Help!
My gold fish are in a 500gal above ground concrete/stone pond. They have wintered there for 4 years. I have a pump going. It may go to -18c at which time I put a heater in. I have some large stones and one cinder block for them to swim around. This spring they are dieing off on me. They develop what looks like red bruseing on the top sides of they're bodies, get slugish for a few days and die. 2 dead today and another developing the bruseing.
I have had these fish for some years and I am sad. I'll have none left soon.
Please save them!
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Fish dieing!
00fxd
Mar 25, 2006 01:36 PM
Replies (2)
oranda
Mar 26, 2006 04:13 PM
Red bruisung is a sign of septiceamia which is a sign that bacteria have entered the fish while they have been hibernating. You need to test your water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and ph and post those here. It may be time for a good clean out of the pond if one hasnt been done for at least a year.
Do a really big water change and get some meds for bacteria.
Koilady
May 05, 2006 06:17 PM
So sorry to hear of your fish dying. The first thing I would do is to make a one third water change from the bottom of the pond to remove excess toxins that have accumulated there. If you have any sludge or other debris at the bottom of your pond, remove it quickly as this could also be a cause to the death of your fish.
Have you had a chance to feed them yet?
If so, what have you been feeding them?
Yours Koily, Lorraine
