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09-09-2024, 08:11 PM

james9489 replied to a thread New natural looking koi pond/ filter house advice in Pond Construction and Pond Build Diaries

Yeah I think it all depends on what works for you and your lifestyle. My filtreau drum has been great up till now but it’s going to need some...

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29-08-2024, 08:17 PM

james9489 replied to a thread New natural looking koi pond/ filter house advice in Pond Construction and Pond Build Diaries

Good luck with it Jim, a mini digger may be a better idea I lost 2 stone but it took ages. I would 100% recommend a drum unless you have loads of...

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28-08-2024, 11:54 AM

james9489 replied to a thread New natural looking koi pond/ filter house advice in Pond Construction and Pond Build Diaries

Cheers Jim, no still not finished as the Mrs shoehorned an extension in. Going to get back on it in a few months. The ponds running great so far,...

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27-08-2024, 06:36 PM

james9489 replied to a thread New natural looking koi pond/ filter house advice in Pond Construction and Pond Build Diaries

Here you go mate, still not finished hopefully get round to landscaping and building the waterfall soon as the Mrs kitchen is nearly finished New...

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27-08-2024, 06:31 PM

james9489 replied to a thread Battling Costia in Koi Health, Disease and Medication Forum

Ok thanks I’ll bare that in mind, the stuff scares me a bit but gained some confidence with it. ICC with 0.3 salt has blitzed any sign of costia, I...

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24-08-2024, 08:46 PM

james9489 replied to a thread Battling Costia in Koi Health, Disease and Medication Forum

Hey, I went for 3 rounds at the standard dose, for 4 hours. But since salting I think my pond is 14000 litres not 13000 so maybe under dosed and not...

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24-08-2024, 08:36 PM

james9489 replied to a thread Battling Costia in Koi Health, Disease and Medication Forum

That’s good to know, salt baths may have cleared the Ogon and left the others riddled maybe, I’ll get scraping some other fish and see what is...

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24-08-2024, 08:18 AM

james9489 replied to a thread Battling Costia in Koi Health, Disease and Medication Forum

That’s great info, thank you RS. I’m enjoying slowing down and not rushing things and seeing much better behaviour now the water is getting cleaned...

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21-08-2024, 07:42 PM

james9489 replied to a thread Battling Costia in Koi Health, Disease and Medication Forum

Whole pond is looking much better now the treatments are over and water changes in action. The Ogon that has been struggling looks improved and has...

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21-08-2024, 07:27 PM

james9489 replied to a thread New natural looking koi pond/ filter house advice in Pond Construction and Pond Build Diaries

Hi Jim, Iv got a similar pond build to what your after although still not finished, Iv got a build thread on here. I’m pretty pleased with mine...

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18-08-2024, 12:21 PM

james9489 replied to a thread Battling Costia in Koi Health, Disease and Medication Forum

That’s good to know, I thought swimming issues were quite acute and meant instantly downhill from there. I’m seeing a massive improvement from...

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16-08-2024, 10:56 PM

james9489 replied to a thread Battling Costia in Koi Health, Disease and Medication Forum

Thanks for the info RS really appreciated. I just did a 10% water change and whacked the UV back on. Was going to try and hold onto the leftover ICC...

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16-08-2024, 10:54 AM

james9489 replied to a thread Battling Costia in Koi Health, Disease and Medication Forum

Found 1 fluke on 2 slides, and maybe a potential 1 costia. I have noticed carp pox about a month back also Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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16-08-2024, 10:51 AM

james9489 replied to a thread Battling Costia in Koi Health, Disease and Medication Forum

Thanks RS that’s a good shout. I got her out this morning and the fins are looking bad, fin rot? Maybe a secondary after the costia? Also noticed...

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15-08-2024, 08:13 PM

james9489 started a thread Battling Costia in Koi Health, Disease and Medication Forum

Hi all After finding costia a month back I opted for PP and went for 3 treatments, but still found costia at the end. the main fish struggling...

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27-08-2024

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24-08-2024

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Hi James out of interest...
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The continued flashing...
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21-08-2024

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18-08-2024

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With buoyancy issues I...
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With buoyancy issues I...

17-08-2024

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I think the fins will...

16-08-2024

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I think the fins will...
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I think your only option...