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August 17th 04, 09:59 PM
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pondfish
We have a new pond 3 weeks old, we have 3 goldfish, 2 fantails, 1
ghost koi,1 english koi and 2 shubumkins one of the shubumkins keeps knocking the other fish anyidea why, he chases them and bashes them 
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August 18th 04, 04:29 AM
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"vespula" wrote in message om... We have a new pond 3 weeks old, we have 3 goldfish, 2 fantails, 1 ghost koi,1 english koi and 2 shubumkins one of the shubumkins keeps knocking the other fish anyidea why, he chases them and bashes them If it's bunting their abdomens it might be a mating thing. As I understand it the males bunt the females to get them to lay their eggs. I've seen my aquarium fish do this.
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August 18th 04, 11:02 AM
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vespula wrote: We have a new pond 3 weeks old, we have 3 goldfish, 2 fantails, 1 ghost koi,1 english koi and 2 shubumkins one of the shubumkins keeps knocking the other fish anyidea why, he chases them and bashes them Keep an eye on the fantails - they are much much slower than commons and koi!
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August 18th 04, 04:21 PM
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August 19th 04, 09:40 PM
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Many Thanks for your answers, another question my mum has a very large
pond with about 40 fish in it, but every day they all line themselves up the same way and just stare at side of pond, could it be the sun direction?
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August 19th 04, 09:50 PM
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|| Many Thanks for your answers, another question my mum has a very
|| large pond with about 40 fish in it, but every day they all line || themselves up the same way and just stare at side of pond, could it || be the sun direction? could be a temperature problem.. are they on the deep side? if they are, then it IS a temp problem.... if you happen to feed on that side, they may be hungry... if you don't feed, i'm stumped.... -- | RedForeman ©® fabricator and creator of the ratbike streetfighter!!! | ========================== | 2003 TRX450ES | 1992 TRX-350 XX (For Sale) | '98 Tacoma Ext Cab 4X4 Lifted.... | ========================== | ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤° `°¤ø,¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø | ((((º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸. ((((º ·´¯`·. , .·´¯`·.. ((((º | for any questions you may have.... | www.gmail.com
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