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comets dying??
We have a mature 800 gallon pond in Los Angeles,
CA (seven years old) with lush plant life, 24 hour filtration, regular incremental water changes, etc. Currently we have a five year old Comet (very large) and two four year old Koi (about 16") in the pond. Two weeks ago we placed three new comets, two fingerling Koi and ten minnows. The three Comets died (were not attacked/no apparent physical damage) during the last few days, the original Koi and new Koi all seem fine. We found one minnow dead, but can see at least four or five others. We feed Koi pellets and Goldfish flakes. This is the third time we have tried to introduce new Comets into the pond, but invariably they do not make it. We lost the original Comet (Haley) to a heroin about six months ago, and just want to give the other Comet (Halebob) some company (currently he is hanging with the large Koi). Any idea why we have trouble with the Comets but not with the Koi? We have bought all the fish at the local Petco. The Comets are the 30 cent variety, probably being sold as feeder fish, and we feel good about saving them from that fate, but not just to have them die anyway. best, doug |
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comets dying??
"old dirtbeard" wrote in message ... We have a mature 800 gallon pond in Los Angeles, CA (seven years old) with lush plant life, 24 hour filtration, regular incremental water changes, etc. Currently we have a five year old Comet (very large) and two four year old Koi (about 16") in the pond. Two weeks ago we placed three new comets, two fingerling Koi and ten minnows. There could be a couple of simple reasons why your new fish are not making it - either they were not healthy in the first place or the water in your pond is very different to the water they have been used to. With the volume of water you have your pond is really quite heavily stocked now anyway - have you tested for Ammonia/Nitrites? It may well be hat you have levels of these which are enough to kill the smaller fish but which the bigger fish can withstand (that said it wont be good for them generally). When you do your water changes are you using a dechlorinator? Do you know if you have Chlorine or Chloramine in the water? Chlorine (and Chloramine) will kill off your bio filters to some extent. My biggest concern is about quarantine. You have grown 3 nice big fish & it seems very "brave" of you to just introduce new fish into the pond without quarantining them for a couple of weeks first - I wouldn't be doing that myself! I |
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comets dying??
"old dirtbeard" wrote in message ... We have a mature 800 gallon pond in Los Angeles, CA (seven years old) with lush plant life, 24 hour filtration, regular incremental water changes, etc. Currently we have a five year old Comet (very large) and two four year old Koi (about 16") in the pond. Two weeks ago we placed three new comets, two fingerling Koi and ten minnows. There could be a couple of simple reasons why your new fish are not making it - either they were not healthy in the first place or the water in your pond is very different to the water they have been used to. With the volume of water you have your pond is really quite heavily stocked now anyway - have you tested for Ammonia/Nitrites? It may well be hat you have levels of these which are enough to kill the smaller fish but which the bigger fish can withstand (that said it wont be good for them generally). When you do your water changes are you using a dechlorinator? Do you know if you have Chlorine or Chloramine in the water? Chlorine (and Chloramine) will kill off your bio filters to some extent. My biggest concern is about quarantine. You have grown 3 nice big fish & it seems very "brave" of you to just introduce new fish into the pond without quarantining them for a couple of weeks first - I wouldn't be doing that myself! I |
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Reality is for those with no imagination. From: old dirtbeard Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com Newsgroups: rec.ponds Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:14:49 GMT Subject: comets dying?? We lost the original Comet (Haley) to a heroin terrible to have an addicted fish... sorry--couldn't resist LOL mad -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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comets dying??
We lost the original Comet (Haley) to a heroin
terrible to have an addicted fish... sorry--couldn't resist LOL mad You have to love those spell checkers coming in and "correcting" your misspellings. I once had a spell checker change the recipients name from Stephanie to Stewpan, and then I get the message back from her asking me why I called her a stewpan. doug |
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