My koi fish are ill :( 

Iv kept fish for nearly 50 years i currently have 5 aquariums and a pond and iv come to the conclusion the only time fishkeeping is relaxing is when you are looking at other people's fish

Hi Carl. I think the problem with your fish was that when the filter stopped, the bacteria died and that stopped the nitrogen cycle. Instead of relatively harmless nitrate you end up with much more toxic nitrite and even ammonia in the water. This stresses the fish badly and you can get all sorts of secondary infections. The best thing is to immediately get the filter and bacteria back online and replace 80% of the water with fresh water (you may have to do this a couple of times). I am really enjoying watching your fishing vids! Dr. Paul Rushton

You have my utmost respect for the care you rightfully give to your fish, good man Carl 👍👍😊

Good news all around! Healthy fish and health-driven Carl! 👏👏👏

Oh this makes so happy to see the koi are ok. I’m glad you are taking care of yourself too! A great message for all of us that forget to do that enough

Really happy to hear the fish are in the mend!! Hope ur all good Carl

I'm so glad to see your koi on the mend! especially Charlie - was genuinely worried about them after the last video

Fair play carl! You push yourself to the limits and it pays off! Your the reason i got into fishing, watching how far you have come is amazing! I hope the fish get well soon and i hope you start feeling better about your self. Even though you dont need to👌 crack on and tightlines fella

Very glad to hear Charlie and friends are on the mend. Take care of yourself as well. ✌

Wishing you, your fish, friends and family all the best Carl. 👊

Im so glad to hear that your fish are doing better! great vids carl! keep up the hard work!

So glad to hear your fish are on the mend, i have been keeping koi for over 40 years, i know the feeling when you think they are not well, one thing i have learnt is that the more complicated the filter system , the more to go wrong, modern day filters are very effective, but they have way more chance of going down when you least expect them....

Great to hear that the fish are getting better!!!! Great fish there! Keep up the great work and always remember to have fun!!!! Tight lines and wet nets!!! 🤞🐟🎣

I'm glad to see you back Carl after a few weeks. I'm happy to see your fish on the mend. I really enjoy these vlogs. Keep them coming 😊

I'm so glad that things have sorted themselves out regarding your carp, we all know just how much they mean to you ❤

Glad to see you got your fish onthe mend and once again thanks for showing the real you buddy 👍👍

Sounds like you’ve been through it a bit recently. Glad the fish are on the mend and hope the van gets sorted. Can’t believe someone would do that to you. Tight lines Carl. Thanks again for great content and all that you do

Great news on your fish Carl, Brilliant show as always,looking forward to the next one . ( hopefully you fish will illness free for good now 👍 ) .

Great news guys :) lookin forward to your new adventures.

Really happy your fish are getting back to normal! Maybe consider stocking a couple of large green/golden Tench in with your koi? Just in case you get similar issues in the future? There's a reason why they're so slimy and are called Doctor Fish. They'll help with any skin/scale issues. I know they're not koi but they ARE beneficial (and beautiful also).

Glad to hear the Koi carp are better. Also good to hear you have taken the time to focus on yourself! We all get carried away with life and often forget about our own wellbeing. Im in the same position…get yourself back on track and come back fighting 👍

Lovely vlog Carl, I’m so happy that your fish are okay , I’m so excited for the film with Korda ! Keep up the amazing work !

So happy all the fish are all ok . Cant wait to see the Korda collaboration video/video's . Also good for you for starting to look after yourself more .

A lot packed into this video - so pleased your koi are better 👍🏻🙂 The problem keeping carp/koi is that everything seems to be going fine for ages......until something goes wrong !

Glad to hear the fish are recovering can only imagine the stress you were under. Health wise yes mate get cracking on it cause it will slow you down in long run. I used to be horrible with drinking water. I find now I always carry a bottle with me like used to with a coke and it helps me drink more. Meal planning helps loads cause it is already made food. I cook in batches and freeze them if I make too much and portion it out in food tubs. Microwave and eat. You can find meals that don't need cooking but start prepping meals it helped me loads. I got to a point to try to have something every 2 hours. I lost 30lbs fairly quick 3 to 4 meals and healthy snack inbetween. I don't exercise as much as I should yet but plan to increase now that I have my water intake and food fixed. Hope you get to where you want with your health need a teammate or support let me know

Carl you are an artist to be able to put videos like this together. Cheers. Matt

Thanks Carl really happy that your fish are ok😃

So happy your Koi are recovering! ❤

Carl I'm glad your fish are doing better😄

I bet you very relieved it was just the van that got banged up great to see you were unhurt, hope you fish continue to improve and get better soon

I love that your using a carp unhooking mat for your koi. 🙂You should look into getting some "patted marginal plants" for your koi pond in case your filter messes up again so there's still something removing nitrates.

Just set up on the lake and sat down to find a new video!! Lovely 👍

Another great production Carl, I really do enjoy your videos 😊

Glad the fish in your pond are ok. I can totally understand why you stressed about it. Just glad it was all ok in the end.

Great news on the fish Carl, hope they continue to get better and like the new books just ordered one of each ready for Trent view and Norton dysney 👌🤞

Its really good to hear that they are on the mend :)

The log books are fantastic! Got mine the other day, so useful 👍

Just ordered the every day the campaign log book and the mirror carp picture love the quality of your stuff and the prices are amazing a big well done 🎉🎉 hope the koi will be back to normal soon.

cheering for you always, carl!

As always, I look forward to your videos, no matter what they’re about.

Nice one, Carl, it's nice to see your fish are getting healthy again they are very beautiful fish 🐟 and very big, and you have been catching some big carp as usual 😁🐟🎣 and keep looking after yourself carl and I can't wait for the next film amazing work as always 😁👏👍🎣

Just fin the watching this .and as always a brilliant watch carl.and crnt wait see the soon coming vid on your trip with Korda! Keep up the gud work and more importantly keep up making sure your health is as it shud

BUZZING for your next vlog! I hear you've pulled a few strings and got an absolute legend on!

After keeping koi myself, I've realised just how easily they can get I'll. I think it's got to the point that to much breeding has given them very weak immune systems

You should listen to some Gerry Cinnamon - Head in the clouds and another called canter, very relatable songs. Glad to see another video and good to see the fish improving!

So good to see the fish better mate 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

nice one Carl the KOI are looking very good now, and yes i still miss my pond, Thank you,

Only problem with filters with lots of moving parts more areas to fail . Hope we can get a specimen catching series this year and include wild carp that should be fun

Another great video 🤙🏻

Look after yourself Carl! With you healthy we get great content!😄

Hi carl i wanted to thank you for inspiring me to fish more you helped a lot i will be buying your new book thank you again and good bye

Haven kept and breeded fresh water stingrays (Hystrix) so many things can go quick so bad but happy you got on top of it

Great watch. If I may suggest in regards to the log book: consider using "waterproof paper" as it would make it (for me at least) a big selling point knowing that I can use it and write on it in the rainy/wet conditions without having it get wet/damaged. It is more pricy, but might be worth it, as a premium version perhaps? Good stuff though.

Awesome ❤to see u get pass life’s obstacles ❤ very inspiring bro….thanks 4sharing

God sake carl man hope your OK and the fish are getting better iv been flat out working man haven't watched much videos lately

Glad to hear your koi are getting better

Im so glad you’re fish pulled through i was panicking for them mate

Glad Charley is on the mend he is reason I built a new pond and started keeping quality koi

I hope they get better soon ❤

Carl another brilliant video

Great video, log books look banging 💥💥

I think this speaks to our reliance on tech. I've seen your filter and it is perfect but the strange paradigm nowadays is bare empty tanks stocked with active and hungry fish. Even my uncle who should know better keeps expensive arowanas in bare sterile tanks When i was growing up, we kept koi, carp and goldfishes in ponds with plants and sand/gravel. Even if our filters failed, the plants were hungrily sucking up the free ammonia/ammonium and there are some beneficial bacteria in the substrate and plants to oxidise or breakdown the waste and excess food. Nature will take over when our tech fails. If you're worried about the fishes disturbing and uprooting the plants, just keep them in pots. Take your pick of plants and you can keep them in floating pots on the surface for the koi to play football and hide from the sun, or place them underwater where their roots are still protected by the pots.

Good to here the fish are on the mend 👍👍

I've ways loved fish as pets .grew up tropical tanks in house aswel cold water and just a little indoor tank causes alot issues if not or even if are on top the tanks ! So I crnt imagine the issues ya can get on big ponds and ur showing even the best built tanks and best tech keep em best possible dosnt garrentee all wil be ok .Great insight into the things people dnt think about before trying care such amazing fish .

12:30 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 First time I’ve actually laughed out loud at a RU-vid video

Glad fishies are on the mend!

Great banter with Tom!😂

Great video and great you looking after your health mate.

Great news on the koi Carl! 😎😎

Had to laughf there seemed like you droped that carp like tun bricks lol 😂 cause u were on 😂

glad to hear that there on the mend. Lots of people have suffered with bacterial problems with koi this year, so you’re not alone! but I would say for the size and quality of your fish, I would invest in better food than the food you were using in the video like some like saki hikari

Hope you get them all healthy and Happy again dude

🎉🎉 nice one Carlos … we need to catch me a barbel! ✌🏽🇹🇹🇹🇹💪🏾

How good that the fish are doing better! And I can understand your worries very well. After all, it's the first time you've been in this situation and the fish have a high material value in addition to their sentimental value. What has become of the car story? Was the person investigated and did you get any money back? Keep up the good work, your videos are awesome! PS: Tell Alex that I also miss his videos haha

So relieved to hear your fish are returning to their happy selves, Carl! Situations like this can be scary and frustrating, you managed it well and I'm glad it worked out alright in the end.

Good job ya noticed about fish in time and its deffo true about the water saying keep the water good and ya don't normally have problems mate

Hope your koi get better carl 👍❤️🎣

Great news about your fish 👍 they look super cool 😎 👍

Glad to see koi on the mend and doing well , I had this kind of problem last week sadly 4 of my fish didn’t make it now I’ve got one left in the tank.😢

Glad your fish are OK mate ❤😊

Keep on keeping on Carl! Thanks to you Om and the team for all the smashing videos :)

Oh damn that Maidenhead is round the corner from me 😅 I bought a Lima catfish from there a few months ago. Good shop

Hope they get better soon, sad to say my goldfish did die of that we just didn't know what it was or how to fix it. Great vlog again! keep it up!

Nooo… hope they get better soon 😢

Good to see the fish on the mend bud 🙏

I had exactly the same thing happen on my pond in winter with the drum clogging. Luckily being in Scotland all i done was turn the heater off and let the temps plummet slowing everything down. As well as a water change and a constant flow of freshwater (no water meters in Scotland) untill i managed to re-seed the filters with the help of a mature sponge from friends system. Glad you managed to get its sorted in the end 👍 although tipping the salt straight in was hard to watch 🫢

Great video 🎉 poor fish 😢

there is nothing as frustrating as sick koi because of a broken filter 😔 i'm so pleased to see everything worked out in the end with some help from some good people ❤ thank you for another great video Carl, all the best carp wishes from Denmark 🇩🇰

Someone a couple of weeks ago suggested putting cameras on. But also you could get a relay that switches if your motor stops which would then sound a beacon. Or for a bit extra you could have a little panel in the house that brings on a light to say there is a fault. Which I’m guessing could probably be monitored by a phone somehow.

Just ordered the ‘campaign’ book… buzzing !

Ur books I’m going to get one got a holiday in wales it’s a fishing venue i love fishing and I never put down my capturers even th0 I’m 11 so thank u Carl going to get one of ur amazing books

Glad the koi are on the mend .It is very stressful when something goes wrong .

Im so sorry for you-whats going on right now because I’ve been in sort of this situation when things go so well and then some horrible month when everything sucks 🙃 💔 I hope you’re doing well and your koi carps

Looks like bioload in your pond/tank is substantial: you need to get a in a water quality computer going. That is about 1-2k investment at most, but you will see all the stats on your phone. Reef tanks all have these systems in order to keep alive at all times.

Hello Carl.I hope your fish get better soon.can you give me some tips on winter carp fishing?

massive sigh of relief when the vet said no bacteria or paracites, i can only imagine your relief hearing that for the first time too

What kind of fish is the little red one in your pond? Gorgeous, as they all are!!

hi Carl, i'd like to buy the fishing logbook but it looks like i can't select Belgium for shipping, is this an error is it just not possible to ship to Belgium?

The van part hits home tbf, had this happen june 22, my 1st car and some dude just LOST IT, so i tried getting away.. man ended up totalling my car when he had a chance.. people are just mental tbf. 😢

Add a few manageable plants to your pond , my old man’s kept koi for year and his pond used to be plant free back in the day and since he’s found adding plants just hold a balance for the bacteria and nitrogen etc. with the water. Natural is best