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Koi out of pond
I have a 10" Koi who was out of the pond when I got home tonight. Not
completely dry but not breathing. Got him back in water and moved him by hand to get some water flowing through gills. He started breathing but still very weak. He's on side and having difficulty moving at all. tends to drift down but is breathing. Water temp is about 40 degrees. Pond has a pump filter and I put him in the flow from the pump where it re-enters the water. Am I stressing him too much by moving him around? Should I move him to warmer water? If so, should it be done immediately and how fast do I raise the temperature? Will it stress him or subject him diseases? |
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Koi out of pond
Yowza! Poor fish! On the plus side, he's still alive. On the negative side,
it's awful darn cold (which is, in a way, also a plus). Hopefully you have a quarantine tank somewhere. I'd move the fish, along with some of his pond water, to the Q-tank. Install a large airstone and a heater. Raise the temp and keep the air going. Maybe add some salt to the 1.5 - 2 ppm range. The fish has probably been seriously compromised, so consider him a houseguest until the pond warms. You may be stressing him by moving him, but the alternative to NOT moving him isn't too pleasant. Watch the water parameters like a HAWK. Good luck! Lee "Larry" wrote in message om... I have a 10" Koi who was out of the pond when I got home tonight. Not completely dry but not breathing. Got him back in water and moved him by hand to get some water flowing through gills. He started breathing but still very weak. He's on side and having difficulty moving at all. tends to drift down but is breathing. Water temp is about 40 degrees. Pond has a pump filter and I put him in the flow from the pump where it re-enters the water. Am I stressing him too much by moving him around? Should I move him to warmer water? If so, should it be done immediately and how fast do I raise the temperature? Will it stress him or subject him diseases? |
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Koi out of pond
Yowza! Poor fish! On the plus side, he's still alive. On the negative side,
it's awful darn cold (which is, in a way, also a plus). Hopefully you have a quarantine tank somewhere. I'd move the fish, along with some of his pond water, to the Q-tank. Install a large airstone and a heater. Raise the temp and keep the air going. Maybe add some salt to the 1.5 - 2 ppm range. The fish has probably been seriously compromised, so consider him a houseguest until the pond warms. You may be stressing him by moving him, but the alternative to NOT moving him isn't too pleasant. Watch the water parameters like a HAWK. Good luck! Lee "Larry" wrote in message om... I have a 10" Koi who was out of the pond when I got home tonight. Not completely dry but not breathing. Got him back in water and moved him by hand to get some water flowing through gills. He started breathing but still very weak. He's on side and having difficulty moving at all. tends to drift down but is breathing. Water temp is about 40 degrees. Pond has a pump filter and I put him in the flow from the pump where it re-enters the water. Am I stressing him too much by moving him around? Should I move him to warmer water? If so, should it be done immediately and how fast do I raise the temperature? Will it stress him or subject him diseases? |
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Koi out of pond
Yowza! Poor fish! On the plus side, he's still alive. On the negative side,
it's awful darn cold (which is, in a way, also a plus). Hopefully you have a quarantine tank somewhere. I'd move the fish, along with some of his pond water, to the Q-tank. Install a large airstone and a heater. Raise the temp and keep the air going. Maybe add some salt to the 1.5 - 2 ppm range. The fish has probably been seriously compromised, so consider him a houseguest until the pond warms. You may be stressing him by moving him, but the alternative to NOT moving him isn't too pleasant. Watch the water parameters like a HAWK. Good luck! Lee "Larry" wrote in message om... I have a 10" Koi who was out of the pond when I got home tonight. Not completely dry but not breathing. Got him back in water and moved him by hand to get some water flowing through gills. He started breathing but still very weak. He's on side and having difficulty moving at all. tends to drift down but is breathing. Water temp is about 40 degrees. Pond has a pump filter and I put him in the flow from the pump where it re-enters the water. Am I stressing him too much by moving him around? Should I move him to warmer water? If so, should it be done immediately and how fast do I raise the temperature? Will it stress him or subject him diseases? |
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Koi out of pond
Yowza! Poor fish! On the plus side, he's still alive. On the negative side,
it's awful darn cold (which is, in a way, also a plus). Hopefully you have a quarantine tank somewhere. I'd move the fish, along with some of his pond water, to the Q-tank. Install a large airstone and a heater. Raise the temp and keep the air going. Maybe add some salt to the 1.5 - 2 ppm range. The fish has probably been seriously compromised, so consider him a houseguest until the pond warms. You may be stressing him by moving him, but the alternative to NOT moving him isn't too pleasant. Watch the water parameters like a HAWK. Good luck! Lee "Larry" wrote in message om... I have a 10" Koi who was out of the pond when I got home tonight. Not completely dry but not breathing. Got him back in water and moved him by hand to get some water flowing through gills. He started breathing but still very weak. He's on side and having difficulty moving at all. tends to drift down but is breathing. Water temp is about 40 degrees. Pond has a pump filter and I put him in the flow from the pump where it re-enters the water. Am I stressing him too much by moving him around? Should I move him to warmer water? If so, should it be done immediately and how fast do I raise the temperature? Will it stress him or subject him diseases? |
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Koi out of pond
Yowza! Poor fish! On the plus side, he's still alive. On the negative side,
it's awful darn cold (which is, in a way, also a plus). Hopefully you have a quarantine tank somewhere. I'd move the fish, along with some of his pond water, to the Q-tank. Install a large airstone and a heater. Raise the temp and keep the air going. Maybe add some salt to the 1.5 - 2 ppm range. The fish has probably been seriously compromised, so consider him a houseguest until the pond warms. You may be stressing him by moving him, but the alternative to NOT moving him isn't too pleasant. Watch the water parameters like a HAWK. Good luck! Lee "Larry" wrote in message om... I have a 10" Koi who was out of the pond when I got home tonight. Not completely dry but not breathing. Got him back in water and moved him by hand to get some water flowing through gills. He started breathing but still very weak. He's on side and having difficulty moving at all. tends to drift down but is breathing. Water temp is about 40 degrees. Pond has a pump filter and I put him in the flow from the pump where it re-enters the water. Am I stressing him too much by moving him around? Should I move him to warmer water? If so, should it be done immediately and how fast do I raise the temperature? Will it stress him or subject him diseases? |
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Koi out of pond
Be careful, not sure I'd make it too warm. Bringing him inside will
put him from 40 to about 70 degrees over a few hours...might be a shock. |
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Koi out of pond
Be careful, not sure I'd make it too warm. Bringing him inside will
put him from 40 to about 70 degrees over a few hours...might be a shock. |
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Koi out of pond
Be careful, not sure I'd make it too warm. Bringing him inside will
put him from 40 to about 70 degrees over a few hours...might be a shock. |
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Koi out of pond
Be careful, not sure I'd make it too warm. Bringing him inside will
put him from 40 to about 70 degrees over a few hours...might be a shock. |
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Koi out of pond
Be careful, not sure I'd make it too warm. Bringing him inside will
put him from 40 to about 70 degrees over a few hours...might be a shock. |
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Koi out of pond
Be careful, not sure I'd make it too warm. Bringing him inside will
put him from 40 to about 70 degrees over a few hours...might be a shock. |
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Koi out of pond
Be careful, not sure I'd make it too warm. Bringing him inside will
put him from 40 to about 70 degrees over a few hours...might be a shock. |
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Koi out of pond
Be careful, not sure I'd make it too warm. Bringing him inside will
put him from 40 to about 70 degrees over a few hours...might be a shock. |
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Koi out of pond
"Larry" wrote in message om... I have a 10" Koi who was out of the pond when I got home tonight. Not completely dry but not breathing. ======================== Before netting our ponds we lost a few goldfish and koi by jumping. Now they manage to wiggle off the rocks and fall back into the ponds. Not one "jumping" death in years. :-) -- Carol.... My Webpages: http://.www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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