- About 1 week before the actual moving date it is advisable to stop feeding. The reason for this is to reduce the amount of liquid and solid waste produced. Liquid and solid metabolic waste contains ammonia.
- You will need a temporary home for the fish. The best way to do this is to hire or buy a kiddies swimming pool.
- Clean out the temporary holding pool using water, taken from the pond; do not use municipal tap water as this contains chlorine, which is poisonous to aquatic fish life.
- You will need to borrow or hire a pond air pump; preferably one with some way of distributing the air such as air stones. This is critical to prevent fish stress and to keep your fish alive, while they are in their temporary home.
- On the day you plan to empty the main pond arrange to pump as much pond water as possible into the temporary pool. Start pumping oxygen into the pool using the air pump.
- Fill the temporary pond to about half full. This will stop the fish from leaping out of the water and out of the pond.
- If you intend to keep the fish in the temporary pond for a period of time then you will need to replace about 50% of the water on a daily basis with fresh water.
- Be vigilant and keep a careful eye on the behaviour of your Koi and goldfish. If you see any strange behaviour just as sulking on the pond floor or gasping for air at the top of the pond, for long periods of time then change a portion of water immediately and make sure the air pump is working properly.
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