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Koi isolating itself
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Posted by eshaps z7NY (My Page) on Sat, May 17, 08 at 21:29
One of our very large Koi (approximately 8 years old) has been isolating itself in the same spot for about 10 days (nose/head in to the side of the pond). We cannot see any visible signs of infection or distress. It just hangs out there. Today, another of our large koi swam over to this koi, went underneath it and butted it with its nose and actually got this koi to leave its spot (I hope this makes sense). The koi that I'm worried about swam around the pond and looked just fine for a few minutes. The koi that butted it went into the spot that the first koi stays in. A few minutes later they switched and the original koi went nose in to that exact spot that it's been hanging out in. Does anyone have any clue as to what might be going on??? I hope I made some kind of sense to someone.
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RE: Koi isolating itself
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| could be water quality or parasites. Have you added any new fish or plants lately? What are your water test readings (pH, ammonia, kH especially). |
RE: Koi isolating itself
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| Makes total sense to me as I had the same thing happen.. my ammonia spiked after a huge spawn.. took me a week to clear the water back to normal.. I was really worried as my biggest and most expensive koi were doing the same thing.. they also could be clearing way for a spawn too.. like ccoombs1 says check your water.. I didnt find KH a issue but the other PH and ammonia were a problem.. make sure you test for both types of ammonia as I got false readings sometimes from my test kits.. |
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