My Female Sanke is losing color

[Gemma]

I'm not sure if she is the only female in the pond, but for sure is the only fish getting pushed around by the males! She is really stressing out!
I found her in the skimmer box a couple of times, (I'm thinking she goes in there purposely to get away from the males) and her color used to be bright red, now is fading

I read that stress during spawning can cause color loss, but can the color be restored?

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Eliminate the stress and the color should return.

 

[Gemma]

Eliminate the stress and the color should return.

I'm thinking the best thing for her, is a new home!

 

[Faebinder]

Or trade one of your males for a female. Reduces the number of chasers and increases the number of targets.

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Or trade one of your males for a female. Reduces the number of chasers and increases the number of targets.

Good point. I remember reading somewhere that the ideal ratio was 2 males for each female.

 

[Gemma]

Or trade one of your males for a female. Reduces the number of chasers and increases the number of targets.

Oh no! I've always traded in the females so I don't have to worry about "babies"

 

[Gemma]

Good point. I remember reading somewhere that the ideal ratio was 2 males for each female.

I read that female require twice the space/gallons than a male, so in my particular case it wouldn't be a good idea to get more females....not to mention the having to find good homes for the babies

I bought some color enhance pellets, would that help?

 

[Meyer Jordan]

I read that female require twice the space/gallons than a male

Where did you read THAT?

 

[Tula]

I made DIY skimmer guard after I found one of mine in the skimmer a year ago, during spawning. As they get bigger, they can swim in, but can't turn around to swim out

 

[Gemma]

Where did you read THAT?

This is not exactly where I read it, but it does mention it, so here
https://theponddigger.com/2012/01/22/dangerous-rules-how-many-koi-can-i-have-in-my-pond/

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Right. Eric attributes the 'Koi Kichi' crowd for this piece of advice.They tend to get a little over-the-top..
In the very last line of his article he offers a somewhat more realistic approach

 

[Lisak1]

"A 13” Koi weights approximately 1 lb. Guess what a 26” Koi tips the scales at. Approximately 13lbs!" That's a pretty amazing fact right there! Wow!

 

[Faebinder]

"A 13” Koi weights approximately 1 lb. Guess what a 26” Koi tips the scales at. Approximately 13lbs!" That's a pretty amazing fact right there! Wow!

Yeah I believe it. My one koi got very thick as he got longer.

 

[Meyer Jordan]

This is why inches of fish to either gallons or square feet is a disaster for figuring maximum fish for a pond.

 

[Gemma]

Right now I'm right at the "250gl x fish (12 fish in 3000gl)! If you take in consideration that most of the fish are babies from last year, and out of the 12 , two of them are shubunkins, could I add a few more 6-7" in size, for a year or two until the new pond is built?