What causes koi to refuse to eat?

        Most people who keep koi fish have encountered the situation of koi not eating, many keepers began to be busy and do not know what to do, is not sick, messy medication, isolation, burst oxygen and so on began to be sick and desperate for medical help. The following is the koi's refusal to eat9Just treat the big causes, and don't hurt your love carp by mistake.

        1Poor water qualityTheIt is very common for koi to refuse to eat due to poor water quality, which is usually caused by the water body becoming too old. Some keepers like to extract the feces from the pond every day and replenish it with a very small amount of new water. After a while, the water can easily become old and cause the koi to refuse to eat. However, if you measure all parameters in the water quality at this time, they are basically normal.

        Countermeasures: After the koi refuses to eat, change the total amount of water in the original pond every day.1/8~1/6This behavior continues3~5Days are good. Note that new water must be dechlorinated.

        2, indigestion.All varieties of koi can suffer from indigestion and refuse to eat. This is often due to the fact that the keeper is not able to control the amount of food to be fed and feeds too much at one time, which causes indigestion in the fish and results in a period of refusal to eat. Dyspepsia is often accompanied by a dislike of swimming, hiding in the corner of the pool and so on. In addition, some keepers do a lot of water changes after a large amount of feeding, which causes the koi to be uncomfortable and refuse to eat, or even spit out the food.

        Countermeasures: Overfed koi can be stimulated to digest by adding new water and raising the water temperature. If the koi suddenly refuses to eat because the keeper has fed them a lot, please do not lure the koi with insects or other food, but stop eating and stimulate the koi's digestion by using the methods mentioned above. When the koi have finished digesting their food and have an appetite, they will naturally resume eating.

        3The koi are sick.Koi with diseases such as white spot disease, enteritis, etc. are very prone to food refusal. The refusal to eat is usually accompanied by various fish disease characteristics, such as congestion of the body surface, abdominal distension, anal swelling and redness, body curvature and so on.

        Countermeasures: calmly analyze, prescribe the right medicine, treat both the symptoms and the root cause of the disease, and the fish will naturally be able to open their mouths to eat after the disease is cured.

        4, Spontaneous Stage Stopping of Food.This usually occurs at some stage in the growth of the koi. At some point in the process of growing a koi from a small to a large size, the fish will suddenly start to stop eating due to the fact that they refuse to eat all day long. This stoppage may be a biological instinct, so if the fish are in good condition and everything is normal, just ignore it and wait patiently.

        Countermeasure: Maintain water quality and be patient.

        5, single food anorexia.Although most koi like live bait, if they are fed live bait such as cicada nymphs and barley worms all day long, there may come a time when they are no longer interested in these baits. When feeding live bait again, the koi will refuse to eat it, and then feeding river fish or shrimp may be a good idea.

        Countermeasure: Keeping a variety of koi foods is good for maintaining their appetite.

        6, environmental mutations.Sudden changes in the environment may cause koi to refuse to eat, sometimes accompanied by head floating, rapid swimming, easy to frighten, and hiding in a corner of the pond.

        Countermeasure: Find the cause and try to restore the previous environment. If you do not want to restore it, be patient and wait for it to adapt.

        7The decrease in the number of bycatch causes a sense of isolation.If multiple koi are kept in a group for a long time, by which time the koi have adapted to their partners, most koi will refuse to eat when the mixing partners are suddenly removed or when they are suddenly changed from group to individual keeping. Therefore, live bait is good for the koi's spirit, and once it has become accustomed to the disappearance of its partner, the feeling of loneliness will cause it not to think about eating.

        Countermeasure: Restoration of herd status.

        8The food is refused during the rutting period.During koi reproduction, especially during the period when the female is carrying eggs, the rapid development of the ovaries in the abdomen makes the abdomen extremely swollen and presses on the intestines and swim bladder, resulting in the koi refusing to eat for a longer period of time, up to several months. At the same time, as the body is not very flexible in floating up and down, which can be seen by the tail swinging, stopping eating is inevitable during this period.

        Countermeasure: Just ignore it and wait patiently for the end of the breeding period.

        9, seasonal food refusal.Food refusal due to seasonal changes is also relatively common. Especially in northern areas, koi tend to stop eating during the spring and fall phases.

        Countermeasure: Maintain water quality and wait for natural recovery.

        There are many other reasons for koi to stop eating, keepers need to observe and analyze carefully after encountering the situation of koi refusing to eat, to grasp the state of koi and face it easily.