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This morning I found one of our Koi laying outside the pond. I found
him in time and he seems to be fine. We had a storm last nite, windy and alot of rain. The last storm we had, several months ago I had the same thing happen with another Koi. Again I was lucky and found him in time. Both fish are so far fine. What makes Koi jump out of a pond during stormy weather? I've had the ponds for four years now and never had this problem. Anyone else experience this? FYI, nothing fell in the ponds to scare them. Judy |
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Most likely change in water quality. Check your pH & KH, if KH is low the
fish are suffering from rapid change in pH. If these are out of whack, and you're not sure how to fix it, please ask here before doing anything. ;o) Or could be lightning, but I think you'd know from the loud boom so close to the house. ~ jan On 15 Mar 2003 08:29:22 -0800, (Judy) wrote: This morning I found one of our Koi laying outside the pond. I found him in time and he seems to be fine. We had a storm last nite, windy and alot of rain. The last storm we had, several months ago I had the same thing happen with another Koi. Again I was lucky and found him in time. Both fish are so far fine. What makes Koi jump out of a pond during stormy weather? I've had the ponds for four years now and never had this problem. Anyone else experience this? FYI, nothing fell in the ponds to scare them. Judy See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Jan is "right on" regarding the water chemistry: if your KH is below 150 or
so, you have very little buffering capabilities to counter a heavy rain, especially if it hasn't rained in a while and the rain tends to be more acid than normal. Baking soda is a very effective and cheap way to buffer your pH. For whatever its worth, I keep my KH above 200 at all times (one because my bead filter demands it for optimal working, but also because of the squirrely rains we get here!) Check it and let us know what it reads. Lee "~ jan" wrote in message s.com... Most likely change in water quality. Check your pH & KH, if KH is low the fish are suffering from rapid change in pH. If these are out of whack, and you're not sure how to fix it, please ask here before doing anything. ;o) Or could be lightning, but I think you'd know from the loud boom so close to the house. ~ jan On 15 Mar 2003 08:29:22 -0800, (Judy) wrote: This morning I found one of our Koi laying outside the pond. I found him in time and he seems to be fine. We had a storm last nite, windy and alot of rain. The last storm we had, several months ago I had the same thing happen with another Koi. Again I was lucky and found him in time. Both fish are so far fine. What makes Koi jump out of a pond during stormy weather? I've had the ponds for four years now and never had this problem. Anyone else experience this? FYI, nothing fell in the ponds to scare them. Judy See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
Why?
Jan is "right on" regarding the water chemistry: if your KH is below 150 or
so, you have very little buffering capabilities to counter a heavy rain, especially if it hasn't rained in a while and the rain tends to be more acid than normal. Baking soda is a very effective and cheap way to buffer your pH. For whatever its worth, I keep my KH above 200 at all times (one because my bead filter demands it for optimal working, but also because of the squirrely rains we get here!) Check it and let us know what it reads. Lee "~ jan" wrote in message s.com... Most likely change in water quality. Check your pH & KH, if KH is low the fish are suffering from rapid change in pH. If these are out of whack, and you're not sure how to fix it, please ask here before doing anything. ;o) Or could be lightning, but I think you'd know from the loud boom so close to the house. ~ jan On 15 Mar 2003 08:29:22 -0800, (Judy) wrote: This morning I found one of our Koi laying outside the pond. I found him in time and he seems to be fine. We had a storm last nite, windy and alot of rain. The last storm we had, several months ago I had the same thing happen with another Koi. Again I was lucky and found him in time. Both fish are so far fine. What makes Koi jump out of a pond during stormy weather? I've had the ponds for four years now and never had this problem. Anyone else experience this? FYI, nothing fell in the ponds to scare them. Judy See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
Why?
Jan is "right on" regarding the water chemistry: if your KH is below 150 or
so, you have very little buffering capabilities to counter a heavy rain, especially if it hasn't rained in a while and the rain tends to be more acid than normal. Baking soda is a very effective and cheap way to buffer your pH. For whatever its worth, I keep my KH above 200 at all times (one because my bead filter demands it for optimal working, but also because of the squirrely rains we get here!) Check it and let us know what it reads. Lee "~ jan" wrote in message s.com... Most likely change in water quality. Check your pH & KH, if KH is low the fish are suffering from rapid change in pH. If these are out of whack, and you're not sure how to fix it, please ask here before doing anything. ;o) Or could be lightning, but I think you'd know from the loud boom so close to the house. ~ jan On 15 Mar 2003 08:29:22 -0800, (Judy) wrote: This morning I found one of our Koi laying outside the pond. I found him in time and he seems to be fine. We had a storm last nite, windy and alot of rain. The last storm we had, several months ago I had the same thing happen with another Koi. Again I was lucky and found him in time. Both fish are so far fine. What makes Koi jump out of a pond during stormy weather? I've had the ponds for four years now and never had this problem. Anyone else experience this? FYI, nothing fell in the ponds to scare them. Judy See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
Why?
Jan is "right on" regarding the water chemistry: if your KH is below 150 or
so, you have very little buffering capabilities to counter a heavy rain, especially if it hasn't rained in a while and the rain tends to be more acid than normal. Baking soda is a very effective and cheap way to buffer your pH. For whatever its worth, I keep my KH above 200 at all times (one because my bead filter demands it for optimal working, but also because of the squirrely rains we get here!) Check it and let us know what it reads. Lee "~ jan" wrote in message s.com... Most likely change in water quality. Check your pH & KH, if KH is low the fish are suffering from rapid change in pH. If these are out of whack, and you're not sure how to fix it, please ask here before doing anything. ;o) Or could be lightning, but I think you'd know from the loud boom so close to the house. ~ jan On 15 Mar 2003 08:29:22 -0800, (Judy) wrote: This morning I found one of our Koi laying outside the pond. I found him in time and he seems to be fine. We had a storm last nite, windy and alot of rain. The last storm we had, several months ago I had the same thing happen with another Koi. Again I was lucky and found him in time. Both fish are so far fine. What makes Koi jump out of a pond during stormy weather? I've had the ponds for four years now and never had this problem. Anyone else experience this? FYI, nothing fell in the ponds to scare them. Judy See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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