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My suggestion is to immediately throw away the filters in your pond. They are still sitting in the water aren't they? They still may have the infection in them. I would also scour the filtration system as best you can. Use some hot water if possible.
NEVER use any kind of chemicals to clean your filtration system You may use some bleach occassionally but if it is a black materials or plastic it will ruin it. Bleach should only be used on glass materials. There is an EXCELLENT cleaner available at the store such as home depot/Lowes to treat ponds. It is quite expensive. The BEST solution to use is Aquarium Salt and lot's of water. Use paper towells or spunches with NO chemicals added.
Now that you have cleaned the system, now it is time for the treatment. Mythelene Blue or Tricyclene may be good medications. Mythelene Blue may add some color to your pond as well. Making the pond a blue color also helps in preventing algea from growing as well. Here is the additional information to help in the healing. Add AQUARIUM SALT to the water!!! This aids in healing of the fish. Add a little more than normal useage but not much more. Depending on the size of your pond you may need to adjust the amount.
It also helps to raise the temperature of the water at the same time you add the medicines/salt. Goldfish are normally cold water fish. However, when fish are sick the tank tempature should be raised up to 5 degrees more. If you can get an aquarium heater added to the pond temporarily this may help.
Good luck with the fish! Fin rot or fungus isn't easy to deal with. However, it can be curable. Next time isolate the incoming fish for a few days if possible. Pet Stores are notorious for not incubating new fish prior to selling. Good luck!!!
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