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Best of luck Dunc

Andy

Hi, Took one of our dogs to vet's yesterday. I had a chat with the vet-he said they will supply anti biotics for koi IF they feel you have enough knowledge/experience preferably after a visit to the pond. Colne Valley Vets The Bungalow Colchester Road Wivenhoe Colchester Essex C07 9ET 01206 826287 A...

Hi Guys, Just cleaned filters and dropped 25% of water, am slowly topping back up so that temperature doesnt drop. Shiro has even less red today, infact the large red area showing yesterday has halved and is much less angry now. Greg-great advise, will keep a close eye out for the signs of dropsy an...

Hi Dunc,

Ive got the salt up to 0.6 %, will add some more tommorrow to get it up to 1%

Cheers Andy

Ps posted your purifier today so should be with you in a couple of days

Hi Dunc, Sorry to hear u've not been well-hope ur on the mend! Bit of an update: Yesterday: Temp up to 24 degrees,2nd dose of chloramine T, fish still very red with raised scales appearing around the tail stop area-looked really nasty. Didnt photograph as didnt want to stress fish. Today: Temp up to...

Hi Guys, Thanks for the response. The photos aren't very good-the red areas along the top of the koi aren't actually open wounds but red areas under the scales, hence the reason i havent topically treated etc, also this koi doesnt like being bowled and will always red up. My main concern was to get ...

Hi Gazza,

Il keep raising temp over next few days til about 25 degrees. How quickly can i bring temp up-been raising 3 degrees a day as want to get on top of it asap-is that a bit fast?

Cheers Andy

Hi, On saturday i noticed a shiro had a couple of slightly red scales through the pond window. I bowled it up and found it had raised scales along the bottom half of the fish. I turned it over to check the underside expecting to find marks caused by rubbing from sitting on the bottom but it was al c...

Hi Gazza,

Just wanted to thankyou for the advise earlier today-ive treated the main pond, fingers crossed

Cheers Andy

Hi Guys, Spotted a fish yesterday flashing-pulled a few out today for some scrapes and have found flukes! Ive been reading the other posts regarding fluke treatments- i have a plenty of fluke M is it ok to treat at 8 degrees? Also i read on one of the posts you have to mix it with acetone-how much d...

Hi Greg, Since this occured ive switched the auto feeder off and feed by hand. The problem was caused by the flow of the shower pushing the food against the wall-im now switching the shower off while i feed which means the food tends to stay off the wall meaning the chag just launches himself out of...

Hi Gazza,
The corners of the tank are rounded and the only thing in the pond is the bottom drain lid. I think it is just bashing the wall when it fights for food-typical chag!

Andy

Hi,

Ive got a rather gready chag in the growing on pond that keeps bashing itself. Apart from good water quality and warm temperatures Is there anything we can do to aid the recovery of bruising?

Cheers Andy

Hi All,

Cheers for the responses-nice to ba able to ask a question like this on a forum!

Where is the best place to purchase MS222 as i dont think ive seen it for sal e before (not hat id ever really looked)

Cheers Andy

Hi Dunc,
Il be more than happy to give this ago on my shower-just let me know what you need me to do/rcord parameter wise.
Andy