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Dunc, it's more of a feel of hard rubber-ish.

pm me with some dates (of your availability) and times and I'll drive over ... or I can wait till the wet lab. I was planning on adding my name, but didn't want to, until I knew the dates as I am not always here.

Gazza, a picture showing the size of the swelling/lump

Gazza, there is something protruding in the mouth and yes the lump is a bit reddish on the outside ... somehow it feels like a growth, boil or something. It is fairly hard under the skin, but I'm hoping you guys can help - cause I don't know :? . After Dunc looks at this, I may persuade him to do so...

New pictures ....

My plan is to knock her out again this week end and have a good look, after that - depending on the results - I'll pm you Dunc and than we can arrange something. So will post more pictures on Sat.

Check with Mark and Lisa at cuttlebrook, they usually have a few - they won't be show winners (No dealer sells their best koi at such a small size) but might be exactly what you are looking for. You do realise that not all tancho come out with round spots.... and those that do will cost you quite a ...

Ed, I honestly can't remember it being there before ... she's about 60 cm and it sort of has the shape of a wish bone.

ps... by the way, she eats like a pig and last year she spawned twice but she doesn't appear as laden with eggs this year as she did last.

stuck my finger in her mouth ... and it feels li something in the jaw line. That soft area below the jaw ... has the consistency of cartilage.

Dunc - we might be able to arrange something

Doing my pond duties this morning and noticed this on my showa ... knocked her out and checked inside her mouth, nothing there. Any ideas anyone?

It'd be interesting to see if this works as you expect Dunc ... also, a system filtered by moving media wouldn't conform to this theory, would it?

Ed, my setup is ..... 2000 gallons (9000ish ltrs) ... 4ft deep .... shaded by a pergola covering entire pond Filter 1 - Nexus 200 with 125ltrs of fluidised K1 and 50 ltrs Biochips - Aquamax 10K Filter 2 - modified Biotec 12 screenex - foams replaced with partially submerged BHM - Aquamax 12K Protein...

Mark, you beat me to it ... I'm a huge fan of telmin, aside from the fact that a single packet is the right amount for my setup, the 'slack' in the dosage rates actually make it really easy to use and has been my weapon of choice when dealing with flukes.

... and mine has 80ltrs of air going into it.

Well, my experience is a little different .... for the last two years (09-10) I've not heated between November and March, I've also not fed between November and March. I let the pond temps fall to wherever the ambient temperatures takes it. I do however, carry-on doing water changes (minimum 10%) an...

Mike, that's interesting .... are you saying it a chlorine burn? or an allergic reaction?