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    Unhappy koi

    Hi everybody I have just joined the forum. My name is Keith I have a 3500 gall koi pond. I seem to have a problem in the pond most of the fish do not look happy fins clamped not moving about much. Can,t see anything on the fish. I have just treated the pond with green malachite and turned the UV off. Any ideas would be appreciated. ...Keith



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    I guess the usual questions really.

    What are your water perams,

    Ph, Ammonia, nitrite, etc?

    Your filtration? cleaning regime?

    Have you added anything new to the pond, any other treatments?

    What else are they doing? flashing or jumping, or are they all just clamped?

    What is the water temp?


    Sounds like there is defo something amiss... not sure why you put machalite in, I know it might get rid of some parasites with formalin but not sure what it would do on its own...

    Is there anyone locally you know who could come do a scrape? take a look under a microscope.

    I would go for parasites in there, you just need to find out which one, before you treat with anything else.
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    where abouts do you live as some one might be able to come round and do a scrape for you.

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    You say you added malachite. First things first, adding any chemical to the pond with knowing what you are dealing with is a big no no.

    As mentioned above, test the water first then if that's ok you need to test the koi by scraping and checking under a scope. Only when you know what you are dealing with should you add the correct chemicals.

    Malachite on it's own is not as effective as you need to use formalin with it to cut back the mucus first.

    Where are you based?

 

 

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