Simply Koi and More Koi

Don't you just hate that when it happens! OK, so the bottom line is it's bloody hard to spot.....not a good recovery rate and if your uncertain then you could lose perfectly good roe. I undertsand the starvation thing as you say humans are the same. I am guessing you would have to starve the fish fo...

Having read the post about the tumour and Duncan stating egg compaction i have the following questions:-

1) How does it happen?

2) How can you spot it?

3) How can it be treated?

Priest is a good job if done correctly, someone told me about the deep freeze but i agree it takes time to freeze etc so unless clonked on the head the fish is not going to sit still in the freezer.

Hi Welsh Koi Disagree... you have a lovely fish you have grown on for 3-4 years and it hets an acute bacterial infection (normally through an ulcer) do you just give in or give it a simple injection (fish are often "cured" with a single injection), or let it die. I think the problem is in...

i have never looked at injecting koi, probably cost more in medicine than what my koi are actually worth.

My pond is raised and i lost 3 koi this year including an 18" kohaku. all the fish were fine last year in a fifth of the water but were covered (200G Vs 1000G). all the fish looked perfect and i am religous in the water changes, if the fish look hungary i feed and the sturgeon are also fed regu...

Dunc, that explains it my fish are not young.

I always wonder about this too, when i visit my local shop there koi are mental and when someone has bought some food and chucks it in the water just errupts.

My fish are like yours Mike, shy away and then eat later.

I think the drug dealers will find other alternatives for their drug cultivation, I have never used PP in the koi world but it's almost going to be illegal to own it regardless how old it is?

Sign of the times we live in, pealise the majority for the minority.

Carl,

you have been very busy since i last visited you.

the fish you gave me are doing well and are now in my larger upgraded pond.

BR

WKB

Great news, a manufacturer recognising their issues......

Louie, I would not touch it, leave it as it is otherwise they may not give you another one. Do you have the old one to show your dealer it must be a manufacturing fault? I am no expert but surely these barrels are pressure tested to normally twice their normal operational pressures (based on other p...

I am not a sparky but I think what is happening is that you are earthing the live when you put your hand in the water (completing the circuit) RCD's I think need to have an earth trip ie it senses 30mA current draw to earth and trips out. Because the live is not connecting with the earth in the pond...

Gaz, looks pretty flexible but with some rigidity as well?