Thread: Not Feeding

Hi, my Koi had 2nd dose of parasite treatment a week last Saturday, water parameters are fine but they are not interested in food, is this normal?
Thanks
Paul
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 20 ppm
PH 8.0
Hardness 83ppm

Originally Posted by g mac

Normally, with my fish, if the treatment has been a success, they feed well within a day or two. Are they taking the food and spitting it out? If so, then I would check again for Gill Flukes.

They fed a bit last night then back to normal this morning.
How would you check for Gill flukes ? checked 3 fish yesterday for external parasites and nothing

Aside from not feeding how are they behaving?

What parasite treatment did you use?
The only one that puts my koi off food for a couple of days is FMG. Any other treatment and they are normally begging for food within a few hours of administering the dose.

Originally Posted by Alburglar

If you can't find it and parameters are good, it's usually:
Chlorine if you trickle in / top up
Or
Most often
Chilo/costia
Or as said gill fluke

It's actually really hard to spot chilo/costia. When most people find its actually trichodina on 100x. Chilo/costia is still tiny at that magnification.

Checked last night and yes Costia, Green Malachite and Formalin mix gone in

Originally Posted by Alburglar

I'm curious, mainly because I've got a new binocular scope, but what magnification did you spot the costia at first please?

Saw something moving at 100x and could see at 300x