i have this fantail fish at home and its about 8 years old but she's still very active. i also have four koi fish and two pond fish and they seem to be okay with one another. but just a little while ago, the koi fishes had tasted some of blood from a scape one of them had and now they're going after the fantail to eat her. they have already eaten most of her fins and now she can barely move to the top of the tank. Is she going to survive?
2007-04-27 11:24:30 · 11 answers · asked by @_@ JZ @_@ 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
if i move it to another tank, it might get scared since its used to being with the fish it had befriended with
2007-04-27 11:49:49 · update #1
its an old fish and it is hard to remove her from the tank since as soon as you touch her, she goes flying and hits the tank walls like a ping pong ball.
2007-04-28 05:14:31 · update #2
Basically it's your choice... scared fish or dead fish. Move her or she's a goner for certain.
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2007-04-27 13:06:06 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-13 22:50:54 · answer #2 · answered by lorenzo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok, fantail you said so it should be alot slower then your koi. And getting foood would be a problem. But nothing should affected because they are really similer so they should all be able to eat too. But it depends on your koi. I had a crazy koi who eat any thing. If you put a fantail with one of those problems are bond to happen. A. it will either haress the fish for being slower by ripping it's fins making it prone to dieses and other fungal pathagins. B. it might lose it's eyes because i'm guessing youv'e had those koi for a while and you've seen how they eat. They will just suck out those eyes. it happened i learned the hard way. Is it likley no........ but you never know. If you had your koi for a while and you thing they are not as agressive as what i said then fine your goldfish will be happy living with them. She will survive don't worry, just take her out and treat the tank she is in for fungal deisease. Because of her fins being eaten away she is more uickley for fin rot, to eat the rest of it's fins away :). don't worry she will be ok, trust me.
2007-04-27 14:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by Jack Herbert 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fantail fish are very sensitive; Every fantail my mother has ever had would be fine for a while but as soon as the other fish in the tank got it in their head to eat the fantail then she was a gonner...if you love your fishie then the best thing to do is remove her from the more violent breeds--buy her a friend who is alittle more passive so that they may have a tank to themselves, and your fantail may have a chance to regrow her fins (she's probably in alot of pain-the fins are the most sensitive area for them)
2007-04-27 11:39:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fantails should never be in the same tank with koi. Fantails are slower moving goldfish which is why most fantails are not pond fish (that is not to say they cannot survive in a pond).
I would remove the fan tail.
Just out of curiousity, how large is this tank with the Koi and goldfish? they could be more agressive due to the size of the tank.
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2007-04-27 13:34:44 · answer #5 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You have to get her out of that tank. Those fish will not stop until she is dead.
Whether or not she survives depends on how badly wounded she is. I would put a little salt into the tank you put her in and watch her closely for infections.
Good Luck
2007-04-27 11:57:52 · answer #6 · answered by Fish Lover 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Move her out of the tank. It's that simple. Koi are very similar to goldfish who will eat anything perceived as food.
2007-04-27 11:27:30 · answer #7 · answered by pastorejon 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well my experince with fantails is the other fish like to eat its tail. she will die if you don't take her out.
2007-04-27 11:32:45 · answer #8 · answered by acceptancewithjoy20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to move her she's going to die. let her be scared for awhile and it will be okay. but if you leave her there they are just going to keep picking at her until she dies.
2007-04-27 13:12:58 · answer #9 · answered by mely 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will die if you don't take it away from the kois!
2007-04-27 11:32:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋