bio oil and ponds?

[treesnakey]

ive got a job right next to a large pond with carp in it. I usually cover the smaller ones. Thinking about changing from sync to bio for this job. Will bio oil cause any harm or effect? this maybe be a stupid question, but just want to be sure.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

For a job like this I would take the stihl bio oil just as a one off to be sure to be doubley sure, you should be fine, but try (aint easy i know) to make your cuts so the dust shoots away rather than just go for it, avoid the worst of it.

 

The stihl stuff is good enough for a SSSI site so good enough for a garden pond I should say.

[alex_m]

you can buy water based chain lube for working near ponds/rivers (sorry, no link) - just make sure you don't leave it to sit in your saw for more than a day!

[Frankie Lawrence]

weve changed to completely bio now foudn it for abou 50 quid on a barrel more than normal.

 

definatley use it for pond work mate

[treesnakey]

i know its expensive, but not as expensive as 10 large koi carp

[arbogrunt]

do it mate, I lost my oil cap over a pond of big Koi and was sweating for the rest of the week! (turned out ok in the end, but been using bio ever since!)

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The advantage of working over Koi is they are often well filtered ponds turning the water over at a rate of about every two hours if its a quality system! with some ponds that can mean 10000Gallon an hour!

 

I used to keep Koi, then we had a power failure and the oxygen pump cut out all day, they was dead by time i got home, huge hi utsuris too, nice chagoi, gutted. never go through that again!

[Al Duffill]

I found that when I switched to Bio it reacted with the old oil in the saw and looked like jelly( had a similar problem with my truck). It may be ok for SSSi's, but i think I'd cover the pond aswell as it will leave a residue on the surface of the water. If the worst does happen just find ur nearest fairground, hook a few ducks,win several fish, put in pond. no one will know:laugh1:

[Al Duffill]

The advantage of working over Koi is they are often well filtered ponds turning the water over at a rate of about every two hours if its a quality system! with some ponds that can mean 10000Gallon an hour!

 

I used to keep Koi, then we had a power failure and the oxygen pump cut out all day, they was dead by time i got home, huge hi utsuris too, nice chagoi, gutted. never go through that again!

 

There you go, not having kept fish I didn't think about filters or the consequences of power cuts, no wonder you were gutted Hamadryad, I'll stick to dogs.