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- Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:03 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: New Pond
- Replies: 13
- Views: 31975
Re: New Pond
Your pond size will mean that the decision to heat will be a little easier and less costly. There are advantages to having a smaller pond.
- Sat Jun 04, 2016 11:04 am
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Expanding pond.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13979
Re: Expanding pond.
If time, space and money allows, go for a larger pond, you'll be digging out again in a couple of years if you don't do it now. Bottom drain a must along with a skimmer. Moving bed bio filtration which can be DIY and any number of mechanical filtration methods, brushes after a settlement chamber for...
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 10:05 pm
- Forum: chit chat or small talk
- Topic: A big relief
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17065
Re: A big relief
Owch ! Good to hear your good news though
- Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:51 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: Which is better; hard water or soft water?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8018
Re: Which is better; hard water or soft water?
Nice article and explanations, thank you.
- Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:46 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: Praziquantel Treatment
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3682
Re: Praziquantel Treatment
Hello Dave, that's good news. Regarding the Chagoi, could it be water temperature related ? My mutts slowed down quite noticeably over the last couple of weeks with the cooler weather but with the recent rise in temps they have perked back up again, some more than others.
Mark.
Mark.
- Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:05 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: Praziquantel Treatment
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3682
Re: Praziquantel Treatment
Hello Dave. I used the same cocktail on a colleagues fish in July, same parasites, I did the two doses and happy to say no more issues since.
I don't know the effect on the fish during the treatments as I wasn't around and only had third hand reports.
I don't know the effect on the fish during the treatments as I wasn't around and only had third hand reports.
- Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:29 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: Is your purifier cartridge working?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6329
Re: Is your purifier cartridge working?
Thanks,
A useful and informative post. Our water has had a 'chlorine smell' to it recently and I know that Severn Trent are laying new water main pipes in our area. I changed the carbon filter and added another carbon pod 'just in case'
I'll be buying them there DPD 4 tablets.
A useful and informative post. Our water has had a 'chlorine smell' to it recently and I know that Severn Trent are laying new water main pipes in our area. I changed the carbon filter and added another carbon pod 'just in case'
I'll be buying them there DPD 4 tablets.
- Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:50 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: Praziquantel discoveries
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9000
Re: Praziquantel discoveries
What Stuart said.axolo wrote:what is the Thiosulphate used for? & in what % do you use it?
Sodium Thiosulphate - cheap and readily available.
- Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:12 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: Praziquantel discoveries
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9000
Re: Praziquantel discoveries
I didn't get chance to scrape her Koi until today, I pulled the Koi that I found the costia on and she's clean, no flukes, no costia. All Koi swimming about happily. She gave her filter (KK Multi Chamber) a good clean whilst I was away and today we did around a 30 % water change with Thiosulphate th...
- Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:30 pm
- Forum: Pond Construction and Pond Gizmo's And DIY bits and pieces
- Topic: Use of UV lights.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14167
Re: Use of UV lights.
Spooky, I've just wrote about my U/V experience on another forum. Something Geoff said to me on TTK got me thinking but I wanted the timing to be right i.e. some bloody sunshine ! Below is what I wrote. As an experiment to see how long it would take for my pond to turn green without a U/V, and to se...
- Thu Jun 19, 2014 3:05 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: Praziquantel discoveries
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9000
Re: Praziquantel discoveries
Hello Duncan, Good to meet you yesterday. Well, as I explained yesterday. A colleague of my wife has a garden pond (approx 1800 gallons by my estimation) and she called my wife on Sunday morning to ask if I'd pop over to have a look at her Koi - mixed sizes and ages, as they was sat on the bottom an...
- Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:45 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: Supertab
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2971
Re: Supertab
Done a quick Google, the price is eye watering. I'd hope for the cost it also removes shimmies, hikui and all known parasites.Dandj wrote:There is a flag with the union jack on -hit that and it translates.
Is this similar to Virkon and Virasure???
- Wed May 28, 2014 10:34 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: bleeding koi
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1463
Re: bleeding koi
When we had a photo shoot a few years back my ISA Showa bled in the bowl, I had never seen that before but I never bothered her again but she is very friendly and a big girl but past her best, I still enjoy seeing her every day. Regards Geoff Geoff, you could be describing my wife there :lol: Mark.
- Mon May 26, 2014 6:37 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: bleeding koi
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1463
Re: bleeding koi
Well.. I have a Gin Matsuba that bleeds from the gills even if I look at her funny. When I bought her home, a car journey that lasted 40 mins, she was totally pink and the water in the bag was bloody. She's obviously a Koi that is susceptible to stress and this is how she re-acts. She's since subseq...
- Sat May 24, 2014 8:10 pm
- Forum: Koi Ultra Zone and General koi Health
- Topic: Very worried
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5404
Re: Very worried
Hello spags,
Where are you located ?
There maybe someone local who could give a hand / advice with the recommended treatments, I'm in Shropshire.
I wouldn't be panicking though looking at the picture you've posted and from what you've described.
Where are you located ?
There maybe someone local who could give a hand / advice with the recommended treatments, I'm in Shropshire.
I wouldn't be panicking though looking at the picture you've posted and from what you've described.