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Thread: Skin flukes
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16-03-2019, 01:01 PM #1
Skin flukes
Morning all
noticed a few of my fish flashing this morning
scraped 2 and found one of my small koi covered in skin flukes
can anyone tell me best treatment
fluke m or fluke s what is the difference?
my pond has only just reached 10 degrees
thanks in advance for any advice
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16-03-2019, 03:10 PM #2
fluke solve is best I think.
ive used fluke m before, it was useless.
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16-03-2019, 03:20 PM #3
Get the Fluke Solve in some hot water and run it through the blender or a smoothie maker, mixes it up very well indeed.
Then add to a bucket of pond water and go from there.
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16-03-2019, 06:17 PM #4
fluke solve can be used at temps down to 3 degs much easy to mix than fluke m , just add and mix to a watering can of pond water plus can deal with tric aswell
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16-03-2019, 07:39 PM #5
Thanks for all your advice
been out of koi keeping for 6 years and new products have appeared so bit confused
seems like I can only pick up fluke m or fluke p tommorrow
ive used fluke m in the past but think I needed a second dose
need to dose tommorrow as the little fella was covered although the larger fish I scraped seemed clear
thanks again I'll post results in about 7 days
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16-03-2019, 08:17 PM #6
Fluke P is the same drug as Fluke Solve.
Some people have more success with one or the other.
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20-03-2019, 07:49 AM #7
Do you have a quaranteen? Flukes are opertunists and attack weakened fish there may be something else going on with this fish.
I treeted with Fluke M in my quaranteen on one occasion and although it was very effective at killing the flukes the fish still died6000g 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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20-03-2019, 11:25 AM #8
Thanks pip
i treated with fluke m on Sunday fish seem a lot happier already
i don't have a quarantine tank
i scraped 3 fish and studied slides thoroughly
will scrape again Sunday and re treat for another 7 days
fingers crossed that will be the end of it
ill post results
cheers!
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25-03-2019, 08:05 PM #9
Quick update
1 of my young fish looked pretty poorly thurs
scraped and was covered in flukes
salt bathed it but didn't make the next day
scraped a few others for anything more sinister but found nothing
added another dose of fluke m fingers crossed
all fish in pond look very healthy now no flicking and all feeding
will scrape again next Sunday
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29-03-2019, 01:27 PM #10
Scraped the original worst 2 infected koi today
both completely clear off flukes
10per cent water change Sunday that's the end of the second 7 day treatment period and hopefully that's the end of thatat saga
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09-06-2019, 12:50 PM #11
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Guys, one of my fish in the pond (a gorgeous sanke) has recently developed this issue (brown pigment to the skin). I haven't scraped yet as wanted to check with you guys first, do we think flukes?
Thanks,
Josh
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