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When it is time to change the water in any environment that you have fish in it is not a great idea to change all of it. Fish do not like to have any changes that are sudden in their environment. Any change such as temperature, pH, or chemistry to the water. If you have a good filtration system it should have a biological filter and also a mechanical filter. This is just like ponds found in the wild. The filter that removes the fish waste that is dissolved is the biological filter. The filter will turn the waste into nitrite and then into nitrate. This happen to be done all in the filter system. Nitrate is harmless to the fish but it will allow build up in your pond that can harm your fish.

Some water plants can be bought to help in the removal of nitrates. But it would take so many plants to remove the amount of nitrate that you need them to. Some people use a trickle tower to remove any nitrates in their koi pond but they are not that cheap and by giving your water a partial change is much more cost efficient. Which is like ponds found in nature. You should do a water change often but it only needs to be about ten percent maybe every couple weeks. When you do your water changes you should also check for nitrate levels this will prevent any discoloration in your koi pond. There are test kits that are available that will let you measure for nitrate levels, pH, nitrite, and also oxygen levels in you pond. Similar to Koi ponds naturally occurring in the wild.

If you are planning to use tap water when you fill up your koi pond you should also use additives that you can buy at the store to remove chlorine that has been added to the water. Chlorine will come out of the water if it sits for a few hours also.

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