Koi, Goldfish & Pond Health In Twenty Steps
Koi, Goldfish & Pond Health In 20 Steps
Ulcer Treatments
Parasite Treatments & Cures
Koi Water Quality
Koi Quarantine & Health
Medications
Step Fourteen

Attack Bacterial Pathogens

Goldfish with ulcer on head
Keywords: Koi, Goldfish & Pond Health To combat bacterial infections in Koi - get an antibiotic INTO the fish. Aeromonas Pseudomonas Koi Ulcer Sores Body Sores Fin Rot and Mouth Rot

Attacking bacterial pathogens is ONLY effective AFTER you have improved the overall conditions of the fish host. If the fish remain crowded, cold, underfed, overfed or parasitized, GIVE UP on saving the fish from bacterial infection. If you have improved the temperature, reduced crowding, and in every other way attended the twenty steps to fish health, this step will work well. To combat bacterial infections you should get an antibiotic INTO the fish. It is usually insufficient to put antibiotics ON a fish. I recommend dressing the fishes' wounds if possible with an antibiotic ointment called Debride. Other ointments such as Panalog are equally effective. Simultaneously, feeding medicated food such as MediKoi is effective. And finally, dipping or spraying the fish in Ulcer Aid Rx cinches success unless the fish is too far gone. If you are an advanced hobbyist you might also consider injection of antibiotics. This is documented in another area, and in the book "Koi Health & Disease" by Dr Erik Johnson.

Koi with tailrot, did not die.
Generally, a combination of "good" water, minimal crowding, gentle heat in the seventies with proper aeration, medicated food like MediKoi, plus Ulcer Aid Rx dips sparingly used, are all I have required to recover fish with bacterial infections.

Go To Step Fifteen

Buying Medicated Foods

Medicated Foods for the Treatment of Koi & Goldfish Aeromonas Bacterial Ulcer Disease, MouthRot and FinRot. - An article by Dr. Erik Johnson

Koi Beginner
Once you've leapfrogged through this tutorial you will have a solid, working concept of the Koi hobby and what it's all about. This is done just about exclusively with video and very little written material.

Fish Medicines
Learn about fish medicines, what they do, and where to get them.

PondCrisis.com
If you have a koi, pond or fish problem, this site takes you through twenty easy questions and at the end you know what you need to fix in your pond to create restored Koi health.

KoiCrisis.com
Koi Crisis has a symptoms chart by system you can choose the symptom by fish part, and resolve a lot of Koi pond fish problems or at least, learn about them understand how to remedy them.

Koi Food & Feeding
What should you feed your koi? How many times per day? Is Corn really that bad in a Koi diet? What are the most common feeding mistakes people make? What's the best food?