Cat Brought Me A Fish. What Do You Think It Is?

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im sure its some sort of koi fish does anyone have a pond nearby it could of taken it out maybe. Get your self a tank and let your cat stock it for you lol normal koi pellets i think should do hope this helps
 
DECHLORINATE the water that hes in. I noticed you said you havent owned fish before but it is vital that you dechlorinate the water immediatley if you want the fish to survive. Dechlorinator is available at any fish or pet store. After that please look around a little and research how to care for goldfish, it is going to require a large tank or pond just so you know. Good luck and post any questions you need to.

Drew
 
If the fish has a pair of barbels/whiskers around the mouth, its a koi, and if it doesn't, its a goldfish. I can't see its mouth, but i'm leaning more towards a koi since the fish doesn't look very large and if it is a goldfish, its a very silvery one for a juvenile goldfish.

The first important question is, are you planning on keeping this fish? Ideally it should be in a pond- koi grow too large to be kept in aqariums (they can grow to 3-4ft long on average), and non-fancy goldfish grow very large (if yours is a goldfish, it certainly isn't a fancy variety) too, at least 15inches or more long, with a potential to grow up to 2ft long.

Do any of your neighbours have fish ponds that this fish can be rehomed to? If you can find the original owner, that would be even better.

Coldwater fish like koi and goldfish tend not to fair very well in bowls, most are lucky if they live a couple of months in a bowl, because ammonia (from the fishes poop) builds up very quickly in unfiltered bowls and is lethal to fish.


For now, the best thing you can do is to change the water 100% once a day to help prevent ammonia building up too much in the bowl, and to buy some dechlorinator/water conditioner to treat the water with (this stuff neutralises the chlorine and heavy metals found in tap water and so makes the water less stressful for the fish etc). Stress Coat dechlorinator by Api would be the best dechlorinator for your fish right now, as it has the added benefet of helping heal fishes wounds :) .

Daily fresh new water should also help heal up the fishes wounds, the blood could be septicemia or it could simply be from physical injuries the fish sustained from the cat attack, keep an eye on the fishes condition- if the blood until the skin appears to be spreading across the fishes body or the fish starts to develop ragged fins or get cottony growths or any other odd symptoms etc, this means secondary infections have set into the fishes wounds and you need to inform us imediately so we can inform you on what next best form of action to take is to make the fish better :nod: .

While you are deciding what to do with the fish, it would also be good to buy some koi or goldfish pellets for it to eat (pellets are better than flakes for goldfish and koi, they are easier to digest and less messy) and give it a few pellets twice a day for it to eat just to give the fish some energy while it is in your care.

If you do decide to keep the fish, if it turns out to be a koi you will need a large filtered pond to keep it in (at least a 12x6x4ft pond, since koi grow so large), and if its a goldfish you will need a filtered 5-6ft long by 2-3ft wide tank (although a much smaller tank would surfice for now since the fish only appears to be a juvenile fish, i'm guessing its between 3-5inches long? if so a 15-30gallon long tank would be fine for quite a long time intil the tank needs to be upgraded) :thumbs: .
 
looks to me like a koi with some scales missing.

do know how big it gets? almost 3ft?


does any of your neighbors have ponds in there yards? they might want it back :lol:
 
Thanks so much for the replies. I checked the fish and it doesnt have any barbels / whiskers around its mouth so i guess it must be a goldfish?

In my house I have a spare bathroom thats not being used so for now the bath is its new home. I cant see any ponds nearby so totally stumped as to where it has come from.

I have brought some goldfish flakes to feed it. Not sure if its eating them tho.

I have been meaning to get a large fish tank (50 - 100 gallon) for a while now. I think this just maybe the spark i needed.

Ill keep you posted on how he gets on.

Best Regards

Mark
 
ask your cat where it came from :rolleyes:

probs came from some ones pond in there back garden


cheers dane

already said that.........

seriously, check your neighbors. someone within like 500 yards has to have a pond thats missing a fish. maby you could sell them a new one :shifty: :shifty: :shifty:
 
It's back and dorsal fin look a little bloody to me in those pictures, and it's slime coat was undoubtedly damaged by the capture and subsequent carrying home, so keep an eye out for fungus or fin rot :good:
 
100% koi carp, probably a purachina (platinum ogon) small koi wont have barbles, they tend to be easy to see when the fish is 5-6" and bigger, it will happily live in a fish tank at room temperature for a year they grow fast!! (i'd say 4 foot tank minimum depending on what size it is now) but if you really want to keep it and continue looking after koi i suggest you join this forum http://forum.koimag.co.uk/ and start planing a pond...
 
Looks like a platinum koi to me too.
Its pretty badly beaten up with the red showing on its back. Get it some anti bacterial meds and hopefully it will recover.
You will need to get it into a pond as koi hate being in tanks.

I would try to find its owner by doing a small leaflet drop in your area as the pond cant be too far away, and tell them to net their fish.
 

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