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| One of my white 8" fan tail koi was stuck in between the pond line and one of the lilly flower pots which sets on top of a brick o block rock. I don't know how long she had been there but I got her unstuck and she does have some visiable bruising on both sides, but no fin damage I can tell. She was very thin and she could have been there for weeks, poor baby. I feel so bad for her. I had put the blue dye in my pond several weeks ago and it does make it hard to see with the dark water color. This morning I went out to check on her and she was still swimming around but her sides are very bruised. I added about two cups of stresscoat to the pond yesterday after I found her, but I didn't remover her to a container by herself, I figured she had been stressed enough so I just treated the whole pond with the stresscoat. Its very hard to see that someone is missing at feeding time. She was very close to the spill way from the stock tank so she had plenty of aeration during her ordeal. Is there anything else I can do or she just might need time to heal. I had sea salt but thought I should not use that with her injuries. I'm just thankful I did see her before it was to late. Sandy |
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- Posted by pashta_2006 Z4 ADK NY (pashta@aol.com) on Thu, May 13, 10 at 18:09
| Sandy, How fortunate you found her when you did. I sure hope she recovers quickly and gets her "girlish" figure back!! Anne |
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| "I sure hope she recovers quickly and gets her "girlish" figure back!! " Personally I think that should be gillish figure. |
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- Posted by goodkarma_ 5b (My Page) on Thu, May 13, 10 at 23:54
| Glad you found her and hope she is on the mend. :) Knuttle- lol! |
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- Posted by calamity_j z7bc (My Page) on Fri, May 14, 10 at 2:30
| High Fin on the rescue!lol! I'm new to ponding...but I'm trying...one of those people who buy the fish,plants(who live in a tub) while awaiting(1yr so far)their pond(have liner/pump/filter), liner is finally in so hopefully this weekend I will have a pond....then I can post stuff about my crazy fish!lol! |
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- Posted by pashta_2006 Z4 ADK NY (pashta@aol.com) on Fri, May 14, 10 at 16:35
| Knuttle.... that's a good one!!!! I stand corrected! Calamity... I did that while I was digging the hole for my pond. Bought plants in advance and put them in a big blue tub while I dug. When I was ready to put the plants in the pond I was astonished to discover that the blue tub was full of baby fish. They must have come in as eggs on the plants. Only one survived and that is the one breeding female I have. Please take pictures of your pond!!! I love to see what others are doing. |
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