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[QUOTE="callingcolleen1, post: 183428, member: 4209"]
Yes Keith, it is true that too many surface plants such as floating plants, and even water lily's can grow so thick that they too can smother the pond as well, trapping deadly gases and not allowing for proper oxygen exchange.  This is why I choose to grow mostly sedges, cause they grow upright and shade the pond as well as they clean the pond very well even in the early spring as they start to grow.

But in this case, it is just his fantails that died, so I was thinking it could be true that they were bred to death, as I have seen some strong male comet goldfish chase the poor females fantails to the point of being exhausted.  In this case it could be that the balance of male comet goldfish and maybe the females are mostly the fantails and they can get overwhelmed in some cases.

If on the other hand it was just the largest of the fish to die, then it could be most likely caused by low oxygen and high build up of deadly gases.
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