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  1. Think about it.... nature doesn't do it and fisheries don't do it. They have a balance and obvioulsly and natural underground filter system as you would have in a fish tank. If you only spot a problem when your fish begin to die, then you need to look closer and more often to your fish, because they will show signs of stress well before they pop off.
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    I used to work in Aquatics and had tanks at home, one with a beautiful black moor goldfish(fancy tail, big eyes, short and stubby you know the sort), it started off black and as most untrue fish turned orange. One day someone bought me in this Pangasius cat fish, lovely little 4 inch black fish with the most gorgeous whiskers out, and in he went with "Dudley" the black moor. They lived happily for a short while until one day on a quick glance passed the tank, poor Dudley appeared to have lost one of his eyes, frantically searching around the tank for sharp objects and the gravel to see if I could see it(excuse the punn) Mr. Catfish proudly swam passed Dudley and whipped out his other eye. I never thought to look in his mouth for sharp objects. Poor Dudley kept swimming unrelentlessly hitting first one end of the tank and then the other and his loss did not bother him at all, but I could not stand to look at his poor gazeless face any longer and had to get rid of him. Aaarrrhhhh
  3. Although your aquarium is unheated as it should be for coldwater fish, I wouldn't bring in the Tench as they do like the dark and entering a dark room on these dark nights with a dark aquarium and putting the light in the room can startle them thus ending in lots of banging head against aquarium wall/glass and finally death. Carp however grow on at a great rate of knots in side, but you must get them used to the temperature change first in your established tank. If they are happy leave them where they are, and start a new tank with something else. :-)
  4. If the balance of your pond is right, ie, you have the right balance of plants, fish, water, food and filteration, you should only have to top up the pond in the Summer when natural evaporation occurs. Such a minimum amount of water exchange should not need dechlorination, but if you were to strip the whole lot down in the middle of Summer then I would possibly go for a water conditioner or like you say let it stand for 24hrs before re-introducing the fish. I wouldn't do anything in Winter up to the middle of Summer due to stress on the fish in their more dormant stage due to the cold. If its not broke - don't mess!
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