Most koi in Balboa Park's Friendship Garden pond die

from their website:

Koi experts, Linda Pluth and Jack Chapman, members of the Koi Club of San Diego concluded that the fish were killed from chlorine poisoning. The auto fill system malfunctioned and failed to shut-off automatically thus untreated tap water flowed into the pond causing the chlorine to burn the gills.
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wataugachicken said:
from their website:

Koi experts, Linda Pluth and Jack Chapman, members of the Koi Club of San Diego concluded that the fish were killed from chlorine poisoning. The auto fill system malfunctioned and failed to shut-off automatically thus untreated tap water flowed into the pond causing the chlorine to burn the gills.
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OK...that makes more sense. I was wondering how the chlorine got there.
 
i am deeply concerned that they would have a machine doing that...... there should be an underground tank filled with koi friendly water. that koi is thougher than corrugated steel
 
i'm sorry (again) but now this is getting stupid. it sounds to me like they only want to buy top-quality expensive fish. read:

A member of the Koi Club of San Diego has lent several fish from his own collection to fill the Balboa Park pond for now.
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Kindhearted koi owners take note: Donations of fish won't help.
Club member Jack Chapman said koi transported from ponds with a different chemistry could sicken those at this pond, and those [the donated fish] are not show fish
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obvs. if they are letting other fish into the pond, it's not really a matter of disease prevention, but one of basic snobbery. if the true purpose of this place/group is to
create a Japanese-style garden dedicated to the well-being of all people which provides educational programs that encourage understanding of the Japanese heritage among people of diverse ethnic backgrounds and cultures.
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then i imagine that there are more beneficial and educational ways to spend 25 grand than on a bunch of koi. i doubt that most of the people who visit the garden, aside from members of the group, could even tell a show-quality koi from any other one.

at least it does seem like they had insurance.
 
If they would buy their "top" quality koi at 4-5 inches you could probably knock $24K off the price to replace. It not like koi grow slow. Then again as long as no public funds go to replace them then it doesn't really matter.
 
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