I have had 2 shubunkins die in my pond in the last 7 days for no apparent reason,when they seemed to be ok pre

Question

I have an air pump in pond,also fountain and pump and bioforce filter.the other fish seem ok.no marks on fish or fungus.any ideas thanks.

Answer 1

it must be the heat even though its got a pump and fountain , maybe they didnt like the change in the water temp ?

Answer 2

I found out recently that my filter wasn't big enough, although it the filter did 2000ltrs and the pond was 1800ltrs, you have to increase the pond volume measurement by 25% if there less that 1/2 the surface covered in plants, and another 25% if the pond is in direct sunlight for most of the day. I upgraded the filter and no only has all the green stuff sorted itself but the fish seem a lot more active again.

Answer 3

It is probably to do with the heat in one way or another. They could of got to hot. Also in the heat algae grows faster which could have let least oxygen in. Maybe even the pond was to shallow where the water had evapourated? A good idea in the summer is to every now and again run a hosepipe in the pond as it is cooler and brings in more oxygen! Hope this might help!!

Answer 4

if you are running the pump 24 hrs a day you should be OK for oxygen in the water

but water plants that give off oxygen during the day take it back at night so keep your air pump and filter running

it could simply be that they were old although I doubt it

as there are no marks on them I think you can rule out the local cats although I have seen them take some fish without marking them

Answer 5

It does sound like water high quality complications unfortunatly. bypass get a dropper-type try equipment and examine out your water. you need to have 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrates and little or no nitrites to have a healthful goldfish surroundings Is there any way you've a water pump bypass from the backyard to the position an outlet may be to pump te water by skill of a tube to get filtered? Goldfish are very very weak to ailment and shortage of life in an unfiltered un-oxygenated surroundings.

Answer 6

If both of them died at the same time, then it is very likely that they were poisoned, me and my father (excellent fish and plant specialists) had some shrimp in our sealife tank, they were fine for a week, then they keeled over and died. we had never seen anything like that as we have 400 fish (in ponds etc.) and nothing like that has ever happened before. we then discovered that they died due to poisoning, as some fish are much more succeptable then other fish. So they were poisoned I'm afraid. Likely to have been something in the air at the time.

Answer 7

I was told yesterday that the pump should be on all day in this heat to keep the water oxygenated. I've lost two of mine, one last night and another this afternoon. The heat and reduction in oxygen are the only things I can think of.

Answer 8

Check the nitrate and nitrite levels in the water espically after the weather weve had also the change of temperature due to the weather wont be helping and maybe consider getting a UV in there.

Answer 9

1.could be just one of those thing
2. have you checked any plants that are near the pond there are a lot that are poisons to fish
3 have you checked the pH in the pond

Answer 10

it mite b the change in water temp. have u chekd it? i have have 4 shubnkins die in the past two weeks ans couldnt come up with a reason except the water was too hot or......... there is a disease going round that only kills them.