March 5th 18, 06:31 PM
On Saturday, 7 March 1998 08:00:00 UTC, Ian Taylor wrote:
> My friend has a largish (approx. 800 gallon pond). In it there are
> goldfish and koi. Lately he has found a couple of the bigger koi dead for
> no apparent reason. Today he was in the garden when he saw a fish rolling
> around in the pond. He netted it (a koi about 8 inches long) and on its
> back was a large frog. The frog had to be prised off the fish, I assume it
> was attempting to mate with the frog! This is not a joke, it is quite true.
> Has anyone else seen this phenomenon and has it killed their fish?
>
> Also the dead fish were at the bottom of the pond. What makes dead ones
> float or sink? Is it gas like in most corpses, in this case in the swim
> bladder?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ian
i to have just had to seperate a frog grasping hold of one of my koi it was on its back and holding on very tight had a problem getting it off my koi died iv had frogs in my pond with koi for 6 years no problem that i know of till today
> My friend has a largish (approx. 800 gallon pond). In it there are
> goldfish and koi. Lately he has found a couple of the bigger koi dead for
> no apparent reason. Today he was in the garden when he saw a fish rolling
> around in the pond. He netted it (a koi about 8 inches long) and on its
> back was a large frog. The frog had to be prised off the fish, I assume it
> was attempting to mate with the frog! This is not a joke, it is quite true.
> Has anyone else seen this phenomenon and has it killed their fish?
>
> Also the dead fish were at the bottom of the pond. What makes dead ones
> float or sink? Is it gas like in most corpses, in this case in the swim
> bladder?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ian
i to have just had to seperate a frog grasping hold of one of my koi it was on its back and holding on very tight had a problem getting it off my koi died iv had frogs in my pond with koi for 6 years no problem that i know of till today