Simply Koi and More Koi

Fish are still about the same. One of my big Sanke's looks like it is kinda "peeling/sluffing". It is real red and I would imagine it is the slime coat that's sluffing off. I had one Koi look like that the first day but now it looks better but still red. Strange, it's like something has ir...

I looked on my bottle but it has another chemical in it beside the MG&F. It has the percentage on the bottle but it doesn't say per dose if you know what I mean. Duncan's book has specific amounts of Malachite and Formalin per gallons of water. So I can't really compare the two. Maybe I should k...

Hi Geoff, Yes I have a copy of Duncan's book. Like a Koi health bible It has helped me greatly over the years. Both MG&F products I have (Proform C and Terminate, I am sure only sold in the US) State on the bottle to repeat every 8 to 12 hours. I wonder if they are a different maybe less heavy d...

Kim, I do have semi-close neighbors. I have a six foot fence around my property. I think they would have to used an awful lot of some sort of chemical in order to enter my pond and do this to the Koi but it could happen. I can go around and ask if any of them have used anything. My pond is raised ab...

Hi Gazza, with the product of MG&F I use, I can actually do as low as 8 to 10 hours between treatments. At least 25 percent water changes in between. It takes quite awhile for me to drain and refill 25% of a 15,000 gal pond. They are in the second treatment right now. Not much change today. Mayb...

My test kits are all new. I get new ones every early spring. I check to make sure they are not expired. I also did a check with the kits from last season which still haven't expired and I get the same results. I also took a sample of my water down to a local pet store and they checked with the same ...

I don't have an oxygen test on hand. I have two bottom drains with air domes on top. I use an Airtech 80 to run them. Shower filter adds oxygen. I haven't had trouble with oxygen prior even when pond temps hit 80 degrees. I did get a chlorine test and it read 0. So that rules chlorine out. Thanks, Dan

Sorry, I am from the US and probably use different terms. Some clarification: Sodium thiosulflate Crystals (ST) are for neutralizing the chlorine in the tap water. ProForm C is malachite green and formalin mix. It is a broad spectrum diseasse treatment that will kill many parasites. I have found bug...

Update this evening: Some of them are now flashing off the bottom. Most are just hanging with fins clamped. The whites are really really red now. A couple look like they are barely hanging on (listing). I'll start the Proform C treatments when it gets here. I hope it is a parasite problem as at leas...

I had noticed over the last few weeks that some of my koi were jumping/breaching the water surface. I thought it was odd but wasn't too concerned as I examined them and they seemed fine. Yesterday I found that about half of my Koi looked stressed (really red white skin with vains showing, fins reall...