Nedra
August 1st 03, 05:52 AM
Sinbad, My fish are lots more active at night. I think it's
due to the sun going down.... water cooling off.... and they
are probably night folk? I sure wouldn't worry about them...
Once you turn off the light they will settle down and sleep.,
maybe.;-)
Nedra
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"Sinbad" > wrote in message
...
> I just built a small pond 4ft x 5 ft x 3 ft deep and I have 2 koi about 7
> inchs long and 4 other small pond fish that are 1.5 inches long.
>
> They have been in the pond for 2 weeks now, before the pond they were in a
> 10gal fish tank for 8 months while I was waiting to build the pond.
>
> during the day the fish stay at the bottom and dont do a whole lot of
> swimming, but I just installed light on the pond and now I see the fish
are
> very active and eating.
>
> Is this normal for the fish to be more active at night then during the
> daytime?
>
> Joel
>
>
due to the sun going down.... water cooling off.... and they
are probably night folk? I sure wouldn't worry about them...
Once you turn off the light they will settle down and sleep.,
maybe.;-)
Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
"Sinbad" > wrote in message
...
> I just built a small pond 4ft x 5 ft x 3 ft deep and I have 2 koi about 7
> inchs long and 4 other small pond fish that are 1.5 inches long.
>
> They have been in the pond for 2 weeks now, before the pond they were in a
> 10gal fish tank for 8 months while I was waiting to build the pond.
>
> during the day the fish stay at the bottom and dont do a whole lot of
> swimming, but I just installed light on the pond and now I see the fish
are
> very active and eating.
>
> Is this normal for the fish to be more active at night then during the
> daytime?
>
> Joel
>
>