Simply Koi and More Koi

Sorry not been about much as I been a bit busy so having a catch up and what a great result. Alot of credit has to go to the Koi but also the water it is being kept in, it must also be top notch otherwise the Koi wouldn't be able to heal like it is. Duncans knowledge and expertise has played a massive role as well but Paul you have done a great job and should feel rightly proud of the progress.

Duncan, is their differant strains of the virus which is why the Chagoi took more agressive treatment to heal than Steve's Koi, my Bekko had a very small spot on the head by the top of gill plate and it took one treatment and it healed, I scraped it down to the bone cleaned topical treated and it cleared up, I treated it quickly as I didn't have the wart treatment but didn't want to leave it so when I caught it to treat it as per insructions in this post it had virtually cleared up and the last time I looked which was when I bagged it for the move you could barely see anything had been wrong, which is why i was wondering if there are differant strengths of the virus

hi Kim

sorry about not answering this sooner but you kinow how it is you look at something long enough you think its been dealt with

i cant say if there are differing strains of this disease there is little known about it but it does appear to be a bit of a bugger to get rid of

to that end my discovery of silver nitrate so farseems to be the last word in treatmemt of this disease im currentl;y lookling into a silver nitrate pen with a nib and a flow of S/N soltion to that nib
its may be a cheaper and more convienient solution to what is a hard disease to overcome

dunc

Hi Duncan

The pen idea would be a fantasic bit kit, An update of the Bekko is it has definatly all gone, I must of got lucky and got it at the right time. It has also healed completely leaving no scar at all. I think with most things the answer is to treat as soon as possible and not leave it to fester. This post has been a great learning tool so thank you to you all