Emergency aid for sick fish and sick ponds.
The Koi Health Sticky has been updated August 9, 2010. Welcome to the Koiphen Emergency Section! If you are reading this, chances are you have a sick fish or worse; several of them. I hope you will take the time to seriously study their problems and find a way to successfully treat them. That is...
Just to help me to remember and explain. Yes, I'm constantly learning too. There are two causes of the high pH with these measured values. The KH is too low as others said, and needs baking soda addition to stabilize pH at a better value. But the GH is way too low for acceptable pH control. ...
in the works. I'll pull my Duncan, Dr. J and Doc Nick books and get a chart going of recommended treatments. A work in progress. with any treatment, increase oxygen This is a partial list, invest in the books. Dr. Johnson "Koi Health and Disease" a must have - available at...
http://www.cnykoi.com/calculators/calcoxacid.asp
Just thought it would be nice to have, only know a couple of them. Do you have somebody else that you work with that you'd like to add? from Watergarden News: ARIZONA PetSmart Inc. Nick Saint-Erne, DVM 19601 N. 27th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85027
This is an in the works so please double check me before using. I'm learning with you. No using proform and salt together. Here's a nice print out to go in your first aid kit, bugs at a glance ICH -White spot - Ichthyophthirius mutifilils visible at 200x - picture from Graham
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If you have a sick fish, but you don't think the fish is in imminent danger of dying, please read the Health Care Sticky in the ER Forum. http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42809 If you're presenting your problem in the ER Forum it is unlikely that you have the ability to bring...
Below are links to important health care articles that you should read: Before You Post - ER Forum Protocols (http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106990) Emergency Section Koi Health Sticky (http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42809) Basic First Aid Kit for Koi...
you all know my ammonia level is 8. for the last couple of weeks there was a lot of response on controlling the level ......I have been changing water every day and adding amquel along with ammoniafix.......when I check the ammonia level using the drops the water color in the tube would go right to...
Hi all sory for being away, no time to offer excuses as I need advice desperatly. Purchased two new koi 3 weeks ago, both arround the 24" mark. did not QT as in process of building new one. ( stupid I know) Last week the koi started going off their food and occassional flashing, ran a...
My vet is not able to get Amikacin or Azactam for me right now - says suppliers list it as "backordered" - does anyone have a good substitute for aeromonas bacterial infection. Baytril hasn't touched this stuff.?????
I have treated 3 times now with the trichloracide, and I'm reasonably sure the dosage I'm using is correct, but it isn't having any effect whatsoever. I treated for the third time Thursday and today they are still covering my koi. Any suggestions?
I read the sticky and got that I should use mal. Green. It also said to use salt. Denture glue? scrape the fungus patches off? I'm lost to what to do. I cannot easily sedate the fish. this is a 2 year old 14" butterfly koi in a 70 gal tank. The 2 other younger/smaller koi have no fungus. ...
Background data... Been fighting parasites for the last month and seem to have them under control and koi are healing up from all the little secondary bacterial red spots, etc. But yesterday, I noticed a 22" sanke getting new spots/bumps on its tail fin. Today, it looked worse so I pulled it out...
Well, I am getting desperate. Since I have the ponds (10 years) this year has been the more difficult. I had an infestation of flukes, (almost two months ago) which were eradicated with minnfinn max but two weeks ago I already found some flukes again in a dead fish. So I treated again but at this...
Hello, I have a 40 gallons tank with 6 koi with 5" in sizes, and I will setup my quaranteen tank 6' x 30" soon for these koi fish. I have a canister and and water fall filter and I am using Hikari Ultimate Water Conditioner for the tank. Recently, my tank has the ammonia reading 2.0 or more...
Anyone tried cyropro, made by hikari, for treating anchor worm? My pond has the parasite and the only medication immediately available is cyropro and dimilin. I have large algae eating snails in the pond and I'm pretty sure dimilin will nuke them. Cyropro indicates it is safe for snails. Just...
After many years of enjoying a healthy pond, we have ulcer problems. We are doing a 50% water change and purchased medicated food today. I also have salt on hand. I doubt very much that my local pond supply has many meds but let me know if there is something more I can do. 3,000 gals, bio...
tested my water and pond guy said all your koi should be dead.....amonia level really bad....for the next two weeks he said to change water ...I have a 1200 gal pond....take out 150 gal every other day and dont feed fish for the next couple of days....normally never checked water because for the...
Hi guys, My brother-in-law told me his 6' ogon was behaving like this two weeks ago, stopped eating and died last night, lying at the pond bottom with its belly up. There were rot on both pectoral fin. Labour breathing was noticable, something with its head pointing downward. Another two small...
Micro-red-infectious-worms? Hey Guys, what kind of micro-red-worms are these? Are they infectious and deadly to my fishies? They have clogged up my fountain nozzles after 24 hours or so.
This is a copy of a letter I sent to Click2roark for advice. It is rather long, but I have read several posts here looking for similar issues and had to go through a lot of posts requesting clarification etc. so I'm trying to give details. Roark, Hello. I have about 20 koi. 2 are...
One of my koi acts strangely once in a while. On occassion, it will hang in the water pointing nose down, although it can easily level off. Otherwise, it swims at all water depths, eats off the surface, walls, and bottom...normal fish behavior. No signs off stress.
Hello everyone. I need help.My kois only flash in the evening through out the night.Duiring the day they are fine. PH IS 8.32 in the day at around 7pm ,it drops to 8.20 and my kois starts flashing.My KH is 90,amonia 0,Nitrite .05 GH 0. I did a scraping a...
Hey folks Can anyone help me out. I am having a PH crash about 6.0-6.5. Is there anything I can add to get it up. I am doing a water change but I am worried that it might take too long. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
When sedating a koi for treatment: Using too little clove oil is far more dangerous than using too much. Karl
i was sitting by my pond today and noticed a spot on my sanke that wasnt there when i bought her. she has been flashing a very little bit here and there. but wasnt anything that worried me. maybe a few times all day. well i looked at her mid fin region and noticed a spot that look like a scale...
help I got side tracked and forgot to turn off water hose when adding water, fish are stressed and have lost four already, what can be done to save as many as I can!!!!
I have been unable to find Dimilin that is readily available. I assume I can use "Adept," since it also has 25% Diflubenzuron and 75% inert ingredients. I just wanted to check this info before I added it to the pond. Persistent fish lice in a problem I never had before this year, and I need...
She is on the phone with me going into town to get salt. She has a 13,000 gallon pond her ammonia = 0 nitite = 5 that is all the test kits she had. She wants to know how much salt to add she is doing a water change and increases airdomes.
After a bout with costia last week that I treated with Proform-C, I find myself taking care of numerous small bacterial problems. Some of the koi had a red "rash" over their shiro... which seems like a logical reaction to costia. Now that the costia treatment is over, they seem to be improving. I...
Noticed all my fish are huddled at the waterfall tonight. Pond is 5000 gal. ph=8.5 am=0.0 nit=0.0 kh=120 gh=80 I have aerated bottom drain 2 aerated MB filters and waterfall with 2500+gph. So not sure oxygen is issue. I did loose my UV 2 weeks ago so water has started to go green of...
I had a bacterial problem in my pond that has been treat with proformc and prazi then treated with PP 5 times. All fish seem to be doing good except for one who has had sores that healed and now these sores. They are more like holes now i treated them with a PP paste i made and i dont know what to...
Hello, I have a gold fish that is about 7 years old and in the past 4 years just continues to get more and more bloated looking. It seems to be as active and healthy as the rest of the fish but lately seems to be having more and more difficulties getting around. Does anyone have any ideas what...
Saw my "burnt" fish today. Love to hear if anyone has had a burnt fish before that recovered. He seems to be looking for food so that should be a good sign rite ? Poor thing. I don't think he appears to be healing..but what do i know. I am also wondering when i had the ph crash and had...
First off, I know I'm a dummy, I got complacent, been really busy, thought the pond was on autopilot, and have messed up badly. Also panic has set in and I don't feel there's time to do any more research while my fish may be dying, so sorry if all the answers are in the FAQ. The algae I thought...
Hi there , i need your advice as i know i am going to get a wide variety of answers but hopefully i can narrow it down so i can help my koi. I have had my koi for over 2 years now without ever having a problem until now , it started out with flashing in a few koi then redness on a few of them ,...
Hi I am a stay at home mom with a 700 gallon pond in her back yard. I have about 8-- 5 inch Koi that are not sociable. I have to peek out my window to see if i can catch a glimps. I had a pre-exicting cement pond @ the house when we bought it 2 years ago and i recently made it bigger and added a...
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