Simply Koi and More Koi

I cannot beleive the way the guy is holding the fish in the air he should place it on a mat, also i agree i would never sedate more than one koi at a time. If its just a scape on the body i dont sedate the koi for this as it takes seconds to carry out, a gill scrape i tend to sedate them so theres l...

Duncan wrote:Hi

dave your supposed to be studying !

Point taken Duncan.

yo syd,yes i was referring to a established pond,and i brought up the post,because i thought it was your post i first read, do you have any idea on how many fish could live in a given amount of water in a established pond on a short term basis,in a mature set up. by the way i'm in a normal world, a...

If you cannot get hold of any of these you could give fluke M a go made by kusuri

I used to use RO when I was breeding discus doing around 80 percent Daily water changes when growing them on, the membrane would last me approx 12 to 14 months and then I would replace it to ensure top water quality at all times. I found when the membrane was near its end flow rates would be reduced...

Hi Dave, Soaps :shock: i must admit i am lucky my wife is OK with the pond and doesn't mind wearing her coat indoors :lol: :lol: :lol: Now there's an idea :D to be honest I'm lucky as she is as much interested in the pond as I am unfortunately I don't generally get a chance to feed them she always ...

Thanks for the info Gazza,

I will give it a go at 12 degrees unfortunately mine is on the electric so I will have to stop the wife from watching the soaps to keep the electric bill down
Once again thanks for the support.

Thanks for the info Gazza I wasn't sure if you run your heater all through winter hence the reason I asked regarding feeding, right so I get this right I take it you run the heater until new years day then I take it you turn it down gradually until you reach a point of turning the heater off, or do ...

Hi Gazza At 12 degrees do you still feed the fish with wheat germ throughout winter and if so how often do you feed them, the only reason I ask is because I have just installed a heater and was looking at keeping it at 10 degrees having read Duncan's comments and yours I think I will crank it up the...

Hi Syd my initial thoughts were PP I wrote it out and deleted and started again, as you say majority of novices would either overdose or wouldn't have a clue. Then I went back to what I know best this being back to my discus days hence the reason why I said a total water change. And a PP or salt dip...

I would say remove fish from pond drain pond down disinfect everything, fill back up with new water and de chlorinate restart filters then get them to PP dip the fissh then put them back in the pond. If they didn't have any PP then a good old fashioned salt dip. I appreciate such large water replace...

Hi Bob

I know of someone in Lincolnshire my brothers father in law to be exact does the same method i was shocked but as he said the PH of his tap water comes out at 5.5 so it made more sense to utilise rain water and buffer using oyser shells and his pond sits very stable.

I agree on this after learning the hard way had a PH crash went down to 5.5 following a heavy rain spell then worked like crazy doing a 70 percent water change to push it back up to 7.0. Having said this what method do you guys utilise to stabalize the pond. I recall reading a book by Dr. Erik Johns...

Hi Lee Thanks for the response i must confess i generally use chemicals as a last resort i dont beleive throwing loads of chemicals in the pond is always the answer, i also know it is easy to fall into that trap lets face it most shops want to sell and promote it so they generally advise this chemic...

I agree that bugs can be cleared from the water with Chloramine T or dare I say it Virkon etc. Peter Hi Peter I'm glad you mentioned vircons you have made my day as I was a member of another forum last year and i got slatted for it. I had a bacterial issue going on I had a guy come round injected t...