KOI FISH POND PARASITE TREATMENT**FISH SCRAPING**WATER TESTING DIFFERENCES**FISH FLASHING** 

Mate... I used to do all this... I'll give you the BEST advice someone told me... before the year starts and you turn on the pumps again after the winter hibernation... Salt your pond... TRUST me.. I used to have ALLL these issues ... I haven't had issues for over 5 years NOW (have a 3000 gallon outdoor pond in UK). Since I salt my pond at the beginning of the year, the increase in salt in the water the fish create slime on their skin coating which the a LARGE majority parasites find hard to penetrate through and fall off... also a LARGE majority of Parasites also hate salt water and will die at MUCH lower levels of salt concentration (Hence why people give their NEW additional fish a quick Salt water bath before introducing them to their existing ponds...) as you do pond water changes the salt levels will drop over the summer as the fish become more stronger through general feeding and healthy living in the warm weather

Great vlog again. Hope you’re sorted with the flukes. Thanks for sharing 👍🐟

Great video.im finding Kois are harder to look after than kids haha. Keep up the good work

Glad you sorted it out mate

I have 3 different types they all say different things 🥴 api normal quite good might be out of date I change mine every year great video as usual

I use Fluke Solve. Veterinary quality and no harm to filters. Also no need to turn off UV. Always worked for me.

Great vid as usual, Fluke Solve sorted mine with 2 treatments. Managed to get some great close up footage of the fluke too, no wonder they get irritated so much when you see how horrible they are 🤢🤢

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Fingers 🤞you’ve sorted those flukes 👍

3 different result with same brand products. So interesting!

It helps to put a drop on pond water on sample to dilute mucus.

Id would go off the new test kit, the old one is probably going off slightly.

I'm new to this lark 3 months into to it. I've had flukes tric costia done PP FMG Lernex pro had my Goromo spitting food out unless it was a crab stick but tonight he's keeping pellets he takes and munching them. Fingers crossed I'm winning the battle and can relax and enjoy my fish. I'm heated by the way.

I found this vid grate iv read all the comments and they are all informal I have learnt a lot as I am new to koi thanks all I think I have Fluor the fish knot me still I could have ?

Hope your flukes are sorted, I treated my grow on with fluke m twice and it didn't work atall, had more than when I started. Used lernex Pro, sorted it 1 treatment. Just treated my main pond a couple of weeks ago, lernex Pro again and all gone. So if you've still got any live ones give that a go

Extreme temps can ruin liquid tests. They get to hot or to cold they dont work correctly.

Nice video Glad you sorted the test kits sorry about the flukes What microscope have you got stay safe 🙏🐟🙏

Hiya love watching your videos mate great job just one thing with floats I heard you are supposed to re-treat after three weeks because the treatment don’t kill the eggs I am probably wrong mate I just thought I’ll let you know

Hi where did you buy your microscope ot looks decent I need a new one, love the channel

Everyone is making a complaint about pond string algae and what a mess Blanket Answer makes. Well those with a pump in the pond it’s a simple thing wrap filter wool round the pump and keep on with a couple of elastic bands none will go through the pump to the filters you simple take the filter wool off every couple of days wash it and put it back on. Bottom sump drain again simple a bathroom or office metal round bin filter wool on the outside stuck on with garden string or wire screw ring or hook in at the top and use a length of wood with bent nail in to position over the drain or sump suction of the water will keep it in place take it out same way hook it with the nail in wood replace filter wool and back down it goes nothing getting through to the filters. Both simple and clean methods of collecting string algae.

Great video facing same problem as you (flukes) about to treat with fluke m did you use chlormine t first before treating with fluke m many thanks hope your get sorted soon 👍🏻

Hi, to improve scrape sample run over side from behind Gill, then under body, add drop of water.

The old test is possibly past an unofficial use by date. Hence throw it away.

I was guessing something was up with thick mucas like that even without the microscope. Flipping things. I once dumped most of my water due to an old test kit giving me a wrong reading. You could always use tap or bottled water as a reference point.

Is your old test out of date also different test brands test to different levels

3 oz or 3 grms to a gallon?. Great video. Hope all goes well.

Just a thought but do you think cause United Kingdom has mild winters that the cold doesn’t kill off parasites as well in winter. I like in America cold winters an in 2 years Kona have had no flukes or flashing

ever tried salt? that is killing parasites. I use 2KG salt per 1000 Liters. works great for me! my fish are happy.

looked like skin fluke to me mate. That was a massive amount of mucus on the 1st scrape, personally id Chloramine T first to thin the mucus out and then treat for fluke, also if you get real thick scrapes like that split it on to 2 slides and ad a drop of pond water, makes it easier to see any parasites

Old out of date test maybe, Do you use salt in your pond water. What I want to know is where do the flukes come from in the fist place. How do you get them in the water, is it that you have introduced them from new fish, or they are somthing added to the pond naturally, if so how how does this happen

Blanket weed answer if I remember helps Ammonia and PH taking the green stuff out lowers the PH and Ammonia lowers as well Flukes I have always dosed my pond before winter with malachite green & formalin and by the way did you know that dog cat and human worm powder works on flukes anything with Biltricide or praziquantel will kill flukes.

Just watched your video just wondering where you got your microscope and how much

Pond salt Nov-to-April I like and also Nov and March Parasite Answer into the pond heat or cold effects kits a half empty bottle will be warmer than a full bottle and will also go off if one of the kit gives a faulse reading then I would buy a new kit I never buy a single bottle you dont know how or where they have been kept.

Been battling Flukes myself for over a month. I did two treatments of Fluke M,didn't work. Did a treatment of Lernex pro,didn't work. Just added another dose of Lernex pro two days ago,yet to rescrape,but hopefully it's finally sorted them. 🙈

fluke solve is the best bud

I'm just coming up to my second dose of fluke solve 🤞🤞 I get rid. It seems everyone has flukes atm 👍

Lernex pro or fluke solve m8 are my go to. Get your self some hanna checkers m8 100% accurate bit pricey but worth it.

Bloody parasites 🤨. I buy a new pond test kit every year, and compare it with my aquarium kit.

Did you become a monk today....I checked the pond today no string algae I soak Barley Straw in a bucket for a month or so then use onion bags and drop some in the pond when putting the covers on this lasts the winter I also put 2 scoops of Clear Waters in each week while the covers are on mainly as the covers have a greenhouse effect have never got any string algae while doing this being the barley straw or clear waters I have never tested this well another cold night down to just 1c at the moment.

Well done for a good detailed video . Gill flukes are egg layers , so need two doses , unlike skin flukes which give birth to live young , so one dose should sort it . That said , flukes are becoming more resistant to treatments and can take a lot of shifting . The flukes on your slide looked like skin flukes to me 👍

Good and bad day, pond water up to 12.8c super warm day cameras in just cable to run will see if its possible to stream the pond and fish live, fish ordered and food, wall built no algae or string algae fish seem fine. Insurance contacted me my pre-paid burial plan no longer covers the plot local councils up and down the country are now charging £1362 extra for this. So told children bury me between the pond and the pear tree.

Will this also kill the fluke eggs, or do you repeat dose in three weeks?

Can you do treatment as preventative maintenance?

I have a few pond fish which have been flashing for ages but just can't figure out what is causing it. I've done fluke treatments etc and nothing makes a difference. Can't see anything visually on them and they are eating fine. They only seem to do it when I'm not near the pond which is weird.

Hanna pocket meter for nitrate. ph .amonia ent match more end super eazy en is go´s 0.00 ent its digitale

Could you just put the fluke m into the water in spring, when the temperature is up, just as a precaution.

That time of year mate the bugs come out

How old is your old test? Is it still in date?

why does it say after fluke treatment u have to turn off uv and wait 10 days not 24 hours .!!!!! my fish are dying 1 at a time for no reason i can make out ??? water ok tested everything but still dying ?? please help

Is it 6 month when you have opened the bottle ?

What microscope do you use?

Hi can you use it if you have tosia in your pond?

Hi how can i lower ph

fluke solve is better

Koi are very sensitive to their environment. My koi also flashed, jumped, and robbed his body to the wall. Here is a video of the event. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-khDP-2ePxTw.html

Mite be out of date

Flukes are everywhere 🤬