On Sun, 30 May 2004 03:13:40 GMT, ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

MediKoi is an antibotic food, if your fish are eating. TriCide Neo is a dip
that will take care of the problem if they're not.

I came across MediKoi while searching and it sounds as though it would
be ideal but it's not available for sale in the UK. The only antibiotic
that is legal for hobbyists is oxolinic acid but it's been abused so
much that it's no longer very effective and we haven't been able to
find anyone who supplies it.

Our vet has tried to get us some nitrofurazone/nitrofural because it is
absorbed from the water but her suppliers don't carry it. She has
suggested somewhere to try but they don't do web sales so it will have
to wait until after the holiday weekend.

You mentioned sediment in one post and that is where many bad bacterias
like to hang out, so I hope you removed as much as possible. A bad-bacteria
controller that we use here is called KoiZyme. See if you can find these
products in your area or a UK based internet pond shop.

Our Fish Mate pressurised filter just doesn't seem to be removing what
it should, even tadpoles manage to get through it. It's rated at 2,500
to 7000 litres/hour and we are pushing 3,000 through it so it should be
working. There is just a thin layer of sediment that seems impossible
to remove. We are trying a different make of bacteria this year,
'Miracle Plus' from bio-claire but with water temperatures of around
16C it's bit too cold for it to be very effective yet. We have 0.3%
salt in at the moment so that's just about killed off the bacteria for
now. I will see if I can find KoiZyme for the future.

Please let us know what happens. ~ jan

I will, now that my posts are going out. Thanks for your help.

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