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Message: [QUOTE="Mucky_Waters, post: 142853, member: 3859"] Ya, good article Craig, That is the kind of info I was looking for. That one paragraph confirms my thinking to some degree (pun intended). [b][i]"[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=3]We know that it ranges from 60 degrees to 45 degrees F. We know that the reason it exists is that our koi have a lowered immune system while the aeromonas (as well as other bacterial pathogens) are still active in this temperature range. The fact is, this is the single most dangerous time for koi-health related problems."[/size][/font][/color][/i][/b] Kind of confirms my thinking that there is a temperature range where it is better that the water actually be colder. Although it goes on to say temperatures as cold as 35 deg F. could be lethal, but it doesn't say why exactly. Also a little bit of information about adding salt too, although it seems to give conflicting advice about adding it. On one hand he says it's good, [i][b]"[b]These two parasites can be deadly at temperatures as low as 40 degrees[/b][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=3].[/size][/font][/color][/b][/i][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=3][i][b]The good news here is that these parasites are easily eliminated with salt at .3% concentration"[/b][/i][/size][/font][/color], on the other hand he says it could also cause problems. [i][b]"[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=3]If we add salt to water, however, the temperature at which it reaches its maximum density is lowered. Salinity levels much over .1% will lower this maximum density to the range of 35 deg F, which could be lethal to a koi."[/size][/font][/color][/b][/i] [/QUOTE]

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