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by roselanekoi
Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:32 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: MS 222 on prescription
Replies: 3
Views: 2571

Re: MS 222 on prescription

Kusuri's Masuizai (Koi Sedate) is >99.99% 2-phenoxyethanol, < 0.01% Phenol, obviously if you put 2-phenoxyethanol into a fancy bottle complete with a Japanese sounding name you can charge koi keepers a bit more,

Colin
by roselanekoi
Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:36 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Japanese matting insight
Replies: 29
Views: 21854

Re: Japanese matting insight

Greg, I did have a vegetable filter attached to my last filter chamber and I think it's most likely they arrived via some aquatics plants. However, I now use this small pond for growing daphnia to feed my fry so it's also possible they arrived with the daphnia. I had the dapnia from a friend who has...
by roselanekoi
Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:32 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Japanese matting insight
Replies: 29
Views: 21854

Re: Japanese matting insight

Hi Greg,

I can guarantee that if you had the little criters I posted a photo of in amongst your jap matting it would still be clean,

Colin
by roselanekoi
Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:52 am
Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
Topic: Japanese matting insight
Replies: 29
Views: 21854

Re: Japanese matting insight

Hi Duncan, Excellent explanation about Jap matting, although in my experience there is still a build up of crud over time especially in the joints between the two sheets of matting. A few years ago mother nature decided to give me a helping hand in keeping the Jap matting clean when the creatures pi...