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    Quote Originally Posted by farmer rob View Post
    Well my koi looked back to normal yesterday, all the swelling seamed to have gone down and happily swimming around. I was going to give him another water change today and drop the salt level down. Alas I found him dead! never mind, we tried. Anyway, thanks for the advice,

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    I had similar with one a few years back. The salt reduces the swelling but doesn't necessarily address the cause. Mine also started to look better then died. I also had a devil of a time keeping the ammonia down several high% water changes a day were required!
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    Sorry to hear your koi didnt make it. Dropsy is often caused by underlying kidney failure, so the chances of it resolving are never good.

    Just a point for anyone with a similar situation reading this though- you should never salt to more than 0.9% because that is the concentration of salt in the blood of the fish. Going higher than that can cause dehydration and sodium poisoning in the fish. I would always recommend getting a salt meter when using salt since you have do a lot of water changes so keeping the salt at any given level is near impossible without one.

    Personally if I have to salt then I do it to 0.3% initially then gradually increase to 0.6% where I would hold it. If 0.6% doesnt result in recovery then its unlikely that 0.9% would effect a cure. For dropsy I would add an antibacterial such as Chloramine T too as septisaemia is a possible cause.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Feline View Post
    Sorry to hear your koi didnt make it. Dropsy is often caused by underlying kidney failure, so the chances of it resolving are never good.

    Just a point for anyone with a similar situation reading this though- you should never salt to more than 0.9% because that is the concentration of salt in the blood of the fish. Going higher than that can cause dehydration and sodium poisoning in the fish. I would always recommend getting a salt meter when using salt since you have do a lot of water changes so keeping the salt at any given level is near impossible without one.

    Personally if I have to salt then I do it to 0.3% initially then gradually increase to 0.6% where I would hold it. If 0.6% doesnt result in recovery then its unlikely that 0.9% would effect a cure. For dropsy I would add an antibacterial such as Chloramine T too as septisaemia is a possible cause.
    Would that be with salt working along with chlormine T. Or chlormine T on its own feline.

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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    Would that be with salt working along with chlormine T. Or chlormine T on its own feline.

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    Both together Fred, so long as the temp is over 16C for the CT.

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    Nice one. Cheers feline.

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    Very interesting Feline! I'm still learning but will certainly use your salt recommendations if needed in the future.

    Many thanks, Rob

 

 
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