Koi not eating and hiding
Kim,
If it happened after new fish added they probably were diseased. Immediately add salt as pure as possible at 1 lb per 100 gallons over 1 or 2 days. That might help save some of the fish.
Edgar
On Jul 2, 2008, at 3:19 AM, kimlx90 wrote:
> Thankyou for the reply. The sequence of problems was: older fish died > first, Two new koi died within days of being put in the pond, Second > older fish died. Now all fish not feeding. > > Unfortunately I don’t have any facilities to quarantine the new fish > so they had to be directly introduced into the pond. Not ideal. > > I’ve been keeping the lilly small and filtration runs 24h a day to try > and keep the O2 levels up. Also a second pump dropping water into the > pond running occasionally. > > As eveything had been running ok since the pond was constructed > 14years ago, I have never carried out any tests on the water. What > tests would you suggest I need to carry out and what is the most > important one to start with? as I am new to testing and treating the > pond, what small test kits would you suggest I use? > > Kim > > > — In worldwidekoiclub@yahoogroups.com, ramil_dy > wrote: > > > > 2 new commers aside from the two no more fish? usually new commer > > in a big pond or aquarium won’t eat specially they are from mud > > ponds. When you bought them what are their conditions? The SOP of > > new fish should be quarantine first pefore going to main pond. > > The problem with planted pond during night time the plants consume > > oxygen without filter and aeration there will be a problem. How is > > your water condition? The problem is we don’t know the cause why > > the old fish died. New commers will take time to eat specially they > > are both new since no fish brave enough to get the food. > > > > > > > > — In worldwidekoiclub@yahoogroups.com, “kimlx90″ > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I’m new to the group, but have kept koi for over 20 years without > > many > > > problems. My pond is approx 1000 gallons filtered with an Oase > > Biosys > > > 3 system. The pond is stocked with 10 koi varying from 7-14″in > > length. > > > The pond also contains a water lilly but no other plants (apart > > from a > > > bit of blanket weed). > > > > > > Recently I’ve had two of the larger fish die and two replacement > > small > > > ones too. Now all bar 2 of them have taken to hiding down the > > bottom > > > under the lilly are very shy and won’t eat anything. As it’s now > > weeks > > > since they’ve eaten properly, I’m very worried about them but > don’t > > > know where to start helping them. > > > > > > I’m not sure if it’s relevant but last year and this year the > Lilly > > > growth has exploded and I’ve had to remove leaves to keep the > > surface > > > clear for the water to circulate. The lilly is planted in a solid > > box > > > on legs so that it’s not too deep to grow. > > > > > > The koi that died looked in good condition to my untrained eye. > > > > > > Please can anybody advice me what to do to help them. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Kim > > > > > > > >
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