All seven of my Koi (and the shubunkin goldfish) survived winter
in my pond..... They are slowly becoming active. Today has been an active
morning. The are swimming around at all levels and not sticking together on
the bottom anymore. Some have even eaten some of the food I've thrown
in.... BUT, one is scaring me. The fantail - Ginger!!! Last night I
was skimming junk off the surface with my net (which I have been doing every
day). She went NUTS, swimming erratically and jumping out and up a couple
of times. Then she surfaced floating on her side. I took the net and
gently pushed her back and forth. She then went down to the bottom nose
down. I took the net again and started pushing her. She got "stuck" in a
rock. I thought she was a gonner.... When I touched her tail I thought I
saw some movement, but I didn't want to hurt her with the net. ....(I had
to go to a meeting that I had now become late for). She was right by the
aerator so I turned !
it on and left.....hoping. I got home a couple hours later and she was
swimming as if nothing was wrong. Then, this morning, I spend about an
hour or more just sitting on the deck edge watching (and letting them get
used to me again). I went inside.. came out and she was floating on her
side!! I again did the net pushing thing. She responded quickly and
started swimming. Now she stuck to the surface and slowing swam around.
She almost seemed to swim into the sides... Now she is down on the bottom.
All the others seem fine... I checked water conditions with a chemical
strip and all seemed find. Had another near incident this aft. Ginger
just seemed lethargic, barely swimming along the edge at the top. I turned
on the aerator and nudged her in that direction. She took off. What seems
interesting is that the other Koi seem to be worried about her also. They
seem to nudge her along and try to keep her moving. Hummmm,
in my pond..... They are slowly becoming active. Today has been an active
morning. The are swimming around at all levels and not sticking together on
the bottom anymore. Some have even eaten some of the food I've thrown
in.... BUT, one is scaring me. The fantail - Ginger!!! Last night I
was skimming junk off the surface with my net (which I have been doing every
day). She went NUTS, swimming erratically and jumping out and up a couple
of times. Then she surfaced floating on her side. I took the net and
gently pushed her back and forth. She then went down to the bottom nose
down. I took the net again and started pushing her. She got "stuck" in a
rock. I thought she was a gonner.... When I touched her tail I thought I
saw some movement, but I didn't want to hurt her with the net. ....(I had
to go to a meeting that I had now become late for). She was right by the
aerator so I turned !
it on and left.....hoping. I got home a couple hours later and she was
swimming as if nothing was wrong. Then, this morning, I spend about an
hour or more just sitting on the deck edge watching (and letting them get
used to me again). I went inside.. came out and she was floating on her
side!! I again did the net pushing thing. She responded quickly and
started swimming. Now she stuck to the surface and slowing swam around.
She almost seemed to swim into the sides... Now she is down on the bottom.
All the others seem fine... I checked water conditions with a chemical
strip and all seemed find. Had another near incident this aft. Ginger
just seemed lethargic, barely swimming along the edge at the top. I turned
on the aerator and nudged her in that direction. She took off. What seems
interesting is that the other Koi seem to be worried about her also. They
seem to nudge her along and try to keep her moving. Hummmm,