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    Question Are these Gill Fluke?

    Hi I have been lurking in the background of the forum for some time. But this is my first post.

    I have lost 3 koi this last week. Problems started when the pond temperature fell by 4deg (from 24 to 20) This happened after we eventually had rain after a long dry spell.
    Pond is 2000 gallons
    Filtered by a Queni 15 drum filter feeding 75 lts of K1 bio this returns to the pond via a 100gal anoxic bed

    All water parameters are good. PH 7.5 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 KH 4 GH 5 please note: Welsh Water

    I have just purchased an Apex practitioner Microscope and have done a couple of scrapes.
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    Are these Gill Fluke that I have found?

    Help needed please.

    Thanks Steve



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    hi,, look like gill flukes to me are your fish flicking , jumping, scraching themself on drain covers and such ?? try the new treatment fluke s its new out and works well
    hope this helps phil
    Last edited by phil leach; 05-08-2018 at 08:53 PM.

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    Or use Flukesolve. Fluke S and Flukesolve both contain 50% praziquantel. The only difference is that Kusuri recommend retreating after 7 days, while Flukesolve recommend retreating after 3 weeks.
    I questioned the manufacturers about this and they said: "the active ingredient of Fluke-Solve, praziquantel, will remain active in your pond for at least 3 weeks so will kill any emerging larvae thus effectively breaking the cycle. We recommend re-treatment after an interval of 3 weeks from the initial treatment simply to ensure that the praziquantel remains at a therapeutic level for a minimum of 6 weeks."
    So you pay your money and take your choice.

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    Anyone here used flukasol before?
    Its by NT Labs and doesn’t require mixing powders with acetone etc before use.

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    Never used flukasol but neither Fluke S or Flukesolve require mixing with acetone.

 

 

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