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Hi,
I'm a new pond owner.
About 2 weeks ago I bought 6 goldfishes and the first day they seemed
to be fine, but after that they always been in hiding. 3 days ago I
bought 5 more goldfishes and pretty much the same thing happened, at
first they were very active but the next day they went to hiding with
the "old" guys.

It's a 160 Gallon pond with a lot's of rocks. I'm using underwater
pump and filter kit, which includes Biofilter. I tested the water at
the local Petco and it seemed to be fine.

Any ideas why fish will be hiding all the time?

Thanks in advance

Googlefan

Hi Again,
Goldfish slowly started to come out of the hiding, I guess something
must've frightened them. Even though during the day they never show
up, in the evenings when I turn on my underwater lights, they are
coming out.

You might want to consider putting netting over the pond to keep predators such
as Heron from turning your fish into lunch.

googlefan wrote I guess something
must've frightened them.

Predation by birds leaves frightened fish and no evidence. You can usually tell
when a raccoon visits, they leave a mess and nosh on plants as well as fish.

Herons and kingfishers will leave little or no evidence of a visit (did have
one kingfisher leave a feather and small oil slick behind once).

Netting works. Other devices are motion activated sprinklers, electric fences
that surround the pond or lay over the edge, decoys that lay under the water's
surface.
Some folks lay a tunnel of sorts on the bottom of the pond for the fish to hide
in after the intial strike.



kathy :-)
zone 7, SE WA state

googlefan wrote I guess something
must've frightened them.

Predation by birds leaves frightened fish and no evidence. You can usually tell
when a raccoon visits, they leave a mess and nosh on plants as well as fish.

Herons and kingfishers will leave little or no evidence of a visit (did have
one kingfisher leave a feather and small oil slick behind once).

Netting works. Other devices are motion activated sprinklers, electric fences
that surround the pond or lay over the edge, decoys that lay under the water's
surface.
Some folks lay a tunnel of sorts on the bottom of the pond for the fish to hide
in after the intial strike.



kathy :-)
zone 7, SE WA state