Treating costia when fmg hasn’t worked
Going off of the title I’m looking for solutions to costia. I’ve gone with mg&f with three doses five days apart (apparently hasn’t worked), yesterday I did a thorough clean out of my nexus and rodded by bd pipework etc to ensure no crud is sat anywhere & there was a little bit of settlement in the bd pipework, but this is now cleared and there isn’t really anywhere else anything could be gathering up so I’m happy there.
I’m not heated so can’t heat ramp the pond, I know there are various other treatments but non are apparently as effective as mg&f (going off of what’s in Duncan griffiths book!), but Is there anything else worth trying??
I’m considering PP,Alperex,CT, and there is some stuff that Duncan does too (icc if I remember correctly), can’t keep spending endless amounts trying to treat this so need something with a high probability of success!
Water Parameters are good, and water temp will be water the current weather allows (so approx 13-15 deg c I reckon)
With all this in mind, what would your next port of call so to speak!?
FYI - I’ve got some CT on hand, PP is cheap enough I guess, but after that costs start to ramp up don’t they and with unknown chances of success!
Cheers in advance
Matt
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Treating costia when fmg hasn’t worked
I’ve got some ct and mg&f so I’ll try a hit with CT and then mg&f again to see if that’ll shift it, if not I’ll give the icc a shot.
Dave, I know alperex doesn’t always play nice with other chemicals, seem to recall it being a definite no no if you’ve recently used anything prazi based so I’ll heed your warning and give it a wide berth this time around. Having said that I have used it successfully in the past with no apparent side effects, but that’s been in isolation and not when there’s been near the use of anything else!
Thanks everyone for your input![emoji12][emoji2957]
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