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12-10-2004, 06:31 PM

(googlefan) wrote in message om...
Hi,
I'm a new pond owner.
About 2 weeks ago I bought 6 goldfishes and the first day they seemed
to be fine, but after that they always been in hiding. 3 days ago I
bought 5 more goldfishes and pretty much the same thing happened, at
first they were very active but the next day they went to hiding with
the "old" guys.

It's a 160 Gallon pond with a lot's of rocks. I'm using underwater
pump and filter kit, which includes Biofilter. I tested the water at
the local Petco and it seemed to be fine.

Any ideas why fish will be hiding all the time?

Thanks in advance

Googlefan

Hi Again,
Goldfish slowly started to come out of the hiding, I guess something
must've frightened them. Even though during the day they never show
up, in the evenings when I turn on my underwater lights, they are
coming out.