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Kathy,
Not sure how Kathy (poor thing (K30/kathy) just can't stay out of here even when she has totally exited) got caught up in this, but I (~jan) was the one posted about water changes. I am confident I will never do a regular 10% change. Well than, I probably can't change your mind. I am interested that you see us as overstocked. Not overstocked, but more like at critical mass. Where everything is perfect, but might not take much to upset the apple cart. Could you point me to sites that will help me see at what point the growing mineral concentration and not replacing water is a major threat? The one I sent hotpepper to: http://www.vcnet.com/koi_net/finalnet.html#waterchange Even though it is probably futile for me to continue, perhaps someone else will take heed from my story. In my case, I was doing water changes of 25%/month, was over critical mass, and didn't sell off or give away enough koi fast enough. The only thing that was showing on my water tests was very low ammonia. So I had overcrowding and that barely detectable ammonia as the stressors. Ended up dropping my koi numbers by half quick, but I sure got hands on learning experience on treating for ulcers. I'm now a believer in those 10%/week water changes, and had the guys put in an attachment to make it easier for me to do them. Spike Cover (head coordinator of the KHA program) did an article on, what is better? Drain down 10% and refill, or remove from one end while filling at the other (overflow)? Turned out they both worked equally well for reducing "stuff" in the water column, so that is the one I use now. I'm also a believer in Koizyme. Unfortunately, because my numbers were drastically reduced they spawned, so I'm back to serious reducing again come next spring.s ~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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