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Thread: Koi leaning
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03-09-2018, 11:40 PM #1
Koi leaning
Hi, one of my koi is leaning when still and a few have been flashing although I treated my pond for parasites.
Any thoughts please
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04-09-2018, 07:25 AM #2
what are your water parameters, which parasite did you treat for and with what?
need much more info to be able to help.
Dave
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04-09-2018, 08:05 AM #3
Water parameters all ok, originally had fluke so treated supaverm, about 2 week ago but fish seem to be sulking and the one that was leaning is now on his side but still alive this morning. I’ve also salted my pond to help perk them up
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04-09-2018, 08:16 AM #4
why do people take the risk and treat with a banned un registered substance ?
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04-09-2018, 08:54 AM #56000g in ground koi pond
+3000g lily/Anoxic pond attached
29 koi (40 to 65cm)
Bottom drain, Mid water & Skimmer to Drum
JBR boichamber->Blue eco 500 pump ->below surface return.
Blue Eco 240 -> Large MB -> Waterfall -> Planted Anoxic pond (25 baskets)
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04-09-2018, 05:59 PM #6
what has been your procedure for treating with supaverm, you have to be so accurate with it, and if you cant work out your pond volume out extremely accurately then don't even consider it.
You should have done massive water changes once the course was completed, have you done that?
if you haven't start now, and dont forget dechlorinator.
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04-09-2018, 06:18 PM #7
you should do 1ml per 100 uk gallons, measured out with a syringe so its dead accurate, definitely not guessed into a measuring jug.
mix with pond water and add it very, very slowly over 4 hours, after 3 days start changing water, minimum 20 % volume.
I have successfully used it with no problems, I did an initial 20 % water change, then just the left hose running in to the pond full bore, for what must have been 24 hours, which would probably equate to about double the pond volume.
Even after the original 20 % water change my fish were much happier.
Have you any other parasites ?
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04-09-2018, 06:43 PM #8
Erm, it is not banned or unregistered.
It's the licenced product in the UK for flukes in other species and as such can be perfectly legally prescribed for use in other species such as fish where other products have not been effective, so long as you don't plan to eat your koi. In the UK we have a prescribing cascade that allows the use of a product registered for one species on another in certain circumstances. Medications for pet fish fall under a slightly weird category here anyway because of the small animal exemption scheme that means that bottles of FMG and similar that you buy over the counter are not going through the rigorous drug licensing process at all.
There's a lot of scaremongering about Supaverm around (including on this thread) but not much of that is actually written by people who have ever actually used it
I am not recommending you all go out and use it as your first line treatment by the way. There are products that are milder on the fish (and unfortunately also milder on the flukes) that you should probably try first.2016 new 6000 gallon pond
https://www.koiforum.uk/pond-construc...ghlight=feline
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17-09-2018, 06:55 PM #9
what happened?
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17-09-2018, 07:45 PM #10
The Daily pond temp thread
Pond still covered, currently 11.6C Been really mild this year as far as pond temps go. ...