i have a water garden with a few fish in it. some fantails and a shubunkin. ive had them in the pond since spring this year. this morning i lost one and the other male doesnt look like hes going to live. i live in fla. and was wondering if the stress of our weird winter could be causeing death. my other guys are doing great. they are swimming around just fine eating the algea off the sides like normal. my water conditon is fine and i always add my bacteria and clean the leaves out of the pond. so theres nothing rotting on the bottom. the fish that died didnt appear to have any parasites or infection it just died. so any help would be great!
2006-12-17 05:53:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
theres plenty of air in pond. fish without enough air show signs of distress. my other fish or fine.
2006-12-17 06:10:55 · update #1
winter here in fla is strange. right now its in the upper 70s close to 80 then next week is going to be cold again. thats how its been here since october. cold one week than hot the next.
2006-12-17 06:45:14 · update #2
Maybe you need to increase the filtration or add some more oxygen by using an airstone or a water fall.Also are you feeding them anything other than algae? goldfish are omnivores and need a well balanced diet
2006-12-17 06:00:03 · answer #1 · answered by Kara B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in mid Alabama and I understand the strange winter we're having, a lot of people in Florida with ponds are having their fish to start spawning due to the weather
if you can't see anything wrong with your pond and nothing appearing on the fish, then it could be internal parasites
why don't you treat your pond with rock salt, I use 1 lb per 100
gal (won't hurt your fish or your plants) this is a good cure-all treatment also, sometimes they will chase a female to death
2006-12-18 03:18:53 · answer #2 · answered by Loollea 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ponds can have water changes done a few times a year, about 25% at a time. It could be time for one.
Goldfish are a cooler water species and may have a hard time without lots of shade in Florida. You could keep much more entertaining species than goldfish there.
2006-12-17 16:48:03 · answer #3 · answered by Johnny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how weird is the winter down there?... it could be the temperature fluctuation.. if it swings 10 degrees in an hour then yeah, it could be the temp.
as we know, goldfish are cold weather fish. They can take the cold but not a rapid temperature change.
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the weather isn't that crazy... You can add a heater to balance the temperature... but mystery death is expected... It kills the weak and the strong survive.
2006-12-17 14:39:58 · answer #4 · answered by professorminh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you need to increase the filtration or add some more oxygen by using an airstone or a water fall.Also are you feeding them anything other than algae? goldfish are omnivores and need a well balanced diet
2006-12-20 19:41:17 · answer #5 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say its the temp outside if everything else looked fine!
Maybe call a petsmart and see what they think?
2006-12-17 16:07:53 · answer #6 · answered by angelmwilson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋