How To Tell If Your Koi Is Sick...!

There are many signs that your koi fish will show you to let you know that they are sick. The most extreme being your koi jumping out of the water, but thats waaaaayyy too extreme!!! (Believe it or not, there have been reported cases of koi jumping out of the pond.)First of all, as a koi hobbyist, you must watch your koi like a hawk, because the last thing that you want to do is to be burying fish! It sucks...trust me!

Some koi will appear to be lethargic or lazy, swimming slower than normal, coming up to the surface for air longer than normal. These are all signs that maybe you introduced the fish to the pond maybe a little too early. To combat this, I recommend a partial water change. This will dilute some of the alkali in the pond. You could also use pond ph buffers.

Sometimes your koi and the plants surrounding your pond will BOTH show signs of sickness. Your fish will become stressed and the plants surrounding your pond will discolored and wilted. There are a number of reasons for this.

Your area might have just recently experienced a heavy rainfall. Heavy rainfall into a koi pond is not always good for your pond. Depending where you live, your rainwater will be very acidic due to pollution. This in turn will cause your pond to lose its buffers. And this in turn will cause your ponds PH level to fluctuate. Which will cause your fish to become stressed.

To solve the problem I recommend regular partial water changes. Including cleaning your filter and replacing those lost pond buffers with pond buffer salts.

These and other suggestions can help you to better take care of your koi. But for the best advice I recommend that you visit http://koifishcare.info. It can and will answer ALL of your questions concerning your koi fish.