Koi Disease Gold Fish Diseases In Garden Ponds White Spot Ulcers Parasites
As soon as a pond fish health problem is suspected the first thing to do is to test the pond water and take a good look at how your gold fish or koi are behaving. This will give you a good clue as to what to look for.
Ben Helm gives this excellent advice concerning your gold fish or koi fish behaviour ... this is starting point in diagnosing possible koi disease or other gold fish pond diseases
Typical pond fish diseases include the following ... (thanks to Ben Helm for some information)
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Ulcer disease often seen as a koi disease (caused by aeromonas and pseudomonas bacteria which are almost always result of poor filtration. Ben Helm says ...
Ulcers are a serious koi disease and a symptom of a bacterial infection (usually internal) that will have come about by your Koi becoming stressed and susceptible to pathogenic bacteria like pseudomonas bacteria. It can also be a secondary koi health problem that arises after lesions created by fish parasites have become infected. Even so, ulcers can grow rapidly on a Koi and spread disease to other Koi in the pond so rapid disease treatment of your koi and isolation of your pond fish is recommended.
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Parasite diseases such as gill flukes, anchor worm and ich or white spot.
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Dropsy or pine cone disease
Dr Johnson recommends that you use salt, before you try anything else for parasites. He says "In most cases where fish are still dying off, especially smaller fish and more slowly, Flukes, should be suspected first".
There are proprietary fluke control medicaments available ... follow instructions carefully If fish losses continue seek expert local assistance.
Ben Helm's Top 10 Fish Heath Koi Disease Prevention Tips
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Regularly watch your Koi for changes in behaviour - an early indicator of disease.
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Diagnose koi disease accurately, using specific diagnostic techniques (microscope etc)
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Know your pond volume, and dose accurately.
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Choose your pond fish disease treatment wisely. Is it tried and trusted? What is the recognised successful koi disease treatment programme?
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Aerate when treating your Koi pond as DO drops during medications
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Continue to monitor all Koi during disease treatment and respond to any acute behavioural changes during treatment.
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Koi can become frisky during treatment. Prevent them from jumping out of your pond by covering it with a net.
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So that Koi can heal themselves after you've treated the pathogen, support them with excellent water quality and nutrition
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Turn off your UVc and by-pass your biofilter if recommended to do so by treatment directions.
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Keep a diary of pond fish diseases and successful treatments - learn from your successes and mistakes.
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