Posted by tiffany2 on March 07, 2003 at 12:46:20:
In Reply to: Re: Koi...stressed? posted by ramil dy on March 04, 2003 at 23:16:52:
There is a good chance that there is indeed a connection between the two events. Koi are extremely sensitive to vibration, this change to the koi's 'world' could have stressed her enough to cause her to race the tank, loosening scales if she ran into objects or flashed. Our koi reacted very badly to the backhoe when we were excavating their new pond, and I have one by which I can pretty much predict weather. If thunderstorms are on the way she lays low in the pond and will not come to the surface even for food. They are very unique creatures, they never fail to amaze me and we have been keeping them for many many years.
:Hi there theres no connection regarding of the vibration and the falling of scales, is sometimes causes are from robbing their body to the pebbles or other sharp things in the tank.
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:ramil
::I have a 2 Koi in a 125 gallon tank at my husbands office. (I know its not big enough.....my pond in the greenhouse should be ready by the end of the month) One is 14" long, a butterfly koi. The other is smaller. This morning when the guy came to plow the parking lot (2" of snow) he came with a truck with a blade on it, he normally uses a tractor and scoop. Anyway, while he's out there pushing the snow, the fish go to the bottom of the tank and lay there. Then after he leaves the 14" koi starts dropping scales, 3 that I could see. The scales are probably the size of your index finger nail. There was a spot of blood where the scale came off, but that went away as the day went on. Was it just coincidence that the scales dropped off today, or did the vibration of the plow stress him out? He's such a beauty, and a real eye catcher to anyone that comes in the office. Thanks for your help!
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