I have about 2.5 inch long 12 koi in a 2000 gallon pond. I put them in there with about 10 3 inch goldfish that I already had in the pond.
They seem to be behaving oddly. They will sort of flick sideways, along the bottom. Turning their sides towards the surface, as the do it. This only lasts for about 1 second, but they keep doing it. It is almost as if they are trying to scrape something off of themselves. Is this normal behavior?
I didn't fish any of them out of there and examine them, but they don't appear to have ich. Ich is fairly noticeable due to the white spots. Perhaps this is the early stage of some sort of fungal infection?
I have some pond salt available to me, as well as some antifungal liquid. Should I use them? Would it hurt the fish if I use the medicines, if there is really nothing wrong with the fish?
They seem to be behaving oddly. They will sort of flick sideways, along the bottom. Turning their sides towards the surface, as the do it. This only lasts for about 1 second, but they keep doing it. It is almost as if they are trying to scrape something off of themselves. Is this normal behavior?
I didn't fish any of them out of there and examine them, but they don't appear to have ich. Ich is fairly noticeable due to the white spots. Perhaps this is the early stage of some sort of fungal infection?
I have some pond salt available to me, as well as some antifungal liquid. Should I use them? Would it hurt the fish if I use the medicines, if there is really nothing wrong with the fish?