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Normally in humans we base our dosing schedule on the plasma half lives which is itself dependent on the rate of breakdown of the drug normally by the liver and the rate of excretion normally by the kidneys and sometimes the gut. Do we have hard data other than that which Duncan has shared with us o...

I agree about the filter being key to any winter feeding. My bio filter is in the garage and the sensor for the heating is in the filter not the pond and the heater is just before the filter so my filter runs 2-3 deg above the pond temp and copes very well. I keep my hose in the conservatory and hav...

I have a Tosai Tancho Goshiki which had a clean split between two adjacent rays on its pectoral fin. (sorry no photos only one of me and only one pair of hands). There were / are no signs of any infection. I cleaned the andjacent area and sutured the two adjacent rays with 6/0 prolene the fish is fi...

On the heating issue (apart from those that can afford to keep their ponds at 23 all the year round) this is a sort of consensus emerging that not letting the pond fall below 7-8 has many benefits and other people of other forums seem to agree as well. The big debate is feeding. My Koi are all forag...

Hi all RO guys/girls; I have a similar setup, living in Hampshire the water is so hard to make cement you just add sand. I also pass the water from the fleece/activated carbon/carbon block filters before the RO system. I also had problems with membranes going quickly and my system is auto flushing. ...