A pic would have helped alot.
If you didn't check every 1-3" RE you put in the pond it's very possible there could have been one or more of something else that slipped unnoticed into the water.
I put in 400 & checked every one. With some it was very dificult to see the red on their ear flap. I tossed prob. a dozen that were most likely REs but I wasn't positive.
Did this fish have a red ear?

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