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Koi, Goldfish & Pond Health In 20 Steps
Ulcer Treatments Parasite Treatments & Cures Koi Water Quality Koi Quarantine & Health Medications |
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Shotgun Therapy Number One (Koi Only) 1. Water testing 2. Salting to 0.6% 3. SupaVerm 1ml/100gal 4. Diflubenzuron (Anchors Away or similar) 5. Medicated food Concepts behind this method: · Salt controls the majority of ciliated protozoan parasites. · Medicated food, in lieu of injections, controls the development of bacterial infections which might be brought on by transportation stress. · SupaVerm is completely safe to use with salt and control Flukes, which are extremely common, very completely. - SUPAVERM kills goldfish! · Diflubenzuron eliminates all crustacean parasites including Argulus and Lernea. · Water testing is important because in quarantine, water quality sometimes sags. This compounds the fishes' stress and is worse than no quarantine at all! Also, fish will NOT get over their various ailments in poor water quality! Problems with this Shotgun regimen · Regimen number one can't be used on Goldfish, because of the incorporation of SupaVerm as a fluke remedy. - Perhaps substituting Prazi would resolve this issue. They are more expensive. · Costia can survive this regimen. · If fish won't eat, then the medicated food will not achieve its objective. Shotgun Regimen Number TWO 1. Water Testing 2. Salting to 0.6% 3. Drop Salt to below 0.3% before Formalin 4. Formalin, using the 120 minute method 5. Achieve: 25 ppm Formalin for goldfish 6. Achieve: 50 ppm Formalin for Koi 7. Medicated food Concepts behind this method: · "The Costia workaround", because Formalin spares no parasites. · 50 ppm is obtained by applying 2 cc of Formalin 37% per ten gallons of water. · This regimen is perfectly okay for Goldfish if you go light (25ppm) on the Formalin. · 25 ppm is obtained by applying one cc of Formalin 37% per ten gallons of water. · Increase aeration for this regimen while Formalin is being deployed. · After 120 minutes, the Formalin is to be mostly removed by a 50-70% water change. Supplemental Reading: Prazi - Praziquantel - Fluke treatment and control for Koi ponds and water gardens, without plant or filter effects. Article by Dr Johnson Potassium Permanganate - KMnO4 - PP Treatment of bacterial ulcers, flukes, parasites, and fungus including saprolegnia in Koi and Goldfish ponds and water gardens reverse with peroxide or dechlorinator - Article by Dr Johnson SupaVerm - SuperVerm - Closantel & Mebendazole mixture sheep dewormer from Europe used for flukes in koi and goldfish ponds and water gardens. Article by Dr. Johnson Proper use of Formalin 37% (+/- Malachite Green) - Treating Koi & Goldfish parasites like Ich, Chilodonella and Trichodina, Costia (aka Ichthyobodo) and flukes with formaldehyde at 25ppm and 50ppm - Article by Dr. Erik Johnson Dimilin, diflubenzuron, lufenuron, chitin synthesis inhibitors for control of Anchor Worm (lernea) and Fish Lice (argulus) - Article by Dr Erik Johnson Hydrogen Peroxide - Use of hydrogen peroxide for oxygenation or reversal of potassium permanganate in koi and goldfish ponds and water gardens. Article by Dr Erik Johnson. |
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