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I got the pic from a post on the koiphen forum.

Ok I will try and contact Spike Cover ...

Hi all ... In the last year or so one of my fish had developed a strange skin condition that looked a bit like carp pox ... but also seemed to look a bit like Dermocystidium or Lympho... but not really definitely like any single one of them .... as seem in this previous thread: http://www.koiquest.c...

To late for that it has already healing craters ... none of my fish cost a great deal I'm still in my koi "apprenticeship" ...

How would I treat this fish with silver nitrate? ... be good practice for the future ...

So do you think it is definitely Dermocystidium?

This is just a cheap fish so not bothered about permanent tattooing, just want it to recover.

Can you tell me more about Silver Nitrate?

Is there anything else I can do for the rest of the pond?

Here are some pics .... the affected area is mainly around the head and almost completely covering the right eye with a tiny bit at the tail too. It looks like carp pox with bubbles in it ... but when in the water looks like two or three healing (no red) craters at the side of the mouth but couldn't...

Duncan wrote:hi Trace
so i can better advise as this is a very serious condition

can you post a picture of the condition please ?

duncan

Yes I will get pics a.s.a.p. ... tomorrow if possible ...

Manky Sanke wrote:I saw the question but this is very much Duncan's area. He is obviously busy elsewhere or he would have seen the post and answered it. I'll drop him an email to pop in when he gets a chance.

Thanks ...

Hi Mick ... thanks for your reply and link. I'd already read Lee's advice on the link which seems centred on treating the cysts after they have ruptured for secondary infections ... the craters on my fish are healing so it seems that isn't relevant at the moment. What I was interested in was a comme...

Hi all, I have a small koi that has looked as if it has carp pox (gets worse in colder temps as is the norm) for over a year now ... I'm unheated so just over 6c just now and it had got a bit worse than usual but I just put that down to the prolonged colder temp. Tonight I noticed a definite couple ...

*Update* .... did nothing more just observed the small koi and after a few days the chewing and gill movements returned to normal. Found a few Costia on two other fish ... so rather than treat the whole pond and blast the filter I just bathed them in strong MG & F for 30mins, then returned them ...

I'd be interested too ...

Update from yesterday .... Sedated small Koi and did a gill scrape as best I could ... not a lot of mucus (which I'm hoping is a good sign but might also be because of an 8min 2.3% salt dip done yesterday morning) ... scraped both gills and both samples showed nothing of a parasitic nature. Been wat...

The black stuff started way before any treatments were done Duncan. Just when I thought things were improving It seems I may not be out of the woods yet .... noticed one of my small Koi (5") constantly "chewing" all the time today (without any food being present) watched him all day ....

Hi Airlite ... :) Haven't treated for blanket weed ... yes I have read that the creeping black stuff seems to be on the increase ... funnily enough a couple of my fish love eating the stuff ... it seems to be a completely different form of algae and not dead blanket weed ... :? Pond is not in full s...

Ok will do ... I have some MG & F here but I see ICC gets a good write up from those that have used it so will try that if required in future ... :) Any thoughts/opinions/observations on "Lunking" ? or it maybe being connected to black slimey weed (that gathers loads of trapped air und...