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If you have any advice on this I would be grateful
Bought a house with a pond and found three fish in it. The pond is large, clean and has a good constant water supply running into it.
Recently one of the fish which I think is a Sarasa Comet has taken to spending a lot of its time at the shallow end of the pond basically floating, head down, tail up. if it touch it then it seems happy swimming, but always returns to the same motionless state. The other two fish look ok..
Its in a large tub at the moment out of the pond in tap water, but is doing exactly the same thing.
Tested the water ph and kh and they are both lower than optimum reading 6 not 8 on the kit.
If anyone can shed a light on whats going on or what can correct this, it would be helpful..
Thanks
We had this years ago, I think we concluded swim bladder problem and got some in water treatment but lost afew to this over time.
Getting the pH right will help longer term. I am fundamentally not an expert on pond fish, we inherited ours too but we seem to have got things nice and stable now.
Thanks, its helpful to know where to start looking for treatments.......
Deep fat fryer, and some chips, plenty of vinegar,
Job done
We had some tropical fish a while back, one would become buoyant and have to constantly swim down after feeding. He was taking in air when sucking in floating food flakes, fixed it by releasing the flakes under the water rather than sprinkling on surface. Sinks faster so you have to feed several small amounts to avoid good collecting at the base of the tank.
Project.. trying to avoid the loo flushing scenario....
Get a kit that checks Nitrates and nitrites as well as PH and Ammonia, it won't help your fish but it will help you get the balance right in the pond long term
Have a word with your local pond supply retailer or a specialist, be prepared for the worst though they will probably recommend a broad spectrum antibiotic to help the fish
Remember that this time of year the temp is rising and in turn problems start appearing with parasites etc