I am new to the forum. Love the idea. You can only do so much reading and deciding on what you have is normal compared to what you read. I have fantails and comets in a 200 gallon pre-formed pond with 4 lilly baskets still semi-dorment but trying to sprout new shoots. Also, on the plants ledges I made very safe rock caves for hiding, they love it.
My question, all my water and salt tests for safe limits. My select few males, both comet and fantail, (I assume they are the boys) have been chasing and harrassing my "girls" for the past week. I am in Western New York and our weather is all over. However, my pond has been a consistent 44-45ish to 60-62ish _constantly. I did some feeding on the warm several days early on during the warm up. Well, they inhaled it. Have not lost ANY fish. However, the girls are stressed and getting fin rot or the males are indeed biting/nipping their fins. I carefully pulled a girl out and I only seem minor shredding. However, every morning the boys are chasing. I don't see "aggression" but the girls are stressing. Is this severity normal? My tank indoors for my more sensitive goldfish are doing the same thing but not constantly. They swim right next to the girls and push them.
What to do? Leave them it is natural?
Please Help
My question, all my water and salt tests for safe limits. My select few males, both comet and fantail, (I assume they are the boys) have been chasing and harrassing my "girls" for the past week. I am in Western New York and our weather is all over. However, my pond has been a consistent 44-45ish to 60-62ish _constantly. I did some feeding on the warm several days early on during the warm up. Well, they inhaled it. Have not lost ANY fish. However, the girls are stressed and getting fin rot or the males are indeed biting/nipping their fins. I carefully pulled a girl out and I only seem minor shredding. However, every morning the boys are chasing. I don't see "aggression" but the girls are stressing. Is this severity normal? My tank indoors for my more sensitive goldfish are doing the same thing but not constantly. They swim right next to the girls and push them.
What to do? Leave them it is natural?
Please Help