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Dying Koi
I have raised 4 koi for the last few years. They are currently about 12"
long. About three weeks ago, I added three small koi to the pond. Everybody seemed to be doing fine. About 10 days ago, the big koi stopped eating. One of them appeared to have spawned, since I saw the eggs, and I attributed the lack of appetite to the fact that they seemed to be eating the eggs. They also seemed listless, hovering in front of the water flows. The largest koi died two days ago. First, she spent a lot of time hiding under the shelf at the bottom (atypical). Then, she was trouble keeping her balance and was dead the next morning. I saw no sores, fungus, etc. on her. The second largest died this morning. Again, she looked fine on the outside, but was floating on her side, breathing shallowly, and not moving. I had the water tested for ammonia and ph at the pet store and they said that it was fine. Today, I found that one of the smaller koi has fungus. While dipping it, it died. However, I did not see this fungus on the larger fish at all. I am checking into whether there was a mosquito or herbicide spraying lately. It looks like the next largest koi is starting to follow the same pattern: not eating, hiding, hovering. Any ideas or advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Rich |
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Richard C. Eberhardt wrote: I have raised 4 koi for the last few years. They are currently about 12" long. About three weeks ago, I added three small koi to the pond. Everybody seemed to be doing fine. About 10 days ago, the big koi stopped eating. One of them appeared to have spawned, since I saw the eggs, and I attributed the lack of appetite to the fact that they seemed to be eating the eggs. They also seemed listless, hovering in front of the water flows. The largest koi died two days ago. First, she spent a lot of time hiding under the shelf at the bottom (atypical). Then, she was trouble keeping her balance and was dead the next morning. I saw no sores, fungus, etc. on her. The second largest died this morning. Again, she looked fine on the outside, but was floating on her side, breathing shallowly, and not moving. I had the water tested for ammonia and ph at the pet store and they said that it was fine. Today, I found that one of the smaller koi has fungus. While dipping it, it died. However, I did not see this fungus on the larger fish at all. I am checking into whether there was a mosquito or herbicide spraying lately. It looks like the next largest koi is starting to follow the same pattern: not eating, hiding, hovering. Any ideas or advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Rich -- sounds frightly familiar next on if there is a next one look under the gill cover see if there is a slime looking stuff on the gills if so either PP or Proform C John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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"Richard C. Eberhardt" wrote in message ... I have raised 4 koi for the last few years. They are currently about 12" long. About three weeks ago, I added three small koi to the pond. Everybody seemed to be doing fine. Did you quarantine them? Here in the UK there has been some mad virus running around for the last year or so that kills Koi - you have to be careful where you buy them at the moment. |
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Dying Koi
"Richard C. Eberhardt" wrote in message ... I have raised 4 koi for the last few years. They are currently about 12" long. About three weeks ago, I added three small koi to the pond. Everybody seemed to be doing fine. Did you quarantine them? Here in the UK there has been some mad virus running around for the last year or so that kills Koi - you have to be careful where you buy them at the moment. |
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