Koi Trying To Get Out Of Pond

CalistaLL
  • #1
I recently movedtwo koi into a large, above ground pond in my back yard. Unfortuanately one jumped out and died before I got a pond ney over it.

My other koi is now acting a bit odd, swimming against the wall of the pond at one end as if trying to climb up and get out.

There is a net over the pond now to prevebt that and all the water paramiters are spot on, so why is my fish acting like this? And what other steps can I take to prevent another koi jumping out?

Edit: Attached video of what he's doing
 
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EbiAqua
  • #2
Did you use water conditioner?
 
CalistaLL
  • Thread Starter
  • #3
Yes. Only thing that might be off is water color, it turned a bit brown but I just cleaned the filter and added new active carbon. Could brown water vause something like that?
 
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Skavatar
  • #4
brown is not good. should be clear or green-ish.

what are the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph levels?

what is the pond made of, what's in the pond?
 
EbiAqua
  • #5
You said the water test was good. What were the exact results?
 
CalistaLL
  • Thread Starter
  • #6
I didn't get a chance to do a proper cycle because it was an emergency move, their old tank sprang a leak before everything was set up, but I did add bacteria when I added them.

They were fine for a couple of months, until about a week ago.

Parameters were:
Nitrate - 30
Nitrite - 0
PH - 6
Hardness - 120
Ammonia - 0
 
Skavatar
  • #7
was the pH in their old tank different than the pond? 6 pH seems low.
 
CalistaLL
  • Thread Starter
  • #8
Not much different actually. It was always between 6 and 6.5
 
hoseki
  • #9
Koi are likely to be nervous and jumpy in the new environment especially in the first 2 days. If your water level is pretty close to the edge of your pond, you will have to cover it up with a net. If it doesn't settle down after that, there may be some other problem especially the water quality itself. Start doing the water test for your pond is the right thing to do. Also, do test for the originating source of water for your pond and compare it with your pond water test result. ph at 6 may be a bit marginal.

I recently movedtwo koi into a large, above ground pond in my back yard. Unfortuanately one jumped out and died before I got a pond ney over it.

My other koi is now acting a bit odd, swimming against the wall of the pond at one end as if trying to climb up and get out.

There is a net over the pond now to prevebt that and all the water paramiters are spot on, so why is my fish acting like this? And what other steps can I take to prevent another koi jumping out?

Edit: Attached video of what he's doing
What's the new pond dimension and the water condition. Is there any fish or koi there already?
 
CalistaLL
  • Thread Starter
  • #10
Koi are likely to be nervous and jumpy in the new environment especially in the first 2 days. If your water level is pretty close to the edge of your pond, you will have to cover it up with a net. If it doesn't settle down after that, there may be some other problem especially the water quality itself. Start doing the water test for your pond is the right thing to do. Also, do test for the originating source of water for your pond and compare it with your pond water test result. ph at 6 may be a bit marginal.


What's the new pond dimension and the water condition. Is there any fish or koi there already?

The pond is 4' x 8' and 3' deep, the water tests was from just a few days ago. They were the only fish in the pond, like I mentioned it was a sudden move because of their old tank springing a leak before everything was set up, but they had been in there for about two months when the jumping started happening. The water tested fine and other than it going green it seems perfectly fine, no different to what they're used to.
 

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