Борьба с паразитами и бактериалкой (англ)

We had details on our last website and have had many requests to include this on this website. These eradication methods are identical to the ones we use on our own Koi and those of our customers.

PLEASE NOTE:

1. THESE MEDICATIONS AND DOSAGE RATES ARE GIVEN WHEN A SPECIFIC PARASITE HAS BEEN ACCURATELY DETERMINED BY USE OF A MICROSCOPE. EACH PARASITE REQUIRES A SPECIFIC METHOD OF ERADICATION, THERE IS STILL NO ‘MAGIC CHEMICAL’ AVAILABLE WHICH DESTROYS ALL PARASITES WHICH CAN INFECT OUR KOI — HENCE THE ABSOLUTE VITAL NEED OF A SUITABLE MICROSCOPE CANNOT BE STRESSED TO STRONGLY HERE.

2. THESE MEDICATIONS ONLY APPLY TO NISHIKIGOI, WE HAVE NO INFORMATION AS TO USING THESE ON ANY OTHER FISH SPECIES — NOR ARE WE CONCERNED AS THIS BOARD IS SPECIFICALLY FOR NISHIKIGOI.

3. DOSAGE RATES ARE GIVEN TO ‘TONS’ OF WATER TO BE MEDICATED WHICH AVOIDS USAGE OF TERMS SUCH AS ‘IMPERIAL GALLONS’ OR ‘U.S. GALLONS’. ONE TON OF WATER EQUALS 1,000 LITRES OR 220 IMPERIAL GALLONS OR 264 U.S. GALLONS.

4. NONE OF THESE MEDICATIONS REQUIRE THE ISOLATION OF MATURE BIOLOGICAL OR MECHANICAL STAGES OF FILTRATION. THE TOTAL VOLUME OF PONDS AND FILTRATION SYSTEMS SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN CALCULATING DOSAGE AMOUNTS. THE FILTRATION SYSTEM SHOULD BE RUN AS NORMAL FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEDICATION.

5. IN EVERY INSTANCE THE MEDICATION IS AT ITS MOST POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE AT THE VERY MOMENT IT IS INTRODUCED TO THE POND. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN IT CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT EVEN ON THE MOST MATURE BIOLOGICAL STAGES BUT IS NOT NEARLY POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DESTROY THE BIOMASS BY MUCH MORE THAN 10%. IT IS VITAL THAT THE MEDICATION IS PASSED THROUGH THE FILTER IN ORDER TO DESTROY ANY FREE-SWIMMING PARASITES PASSING THROUGH THE FILTRATION STAGES. GENERALLY SPEAKING MOST MEDICATIONS ARE ONLY EFFECTIVE FOR THE FIRST 8 HOURS OR SO AS THE FILTRATION SYSTEM AND ATMOSPHERE WEAKENS THE DOSAGE SEVERELY.

6. IT IS IMPORTANT TO OBSERVE WATER TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS GIVEN FOR EACH REMEDY AS SPECIFIED.

7. THESE MEDICATIONS ARE SPECIFIED FOR POND WATER CONTAINING NO ADDITIVES SUCH AS COOKING SALT, RE-FRESH OR ANY OTHER POND REMEDIES/MEDICATIONS.

8. UNLESS SPECIFIED THESE MEDICATIONS ARE FOR A SINGLE TREATMENT ONLY. THE ONLY NEED FOR A FURTHER DOSE IS IF MICROSCOPIC INSPECTION REVEALS THAT SOME EGGS OF THE PARASITES REMAINED PROTECTED DURING THE INITIAL TREATMENT & HAVE HATCHED SINCE.

A. WHITE SPOT (ICH), EPISTYLIS OR CHILODONELLA. BOTH THESE PARASITES CAN BE ERADICATED AT POND WATER TEMPERATURES OVER 12C BY THE USE OF BOTH FORMALDEHYDE 36% SOLUTION (‘ANALAR’ GRADE IS PREFERABLE) AT THE RATE OF 15MLS PER TON OF WATER AND MALACHITE GREEN CRYSTALS AT THE RATE OF 0.25GRAMS PER TON OF WATER.

B. TRICHODINA OR COSTIA. BOTH THESE PARASITES CAN BE ERADICATED AT POND WATER TEMPERATURES OVER 8C BY THE USE OF POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE CRYSTALS (‘ANALAR’ OR ‘BP’ GRADE IS PREFERABLE) AT THE RATE OF 1.5 GRAMS PER TON OF WATER.

C. SKIN FLUKES (GYRODACTYLUS) AND/OR GILL FLUKES (DACTYLOGYRUS). THERE ARE TWO EFFECTIVE METHODS OF ERADICATION OF THESE COMMON PARASITES.

a. ‘SUPAVERM’ AT THE RATE OF 2.2MLS PER TON OF WATER AT WATER TEMPERATURES OVER 8C.

OR

b. MASOTEN POWDER AT THE RATE OF 2.2GRAMS PER TON AT WATER TEMPERATURES OVER 16C.

D. ANCHOR WORM (LERNEA).
HERE ARE NO CHEMICALS AVAILABLE AS YET THAT WILL DESTROY THIS PARASITE WITHOUT ALSO DESTROYING THE KOI THEMSELVES. THIS PARASITE IS EASILY VISIBLE WITH THE NAKED EYE, AND THE MOST SUCCESFUL ERADICATION METHOD IS AS FOLLOWS:- AT WATER TEMPERATURES OVER 8C USE ‘DIMILIN’ POWDER AT THE RATE OF 1 GRAM PER TON OF WATER. THIS CHEMICAL, WHILST NOT DESTROYING THE PARASITE, DOES, IN FACT ‘STERILISE’ THE PARASITE AND ANY EGGS DEPOSITED AFTER THE MEDICATION HAS BEEN ADDED WILL NOT HATCH WITHIN THE SYSTEM. THE LIFE CYCLE OF ANCHOR WORM IS DETERMINED BY WATER TEMPERATURE. AFTER 10 DAYS OR SO IT IS PRUDENT TO ADD ‘DIMILIN’ ONCE AGAIN IN THE EVENT THAT ANY UNHATCHED EGGS WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME THE FIRST DOSAGE WAS ADMINISTERED. AFTER A PERIOD OF 10 — 14 DAYS AFTER THE SECOND DOSAGE IT IS NOW NECESSARY TO ANAESTHETISE ALL KOI IN THE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO REMOVE ALL LIVING AND DEAD ANCHOR WORM BEFORE SECONDARY BACTERIAL INFECTION COMMENCES AT POINT OF ENTRY. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE PARASITE — THE HOOKS ARE USUALLY EMBEDDED IN THE FLESH UNDER THE SCALE. AN EASY WAY TO DO THIS IS TO ‘DAB’ THE POINT OF ADHESION WITH A COTTON BUD DIPPED INTO A VERY STRONG SOLUTION OF POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE. THIS CAUSES THE LIVE PARASITE TO RELEASE ITS GRIP AND MAKES SUCCESSFUL REMOVAL EASY. AFTER THE PARASITE HAS BEEN REMOVED IT IS PRUDENT TO USE A GOOD TOPICAL DRESSING AT THE POINT OF REMOVAL OF THE PARASITE.

E. ARGULUS (FISH LOUSE). THIS PARASITE IS ALSO VISIBLE BY THE NAKED EYE. AT WATER TEMPERATURES OVER 10C THIS CAN BE ERADICATED BY USING ‘MASOTEN’ POWDER AT THE RATE OF 1 GRAM PER TON OF WATER.

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