Sulking Koi - why?
We have recently cleaned out our pond and pulled out some plants as the pond was overrun with iris' and lillies. Before this our koi were swimming about, feeding well and were almost tame, ie: approaching surface and fedding well and sociable. Now however, they have "sunk" to the back of the pond behind a clump of iris. They hardly feed and appear to be sulking/hiding and ... basically doing absolutely nothing!
We are frantic with worry and thought we were making their pond home nicer...! What is wrong with them.... and more importantly will they recover? Help.....! |
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Sulking Koi - why?
in the process of cleaning out your pond you undoubtedly stirred up the bottom muck
and a lot of toxic gasses were probably released which are directly toxic and also use up oxygen in the pond. In addition, the plants provide a lot of "cover" to fish from predators and your removal of the cover has left them feeling exposed. perhaps you have even had a visit from a raccoon or heron all ready. that is the chief cause of fish "disappearance" in spring. INgrid On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:24:16 +0100, Gedster wrote: We have recently cleaned out our pond and pulled out some plants as the pond was overrun with iris' and lillies. Before this our koi were swimming about, feeding well and were almost tame, ie: approaching surface and fedding well and sociable. Now however, they have "sunk" to the back of the pond behind a clump of iris. They hardly feed and appear to be sulking/hiding and ... basically doing absolutely nothing! We are frantic with worry and thought we were making their pond home nicer...! What is wrong with them.... and more importantly will they recover? Help.....! |
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Thanks for your observations. We have taken some advice and it appears to have worked! Which we are pleased to say.... having said that we totally agree with you that: a) we have probably distubed the muck at the bottom considerably and b) yes, we have also had a heron pilfer but that was weeks ago and they seemed to settle down fairly quickly. Anyway, all appears to be back to "normal" for now. Thanks again for your interest and advice.
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Sulking Koi - why?
"Gedster" wrote in message ... We have recently cleaned out our pond and pulled out some plants as the pond was overrun with iris' and lillies. Before this our koi were swimming about, feeding well and were almost tame, ie: approaching surface and fedding well and sociable. Now however, they have "sunk" to the back of the pond behind a clump of iris. They hardly feed and appear to be sulking/hiding and ... basically doing absolutely nothing! We are frantic with worry and thought we were making their pond home nicer...! What is wrong with them.... and more importantly will they recover? Help.....! ========================= You took away their feeling of security. You changed what they were used to. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
Sulking Koi - why?
On May 7, 10:57*am, Gedster
wrote: snail;842455 Wrote: Hope it works. Hi - Just to update you..... we took your advice and there has been a vast improvement... feeding OK, swimming about and generally looking good. Thanks for the advice. -- Gedster Nice to hear they are happier. More fun, too, I suspect. Jim |
We accept afresh bankrupt out our pond and pulled out some plants as the pond was beat with iris' and lillies. Before this our koi were pond about, agriculture able-bodied and were about tame, ie: abutting apparent and fedding able-bodied and sociable. Now however, they accept "sunk" to the aback of the pond abaft a array of iris.
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