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Should I turn off my pond water filters while my goldfish are spawning?

Asked by LuckyGuy (43693points) May 31st, 2017

I have a 1000 gallon, dug pond in my woods. After a long winter the temperature recently got above 60F so my fish finally woke up out of their torpor state and are swimming around.
Since yesterday the 8 large (6 inch, 15 cm) fish have been chasing each other around and pushing against each other excitedly. I checked videos online and see that is spawning behavior. That is so cool!!!
Here’s the problem. I have a pump and 3 stage water filter on the bottom of the pond. I also have a media filter/aerator above the pond that further cleans and oxygenates the water and allows me to add clearing agent/flocculent.
I am worried that my wonderful filters will filter out the eggs and any fry that hatch. If I turn off the filters the water will get cloudy and I won’t be able to see the fish. It would be so exciting to have little fish in the pond.

Should I leave the filters on and just let nature take its course, or should I turn off the filters and let nature take its course?

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