Here's the situation: The chase is on....I now know which of my fish are male or female. Obviously I have more males than females.
Yesterday afternoon I found my female wakin, Precious, all roughed up after an afternoon of being chased around the pond. Had I been smart I should have separated her for a spell to let her rest. She was chased by goldies, shubs and 1 small koi. Her scales are all "broken" and some missing like someone was trying to scale her.
Precious was very tired and too easy to catch. I put her in a large fish bowl (old glass candy jar) to check her out. She also looks ready to pop with eggs. She's feeling better today and I can see better where she lost scales and was probably pushed against something to scrape up most of her body. Luckily her head was left untouched as were her fins.
What do you do when a female fish is chased relentlessly and obviously battered by too many over anxious males?