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Posted	flooding!
25-06-2007 17:04 by bluboy	hi. now im sure u will all now about the weather warnings around england and where i live we hav a severe weather warning. today ive had the day off school because it has flooded. surrounding villages have flooded and down the road there is a small river that has filled about 10 feet and covered a field, woods and peoples gardens. where we live is on a slight slope s all the water gos through us and there quite a flow going down towards our house. there is a chance the drains will filland burst so theres quite a chance of flooding and massive powercuts. we have a pond in the garden(raised and formal) aswell as the tanks. what can i do incase of powercuts Ie keeping the filter bacteria alive and aeration aswell as the heat in. what should i do about the pond fish? ill go down to the river and get some pics in a minuite to show you wahts happened. to be honest when i saw it i shat a brick in case it comes up to our house. anyway any ideas? anyone else had floods where you live etc cheers
25-06-2007 17:32 by netty d	Hi blu, about all you can do is tip a bucket of water in the pond filter every 20 mins or so to keep the bacteria fed and alive. The fish in the pond should be fine, as the rain falls it creates air bubbles (oxygen). As for the tanks, a battery power back up pumps always handy to have. Will keep an eye on the thread for ideas for myself.....lol. We have lorries stuck under bridges in 2 ft of water in town.....immposible to get to some places.
25-06-2007 17:34 by robert.pope	best to wrap the tanks in towels to retain the heat within your tropical tanks......goldfish in outside pond will need removing if your to keep them when/if the pond were to flood good luck
25-06-2007 17:42 by Jake Casson	Never mind the weather-I just flooded my house, forgot to turn taps off before un doing them. 1 1/4" pipe, thats alot of water. Had to go and hire massive dehumidifier. The river near is the fastest in the country and often floods, lived beside it for 22 years. Upstream every winter people lose the contents from their ponds so now alot of koi swimming around in the Arun. Generaters cost nothing these days, check screw fit direct out. If not hire one from the many tool hire centres
25-06-2007 18:37 by bluboy	cheers. im going out to get pics from around the town so ill stick them up soon.
25-06-2007 20:28 by bluboy	some pics as promised* heres the road outside my school
25-06-2007 20:34 by bluboy	heres the stream along the path i get to school on usualy only about 5 inches deep and 1m wide completely burst its banks
25-06-2007 20:36 by bluboy	a bit further down the stream on one of the playing fields
25-06-2007 20:37 by bluboy	the river down the road
25-06-2007 20:39 by bluboy	the bridge that goes over it
25-06-2007 20:41 by bluboy	a whirlpool thats formed
25-06-2007 20:43 by bluboy	flood plains
25-06-2007 20:44 by bluboy	back gardens
25-06-2007 20:59 by robert.pope	very good photos! looking on the news alot of people were in the same "Boat" ! its caused alot of dammage ! where i work we had just fitted a new kitchen for a customer.......however they woke up to 3-4 inches of water lapping up their new units! looks like we will have to repair the dammage
25-06-2007 21:02 by bluboy	view from bridge
25-06-2007 21:28 by stevebrillo	no hosepipe ban this year then
25-06-2007 21:41 by robert.pope	these photos look like an amazon back water!.......all thats missing is some discus or parhana !
25-06-2007 21:45 by Jake Casson	Cool pics, saw on news 2 blokes which had rescued goldfish just beached in gardens and on the road. Too wet for me to work, costing me money now.
25-06-2007 22:30 by Woz	just spend ages chasing my koi around the garden, unfortunately i havent got any as yet, and there still not in the pond, im just hoping the water doesnt drop too much tonight so i can have another go tomorrow, a mates just rang me to give him a hand as hes had a few koi die ,and also lost alot of others because he has a ditch around 20yards behind his pond and theyve been flooded out of the pond into the ditch and swam away....all in all im pretty chessed off with this blady english weather and ill be even more so if i lose any fish to it
25-06-2007 23:09 by sonia
26-06-2007 02:31 by Caz	Wow bluboy thats some great photos, hope everything works out OK for you. Here's a link to an article I found last year about what to do in power cuts, the guy knows what he's on about as he says at the end of the article he went for 11 continuous days without power or running water: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/power_failure.php
26-06-2007 08:51 by bluboy	got some more i didnt have time to put up last night
26-06-2007 08:54 by bluboy	the playgroung for the little kids mar aswell be a swimming pool for them
26-06-2007 09:38 by Alan	As far as the fish indoors go a generator is the way to go. With the pond all you could do is put a strong mesh tight over the top of the pond and hope the fish remain contained if it floods the risk is you get a flood with raw sewage but providing the drains don't back up and the mesh stays in place you shouldn't lose any pond fish. I wouldn't be to worried about filtration in the pond either as it will be getting the mother of water changes! Hopefully though it will start to subside a bit now while there is a break in the weather I think the UK has had the worst of it now.
26-06-2007 11:19 by naiad	I had to bail out some water from my goldfish tub in the garden to stop it overflowing, as the level was rising very fast. The water was running off the roof, carrying dust and moss into the fish water. I have managed to remove most of the dust. I certainly have to think of getting a cover for them!
26-06-2007 15:53 by Woz	still chasing fish....and basically i have no chance, im sure theyre laughing at me
26-06-2007 17:30 by bluboy	woz catch them with a rod and maggots
26-06-2007 17:58 by tracyanne	i wouldnt touch that water has they say that the waste plant was washed out and that water is carrying well use ya imagination ...... i feel so sorry for all that are affected by this
26-06-2007 18:23 by bluboy	theres supposed to be terrential rain again tonight and tommorow morning where i live so im pretty much expecting the above pics again. when its bak to normal ill take pics again to show oyu how much the water has risen
26-06-2007 20:46 by big cats	never tell anyone your koi escaped it is a criminal offence to allow a non native fish or animal into the environment, knowing this country theyll nick you for it?????? good luck to all affected by the floods
26-06-2007 21:01 by Jake Casson	Didnt think it'll efect me but river burst banks and flooded my 5,000 gallon pond. Lost a fair few fish inc 1 channel cat, 2 small wels cats and 2 different types of sturgeon without mentionning the koi. Guess it'll make fishing more interesting this summer. Gutted
27-06-2007 10:00 by Alan	Unless you have a license don't mention the wels or the channel cats again!
27-06-2007 13:34 by naiad	Jake, I'm so sorry to hear of your lost fish. With the numbers of fish escaping during floods, we are going to have a lot more species in the UK! Some of them will certainly survive.
27-06-2007 15:55 by Woz	mine are hear their and everywhere, i havent spotted any casualies as yet but im 100% certain there will be, there in my neighbours gardens two doors left and right and behind the house , absolutely nom chance in hell ill be able to find them all...quite s**t really because aswell as them being pets their also worth alot of money...and as im sure alot are aware of they dont grow incredibly quick, so its not as easy as start from scratch with some more young fish...arhhhh
27-06-2007 17:28 by bluboy	dont worry im sure youll get as many back go get som chicken wire and make sum kinda trap 4 them
28-06-2007 08:46 by big cats	hey i am sorry for anyone who loses a pet,thats what they are to us, but i am gobsmacked that you did not ensure that the wels and channel couldnt escape wels cats will ,if they survive ,cause untold damage to local fish stocks,if anyone from the environmental protection agency catches sight of this thread some folk could be in trouble.A few years ago we had a flood ,a local trout farmer was prosecuted for not preventing the escape of his trout,this was before the new laws?????? I would be surprised if the webmaster has not got a duty of care to ensure anyone he knows of breaking the law be reported to the appropriate authorities, after all if someone on this thread admitted to killing someone then we would all expect action.We as fishkeepers are being squeesed and pushed about what we should keep and not keep and have a responsibility to our fish, each other and our environment.Again my thoughts are with those who have lost prized pets
28-06-2007 14:17 by D.R.	Lidl had a promotion on inflatable boats a few weeks back. Rally the troops round and get search party on the dingy for missing koi
28-06-2007 17:18 by bluboy	heavy rain where we are again at the weekend so to be honest i think alls gunna happen again. i feel sorry for the people at the bottom of the hill where the water destroys so much of their property. with the wet ground and water thats been soaked up im sure that this time it could be worse. good luck to you who are under water

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