On 05 Jun 2003 00:49:39 GMT, (BGreel) wrote:
Over the winter I bring my fish in side in a wading pool. During the witner
I
lost two of them to what I thought was old age. Now the rest are back out
in
the pond and I am seeing another fish showing the same symptoms.
Please describe your problem, including fish characteristics, like;
whirling, flashing, gasping at surface, wounds, etc.: (Which you've done,
see rest of sick fish/pond form below. Answer what you can, leave blank
what you can't, but do not delete the questions.)
The fish seem to get weak, their fins kind of clamped down. They swim like
they are a little off balance. Then I find them lying on their side curved
in
a semi circle. They stay this way for a few days and then dye. This slow
process takes about a month after they show the first symptoms of swimming
oddly.
Joan
They also seem to loose weight and are unable to gain it back.
Pond Size in Gallons? (litres*.26=US Gallons): 185
Water Source (Well, Irrigation, City?)
If City how is water treated?: = city, treated with Tetra AquaSafe
Time in Operation? Pond is Three years old
(How old is the pond/water?): One Month
Liner type? Preform(EPDM,PVC,RUBBER,Cement/Concrete etc):
Fish Population?
Type? Size? QTY, Time in Pond:
* comets and shubunkins size from 3" to 9" Have been in the outside pool for
two weeks. Were in the wading pool about 7 months during winter inside
Food? Type and Frequency of feedings.:
Feed once a day floating goldfish food for color and normal food
Pump Type, IN/OUT of pond, GPH etc
(Describe your filtration system as well as possible): Mag pump inside pond
250gph feeds into upper whiskey barrel liner that serves as bio filter and
veggie filter.
Prefilter media type? Last cleaned?: outside pond -
Filter on inlet of pump open foam (came with pump) bottom feed bio filter and
veggie filter combo with air tower. Swamp cooler manmade filter media, lava
rock, irises, water celery, and marsh marigold plants. Inside pond- had bio
fliter containing zeolite, and charcoal, aireation stone
Filter is BIO or Mechanical? Last cleaned? How (using dechlorinated
water?)?: spring
Carbon added? How much? When last changed?:
Aeration? Waterfalls? Bubblers?
Water falls one 10" and one 3"
Venturies?:
Water Temp? 50
PH?: normal
Ammonia (ppm or mg/l):normal
Nitrite (ppm or mg/l): normal
Nitrate (ppm or mg/l): normal
Water Color, cloudiness, odor?: Little green but normal for this time of year
Water changes? (% of pond volume and how often):
Additives used (water conditioners etc):
Aqua safe from Tetra
Tests done by self or another?:
Weather (what's it been like lately?):
Medications used?:
What Zone or Country of residence?:
zone 5 to 6
~ jan
See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/