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26-10-2004, 10:40 PM

(Mummyderst) wrote in message ...
Some of my fish look like they have jumped out of the pond and got all yucked
up and jumped back in. I do not know what is wrong, I checked the water ph is
fine everything else seems fine. Water is clear. I salted the water.
They are black fish, now they have some white looking stuff on them. I had some
jump out in the past and saved them and put them back in and that is how all of
these are starting to look. They look scratched up and one even looks bloody.
I have a seperate pond with KOI no problems there.
We did have flooding problems during a big rain storm, but I drained out about
1/2 and treated with Amquel and refilled.
I cannot figure out what is wrong with them, they eat fine and swim fine, just
look terrible.
Can anyone help?

They have a parisite that they are trying to get off. Take a close
look and if it looks like grains of salt it is ICH. Three applications
of additive free salt to get it up to about 3#/100 gallons. This must
stay in for 2-3 weeks. Lilies can tolerate this but anacharis and
other plants will start to die. Good luck.