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    Newly Inherited pond needs treating

    Ive recently moved and inherited 23000 ltr koi pond along with the fish themselves. I am therefore new to the world of Koi but want to embrace this opportunity and ensure the pond and fish are well cared for.

    The pond appears to have been neglected for a little while and needs treating and i have as such identified malachite and formalin to be the best option. can anybody advise the required dosage required for the mix?



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    Quote Originally Posted by James L View Post
    Ive recently moved and inherited 23000 ltr koi pond along with the fish themselves. I am therefore new to the world of Koi but want to embrace this opportunity and ensure the pond and fish are well cared for.

    The pond appears to have been neglected for a little while and needs treating and i have as such identified malachite and formalin to be the best option. can anybody advise the required dosage required for the mix?
    Hi James,

    what does it need treating for ? can you offer us some information as to what is wrong, have you performed scrapes on the fish? what were your findings, have you performed water parameter test, if so what were the results......cheers Steve

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    Quote Originally Posted by James L View Post
    Ive recently moved and inherited 23000 ltr koi pond along with the fish themselves. I am therefore new to the world of Koi but want to embrace this opportunity and ensure the pond and fish are well cared for.

    The pond appears to have been neglected for a little while and needs treating and i have as such identified malachite and formalin to be the best option. can anybody advise the required dosage required for the mix?
    What have you found to treat? Have you scoped and water test ?

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    Hello and welcome. Unfortunately you need to know what you're treating for before adding medication. You might before adding treatment that wont work for the parasite or issue you have. You could have fluke which m+f won't treat or you could have a bacterial issue if the pond and filters have been neglected. Firstly I would give the filters a very good spring clean... With the pond water and not tap water. I'd also recommend a 25% water change. Get a microscope to scrape the fish to see if have parasite the you'd know what to treat for
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    Welcome mate, that's a good sized Koi pond you've got.

    What filtration does the pond have and how many Koi, and is it all operating as it should?

    Are the koi showing any symptoms that has determined the need for FMG (Fomalin/Malachite Green)?

    Adding treatments is normally a last resort once a particular parasite or disease has been positively ID'd.

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    Blimey.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    Blimey.

    Early morning keyboard warriors the lot of you. And faster typers than me!
    lol, your not wrong RS, i was sitting here laughing to myself as when i posted my laptop had a weird moment and things seemed to refresh then bang from no replies to three as Andy and AJM and myself answered simultaneously and you must of been on it too, i think Andy was probably first in replying as his content was more than ours lol.... are we all sitting online slowly getting bored off our tits, i am for sure, any new content and were all on it like piranha's lol....

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    Where are you in the country? Maybe best to get some proper guidance before you make any serious mistakes and possibly harm your fish.

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    Haha to right mate thank god its picked up from last month

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    Quote Originally Posted by James L View Post
    Ive recently moved and inherited 23000 ltr koi pond along with the fish themselves. I am therefore new to the world of Koi but want to embrace this opportunity and ensure the pond and fish are well cared for.

    The pond appears to have been neglected for a little while and needs treating and i have as such identified malachite and formalin to be the best option. can anybody advise the required dosage required for the mix?
    Welcome mate. Enjoy the forum.
    What is the problems for you to want to treat the pond.
    Is it weed. Is it fish flashing. Or is the water murky.

    You don t want to be throwing treatments in willy nilly.

    If you could write up for us to understand
    Your pond.
    Could you write on here what your water parameters are
    PH
    Nitrite
    Ammonia.
    Nitrate.
    KH
    If you have nt got a testing kit. API fresh water master kit. Link
    https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/11413725203...&ul_noapp=true

    Also could you put photos up so we can better understand your problem.
    Also your setup
    Pump size
    Filteration
    UV
    How many fish.
    Sorry for all the questions. But to help we need to know most of these.
    Also koi should only be treated after a scrape. Then microscope. With the right medication.
    Hope this helps fred


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    Good one fred that should do it

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    Quote Originally Posted by smartin View Post
    lol, your not wrong RS, i was sitting here laughing to myself as when i posted my laptop had a weird moment and things seemed to refresh then bang from no replies to three as Andy and AJM and myself answered simultaneously and you must of been on it too, i think Andy was probably first in replying as his content was more than ours lol.... are we all sitting online slowly getting bored off our tits, i am for sure, any new content and were all on it like piranha's lol....
    Exactly the same. Posted then theres loads
    HahaNewly Inherited pond needs treatingNewly Inherited pond needs treating at least he is getting help all at once

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    I think Freddy is like the rest of us......BORED being at home... Theres only so much i can talk to the missus about
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    Think we have scared op off . F**k that they all mental haha

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    LOL.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy1671 View Post
    I think Freddy is like the rest of us......BORED being at home... Theres only so much i can talk to the missus about
    Yes with you on that Andy, breakfast, lunch and dinner is the highlight of the day deciding what to have and as for the weather on the TV well that's orgasmic Cannot wait for Sunday to spend the day in the garden, its going to be a melt down with excitement.........as each day goes by the wife is looking more and more attractive

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy1671 View Post
    I think Freddy is like the rest of us......BORED being at home... Theres only so much i can talk to the missus about
    Bored I don t even know what the word means lol.
    Always something to do.

    Like
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    Dry the pots.
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    Do the washing.( making sure to keep the whites seperated)
    Then do the ironing.

    A mans work never ends. Not enough hours in a day.
    BORED. No chance
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    Quote Originally Posted by smartin View Post
    Yes with you on that Andy, breakfast, lunch and dinner is the highlight of the day deciding what to have and as for the weather on the TV well that's orgasmic Cannot wait for Sunday to spend the day in the garden, its going to be a melt down with excitement.........as each day goes by the wife is looking more and more attractive
    Haha Newly Inherited pond needs treatingNewly Inherited pond needs treating

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    Apparently..... after talikng my missus for the first time in ages, she doesn't work at Woolworths anymore
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy1671 View Post
    Apparently..... after talikng my missus for the first time in ages, she doesn't work at Woolworths anymore
    Newly Inherited pond needs treatingNewly Inherited pond needs treating haha mint

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