Thread: Keeping filter bacteria alive whilst fixing pond

Hi, it looks like I have a leak in my 1,000 gal pond. A week or so ago I did a water change to 32" deep. Since then it's gone down by an inch/day, now at 25". I did a slight refresh at 26" and refilled to the same level. I'm waiting for it to level out but it looks like I'm going to need a new box liner. That deep down I don't want to have to keep draining if the patch doesn't work. It's stressful for the fish. It's not a couple of hours job so my question is if I use the pond water to fill the paddling pool [intex] used just for fish or my foldup quarantine tank I have. Dig out one of the two linked filter boxes - Oase filtoclear 30,000 and run this through the paddling pool. Can I put the filter sponges from my 2nd filter box, [ Saving me having to dig that out and connect it up], directly into the pond with aeration, would this keep the bacteria that's on the filter sponges that are in the pond - alive? Thanks

Thanks for that, its reassuring that I will be doing the right thing.