Nettle plants toxic to fish?
I was using a trimmer near my pond and accidently chopped into some nettle
plants, pieces of which flew into the water. Then, two days later, the biggest goldfish (6"+) got sick -- it looked like it was trying to cough something up, then it just lay over and stopped trying and after another day passed it died and I removed it from the pond. None of the other fish (there are about forty) seemed to be affected. Does anyone have any experience with goldfish eating nettle plants? I thought maybe the big fish ate a piece of nettle leaf and got poisoned from it, but my wife is doubtful. I know the leaves retain their nastiness after soaking in the water, because I cleaned the pond over the weekend and got a big-time nettle sting from a plant part that was on the bottom. My hand was still burning twelve hours later. David |
Nettle plants toxic to fish?
On Tue, 13 May 2003 16:32:26 -0400, "David"
wrote: I was using a trimmer near my pond and accidently chopped into some nettle plants, pieces of which flew into the water. Then, two days later, the biggest goldfish (6"+) got sick -- it looked like it was trying to cough something up, then it just lay over and stopped trying and after another day passed it died and I removed it from the pond. None of the other fish (there are about forty) seemed to be affected. Does anyone have any experience with goldfish eating nettle plants? I thought maybe the big fish ate a piece of nettle leaf and got poisoned from it, but my wife is doubtful. I know the leaves retain their nastiness after soaking in the water, because I cleaned the pond over the weekend and got a big-time nettle sting from a plant part that was on the bottom. My hand was still burning twelve hours later. David http://www.akca.org/library/poison.htm Were there any berries on it? Looks like I made some bad choices according to this list.... |
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