"googlefan" wrote in message
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W Dale wrote in message
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Probably because they saw something that frightened them, like a hungry
bird or other predator. I noticed below someone suggested that your
pond water need to be 1 year old before introducing fish. Well, that
may be a bit long to wait. When I first started up my pond (2 seasons
ago now) I waited 7 days before introducing gold fish from my next door
neighbors pond. He was wanting to get rid of some anyway and I was in
need of some. Anyway, the fish were fine, did not hide or show any
signs of distress. After that, I began to gradually introduce a couple
of koi at a time (once every couple of weeks or so). No problems. Just
give them a little time. They will come around.
Happy Ponding!
W. Dale

googlefan wrote:

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



Thanks for the advice, I guess all I have for now is wait

You should also montor them daily for any changes in behavior to rule out
disease or poor water quality. You should also monitor the water quality
regularly since it is a new pond.