Sick Fish

[Rick]

My pond is about 1200gal or should I say two ponds that are connected. Only
the bottom pond has fish, six gold fish and three Koi and about 15 little
minnows that my kids got out of the local creek. I recently noticed one of
my gold fish with some of the skin is hanging a way. I think it is some
kind of fungus. Do you or anybody else out there know how to make a 3% salt
salutation. I want to make a small bowl with a 3% salt salutation and just
put the sick fish in it. Dose anybody know how to do this.

As I started to look at all the other fish I noticed another gold fish with
little black spots on its side. Looks like someone took a ballpoint pen and
put dots on it. Any idea or help would be welcome. Rick.

[Reel McKoi]

"Rick" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> My pond is about 1200gal or should I say two ponds that are connected.
Only
> the bottom pond has fish, six gold fish and three Koi and about 15 little
> minnows that my kids got out of the local creek.

$$ A local creek? I hope you quarantined them before exposing your fish to
these newcomers. Wild fish carry parasites as well as pet shop fish.

I recently noticed one of
> my gold fish with some of the skin is hanging a way. I think it is some
> kind of fungus. Do you or anybody else out there know how to make a 3%
salt
> salutation. I want to make a small bowl with a 3% salt salutation and just
> put the sick fish in it. Dose anybody know how to do this.

$$ Please check out www.koivet.com. There are many websites with
information on pond fish disease. Perhaps someone else here can help you
with the salt issue.

> As I started to look at all the other fish I noticed another gold fish
with
> little black spots on its side. Looks like someone took a ballpoint pen
and
> put dots on it. Any idea or help would be welcome. Rick.

$$ It sounds like a parasite problem (fish lice?). First you need to
identify the parasite - then find out what will remove them! Quarantine all
new fish before adding them to your pond.
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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

Before you do anything you need to find out what the problem is. You do
this by buying water testing tests. Ammonia, Nitrite, pH, KH, and water
temp. See Sick Fish Form below.

>On Fri, 20 May 2005 02:54:47 GMT, "Rick" > wrote:

>My pond is about 1200gal or should I say two ponds that are connected. Only
>the bottom pond has fish, six gold fish and three Koi and about 15 little
>minnows that my kids got out of the local creek. I recently noticed one of
>my gold fish with some of the skin is hanging a way. I think it is some
>kind of fungus. Do you or anybody else out there know how to make a 3% salt
>salutation. I want to make a small bowl with a 3% salt salutation and just
>put the sick fish in it. Dose anybody know how to do this.
>
>As I started to look at all the other fish I noticed another gold fish with
>little black spots on its side. Looks like someone took a ballpoint pen and
>put dots on it. Any idea or help would be welcome. Rick.
>

Sick Fish or Sick Pond Form

>Please describe your problem, including fish characteristics, like;
>whirling, flashing, gasping at surface, wounds, etc.:
>
>Pond Size in Gallons? (litres*.26=US Gallons):
>
>Water Source (Well, Irrigation, City?)
>If City how is water treated?: =
>
>Time in Operation?
>(How old is the pond/water?):
>
>Liner type? (EPDM,PVC,RUBBER,Cement/Concrete etc):
>
>Fish Population?
>Type? Size? QTY, Time in Pond:
>
>Food? Type and Frequency of feedings.:
>
>Pump Type, IN/OUT of pond, GPH etc
>(Describe your filtration system as well as possible):
>
>Prefilter media type? Last cleaned?:
>
>Filter is BIO or Mechanical? Last cleaned? How?:
>
>Carbon added? How much? When last changed?:
>
>Aeration? Waterfalls? Bubblers?
>Venturies?:
>
>Water Temp?
>
>PH?:
>
>Ammonia (ppm or mg/l):
>
>Nitrite (ppm or mg/l):
>
>Nitrate (ppm or mg/l):
>
>Water Color, cloudiness, odor?:
>
>Water changes? (% of pond volume and how often):
>
>Additives used (water conditioners etc):
>
>Tests done by self or another?:
>
>Weather (what's it been like lately?):
>
>Medications used?:
>
>What Zone or Country of residence?:
>
>~ jan


See my ponds and filter design:
www.jjspond.us

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[RichToyBox]

One, do not use 3% salt. For parasites, a 0.3% is more appropriate, and
that is equivalent to about 0.8 pounds of salt per 100 gallons.

Two, the fish with what looks like a loose flap of skin, may have a loose
flap of skin. The fish will damage themselves, particularly during
spawning.

Three, as everyone else has recommended, get test kits and run the tests.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

"Rick" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> My pond is about 1200gal or should I say two ponds that are connected.
> Only
> the bottom pond has fish, six gold fish and three Koi and about 15 little
> minnows that my kids got out of the local creek. I recently noticed one of
> my gold fish with some of the skin is hanging a way. I think it is some
> kind of fungus. Do you or anybody else out there know how to make a 3%
> salt
> salutation. I want to make a small bowl with a 3% salt salutation and just
> put the sick fish in it. Dose anybody know how to do this.
>
> As I started to look at all the other fish I noticed another gold fish
> with
> little black spots on its side. Looks like someone took a ballpoint pen
> and
> put dots on it. Any idea or help would be welcome. Rick.
>
>

[RichToyBox]

Sorry, 0.8 pounds per hundred gallons is only 0.1%.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

"RichToyBox" > wrote in message
...
> One, do not use 3% salt. For parasites, a 0.3% is more appropriate, and
> that is equivalent to about 0.8 pounds of salt per 100 gallons.
>
> Two, the fish with what looks like a loose flap of skin, may have a loose
> flap of skin. The fish will damage themselves, particularly during
> spawning.
>
> Three, as everyone else has recommended, get test kits and run the tests.
> --
> RichToyBox
> http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
>
> "Rick" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
>> My pond is about 1200gal or should I say two ponds that are connected.
>> Only
>> the bottom pond has fish, six gold fish and three Koi and about 15 little
>> minnows that my kids got out of the local creek. I recently noticed one
>> of
>> my gold fish with some of the skin is hanging a way. I think it is some
>> kind of fungus. Do you or anybody else out there know how to make a 3%
>> salt
>> salutation. I want to make a small bowl with a 3% salt salutation and
>> just
>> put the sick fish in it. Dose anybody know how to do this.
>>
>> As I started to look at all the other fish I noticed another gold fish
>> with
>> little black spots on its side. Looks like someone took a ballpoint pen
>> and
>> put dots on it. Any idea or help would be welcome. Rick.
>>
>>
>
>

[Reel Mckoi]

Rick wrote:
> My pond is about 1200gal or should I say two ponds that are connected. Only
> the bottom pond has fish, six gold fish and three Koi and about 15 little
> minnows that my kids got out of the local creek. I recently noticed one of
> my gold fish with some of the skin is hanging a way. I think it is some
> kind of fungus.

Are you NUTS!!!!!

To kill Fungus you have to get the one eye, two foot, purple fungus eater.

[Rick]

"Reel McKoi" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Rick" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
> > >
> $$ A local creek? I hope you quarantined them before exposing your fish
to
> these newcomers. Wild fish carry parasites as well as pet shop fish.
>
> My pond is about 1200gal or should I say two ponds that are connected.
> Only the bottom pond has fish, six gold fish and three Koi and about 15
little
> > minnows that my kids got out of the local creek.

> $$ It sounds like a parasite problem (fish lice?). First you need to
> identify the parasite - then find out what will remove them! Quarantine
all
> new fish before adding them to your pond.


They are not new had then two years now.

> --
> McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
> EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
> before flushing." :-)
> ~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o>
> "The best proof of intelligent life in space is that it hasn't come here."
> - Sir Arthur C. Clarke
>