Fish congregating by waterfall gasping

[kelanadesa]

My fishes suddenly starts to congregate under waterfall. They also seemed to be gasping. Maybe the pond is getting overcrowded as they grow in size. I breed many types of species and roughly have about 500 fishes of 5 species in my pond. Is this a sign of overcrowding stress?

 

[addy1]

Welcome to the forum .

How big is your pond, that seems like a ton of fish!

 

[JamieB]

It can be a symptom of lack of oxygen in the water. You need to add airstones and thin out your fish if possible.

 

[WaterGardener]

It can also be an indication of high nitrites in the pond. Nitrite will prevent the blood from taking up oxygen and cause the fish to sufficate. It's called brown blood disease since the blood lacks the oxygen to turn it red.

 

[Mmathis]

Hello and welcome!

What size is your pond? Are all of these fish in the same pond? How long have you been breeding them? Do you breed them for sale or just because you enjoy fish? They look over crowded.

 

[j.w]

@kelanadesa

 

[GBBUDD]

No comment

 

[mrsclem]

I'm feeling suspicious!

 

[Mmathis]

I'm feeling suspicious!

No comment

Same here! But, let’s see how it turns out.

 

[Mayank]

Same here! But, let’s see how it turns out.

I'm totally lost. What were those comments in reference to? I'm always slow on the uptake!

 

[Mmathis]

I'm totally lost. What were those comments in reference to? I'm always slow on the uptake!

I’ll send you a PM.

 

[addy1]

Does appear to be a real person, in Malaysia.

 

[Lisak1]

Well, trolls are real people too @addy1

Anyone who's breeding five species of fish should know whether or not their pond is overstocked and what signs of stress indicate. I don't know if I'm hoping this IS a real question or NOT. Come back and tell us more @kelanadesa

 

[addy1]

lol all I can do is check the ip addy, it is not on the spam list................

 

[Lisak1]

I don't know why anyone would enjoy making up a question to post on a pond forum, but we've seen it before. Maybe they enjoy seeing our heads all explode...