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fish attack!
I have a pond with Koi and goldfish who lived happily together for a few years.
Today however all the fish apart from the large Koi ganged up on another goldfish and seemed to be trying to push it out of the water. They were quite ferocious in their attempts. My wife netted the fish and put into a seperate pool after which all seemed to cool down. The fish appears to be unharmed and has no visible signs of disease, so what do I do now? |
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fish attack!
Eat him.
"Greg" wrote in message s.com... I have a pond with Koi and goldfish who lived happily together for a few years. Today however all the fish apart from the large Koi ganged up on another goldfish and seemed to be trying to push it out of the water. They were quite ferocious in their attempts. My wife netted the fish and put into a seperate pool after which all seemed to cool down. The fish appears to be unharmed and has no visible signs of disease, so what do I do now? -- Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk |
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fish attack!
Greg wrote:
I have a pond with Koi and goldfish who lived happily together for a few years. Today however all the fish apart from the large Koi ganged up on another goldfish and seemed to be trying to push it out of the water. They were quite ferocious in their attempts. My wife netted the fish and put into a seperate pool after which all seemed to cool down. The fish appears to be unharmed and has no visible signs of disease, so what do I do now? -- Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk That is typical spawning behavoir. You can give the female a chance to rest and then put her back into the pond. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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fish attack!
Let her finish laying her eggs and all will be calm.
"Greg" wrote in message s.com... I have a pond with Koi and goldfish who lived happily together for a few years. Today however all the fish apart from the large Koi ganged up on another goldfish and seemed to be trying to push it out of the water. They were quite ferocious in their attempts. My wife netted the fish and put into a seperate pool after which all seemed to cool down. The fish appears to be unharmed and has no visible signs of disease, so what do I do now? -- Greg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk |
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Many thanks to the posters of the two sensible answers
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fish attack!
Greg wrote: I have a pond with Koi and goldfish who lived happily together for a few years. Today however all the fish apart from the large Koi ganged up on another goldfish and seemed to be trying to push it out of the water. They were quite ferocious in their attempts. My wife netted the fish and put into a seperate pool after which all seemed to cool down. The fish appears to be unharmed and has no visible signs of disease, so what do I do now? -- Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk -- sounds like spawning aactivity John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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fish attack!
put somebody smaller in with her to spawn, dont put her back in with a gang going
after her or they could kill her. Ingrid Greg wrote: I have a pond with Koi and goldfish who lived happily together for a few years. Today however all the fish apart from the large Koi ganged up on another goldfish and seemed to be trying to push it out of the water. They were quite ferocious in their attempts. My wife netted the fish and put into a seperate pool after which all seemed to cool down. The fish appears to be unharmed and has no visible signs of disease, so what do I do now? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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fish attack!
I kinda like the smarty pants answer too Greg! You know we have to
interject some humor sometimes! -- _______________________________________ "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "Greg" wrote in message s.com... Many thanks to the posters of the two sensible answers -- Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk |
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fish attack!
"Greg" wrote in message
| I have a pond with Koi and goldfish who lived happily together | for a few years. | Today however all the fish apart from the large Koi ganged up on | another goldfish and seemed to be trying to push it out of the water. | They were quite ferocious in their attempts. Hello Greg, I'm in the UK too, new to ponds (2 months) and have only 2 goldfish in a small tub 24"Hx12"D. We had no intention of keeping fish but were advised by the garden pond centre to put them in with the water lily, so that they would eat mosquito larvae and small worms that had infested the water. Breeding behaviour began immediately as the fish, Pip + Pop, chased each other around their new home. The lily had stopped growing after all new shoots were eaten by pigeons that perched on the side of the tub. We put a grid over the tub but it was too late for the lily, so, after cleaning the pond, we now have only fish and oxygenating plants. In their new surroundings P+P returned to their courting with ardour and I was keeping an hourly check on them. At 11pm on Saturday I was shocked to see one of the fish lying on the lawn about a yard from the pond. Fortunately, it was still alive, had no sign of injury but when returned to the pond the male began pushing her around the pond sideways. I can only assume that she jumped to try and escape his advances. We separated them for a day, then returned the male. They have calmed down but I’m still keeping an eye on Pip so that she doesn’t make another leap for freedom. I haven't seen any eggs but then I understand that they would eat them anyway. Pauline |
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