how big is your pond in gallons? when was the last time you cleaned out the bottom
of the pond? when was the last time you changed out some water? did you introduce
any new fish? how cloudy is your water?
parasites are almost always the first infestation and breach the slime coat and leave
the fish open to infection by bacteria. there is no such thing as bacterial viral
infection. there is an infection with bacteria and/.or an infection with a virus.
you need to first treat the parasite problem, usually formaldehyde of some kind and
feed antibiotic food. to save the fish you may need to drain the pond and bring them
all into some kind of quarantine tank where you can properly take care of the sores.
http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/disease/disease.htm
Ingrid
"CombatPotato" wrote:
When I say water quality is good I don't have actual numbers. When I tested,
the kits had a colour chart to go on which indicated that the nitrate,
nitrite and ammonia levels were in the acceptable band. the ph is 6.5.
Pond temperature is 12.3 celcius today.
I had one of my fish taken to Stirling univercity where they diagnosed a
bacterial viral infection tha the vet says antibiotics are required for,
still awaiting the full report. The vet says that he cannot treat the whole
pond as this will kill the friendly bacteria in my filter.
Thanks once again
John D
my pond is in Scotland UK and I have recently suffered problems with
ulcers.
lost 6 fish to date. I have tried the remedies available in pet shops to
no
avail. I have taken my large Koi to the vet to be injected with
antibiotics
but catching the smaller fish is almost impossible. Probably have 6 fish
still infected, varying from goldfish, shubunkins and comets. My pond is
well established 10+ years and this is the first fish that I have lost
for 5
years. Water quality is good. Best regards John
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