Spots on Tail

[benchg]

Hi,
I have realised one of my koi had some spots on the her tail and some on pedal fins as well. it looks like a koi pox ,the pond temperature is 20c for last few weeks , should not have any koi pox in there I think. I'm worrying this symptom get worst and spread to the other koi. Does anyone have this symptom with your koi before? Please help
cheers
Ben

[Duncan]

Ben, yes it looks like pox but for my money its the early start of dermocystidium, i say this because there are points to the tops of the lessions. pox does not grow into peaks/points

what you will find is they will vanish for a while then come back worst than the pervious time, they vanish because they burst and release spores into the water then reform again but they get a little more mature each time till eventually they look like the cahg in the thread below

its a real bugger to get rid of fortunetly for you i have developed a treatment read this http://www.koiquest.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... =2&t=11950

dunc

[benchg]

Thanks Duncan for the reply, after reading the long thread,
It's very hard to get rib of Dermo. Not sure how s Paul and Steve koi now? as they didn't post the new pics.
First option, I may go to do the surgical treatment to remove it, as you can see by the pics , all these nasty are not growing in bulk on the same part, I think I may require two or more treatments to remove them.
Second option, I still hope it's not Dermo, Fish looking health and hungry for food all the time apart from unsightly pox plugs it s no way to get the suitable topical treatment for it. So i may leave it until it get worst.
Any suggest ?
Cheers
Ben

[Duncan]

hi there

trust me and i hate to play devils advocate here but this will not get better striking now while its in its infancy is the bedtter course

dunc