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I live in Northern Illinois and we had a extreme cold start to the fall and winter with daily temps in the teens and nights in single digits. pond froze over.. had big bubbler and ice heater. Today we had a warm snap in the cold up to 50 F. All the ice melted on top of my pond and I noticed my biggest Koi laying on his side at the bottom of the pond. I removed him and was able to place in a container. He looks fine with no ulcer or marks on him. I tested the water and all level seems perfect. Ammonia, nitrites, PH, etc... He stopped laying on his side so I decided to place him back in the pond. All he did was swim off by himself and wedged between two rocks. Any insight to what this might be. Should I remove and quarantine? I didn't expect something like this in the winter. Only my second winter. Rob