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    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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    fluke solve is best I think.
    ive used fluke m before, it was useless.

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    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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    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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    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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    Fluke P is the same drug as Fluke Solve.

    Some people have more success with one or the other.

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    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 died
    6000g 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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