[Worldwide Koi Club] Newbie.. in OKLAHOMA needing some help
Yes, think as possible, several maybe better. But be absolutely sure no chemicals in them. Best to soak in water changes for several weeks first.
Edgar
On May 26, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Serena Sult wrote:
> Thanks Edgar for the information.. > When you say old mop are you referring to the cotton string kind? > Serena > ——-Original Message——- > > From: Edgar Owen > Date: 5/22/2008 11:11:38 PM > To: worldwidekoiclub@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Worldwide Koi Club] Newbie.. in OKLAHOMA needing some > help > > Sounds like they are spawning. This time of year is when they do it > by chasing each other around. If so it is perfectly normal. You need > to put some soft spawning material into the pool so they won’t injure > themselves scraping against hard surfaces. Old mop heads dangling > from the surface work well (be sure they contain no chemicals), but > plenty of dense vegetation at the pond edges is the natural spawning > material. > > If all goes well you will have plenty of little babies soon. > > Edgar > > On May 21, 2008, at 3:52 PM, serena wrote: > > > We have only had our ponds for about a year and we started out > with 3 > > koi and added feeder goldfish and some fancy goldfish and added a > few > > more koi.. > > > > We have not had any problems of the fish getting sick or anything > but > > yesterday some of the goldfish started chasing one of the other > > goldfish and I thought that were just playing, last night when I got > > home from work I noticed that they were not doing it, but this > morning > > when I went to feed them they were at it again, I noticed that they > > have gotten scales off the sides of the poor baby and I was able to > > get it out and put it a seperate little pond to keep a better eye on > > it.. My questions is will they scales grow back? and will it live?.. > > they are not small fish but maybe 7-8 inches.. it seems healthy > but a > > little scared.. > > any info you might have would be greatly appreciated > > Serena > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
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