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Mon, Feb 14, 11 at 19:06
| I have a 16 in. koi that started to hang at edge of pond with the top of his head above water, the gills are not exposed, nor is he gasping for air. He just holds himself in one place. Is this behavior a warning sign of something? Ive had him for 3 yrs. and this is the first time he has done this. It started in Sept. when it was still warm. |
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| I'm no expert here but since you have had no replies... I have a 3-4 year old rather large goldfish who likes to hang out at the top of my tank. He's spend a few summers in my pond but has resided inside for a year now. Last fall he started to hang on the top with his fin sticking out. He shows no other signs of distress, eats well and swims down when I come into the room. I have no explanation for it other then I think he likes it up there. |
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| thanks ernie for the reply, at least one other fish does the same thing and is still swimming around. |
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| I have no koi, but 7 gold fish of my little pond now downstairs in a 55 gal aquarium for winter. One of the large orange goldfish (female I believe) after eating pellets always hangs on the surface and gasps. I thought he might have simply eaten too much and the pellets expand in his stomach. But the other orange large goldfish (male) does not do it. So I thought perhaps there is an infection on this fish, and I applied half dose of Jungle Ick Clear, and he no longer is at the surface. |
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