.

 

[Muske]

Ponds with no filtration still have filtration in the form of plants. Does your buddy have a fish tank in the house, or any other buddies have a pond? Take some gravel from each to add BB to the new pond. Fishless cycle will take longer to establish BB.