Sick Koi - Fungus?

[bettasngoldfish]

Glad you were able to find someone to come over and help. Will keep my fingers crossed that all goes well

 

[Andy41]

Hi Guys,

So. The latest update.

The Koi handler came today, and did a scraping and looked under the microscope. He didn't see anything, so he thinks it's a fungus.

So we put him in a salt bath. After a few minutes loads of the fungus started to come off. I'm going to leave it a few days now and then treat him again. The fish is still quite active, so hopefully we caught this in time.

Thanks for all the advice.

cheers,

Andy.

 

[Tula]

I'm glad your koi guy was able to help out. Hoping that the fish continues to improve

 

[Andy41]

Thanks. Me too.

Actually, reading my last post, i just want to make it clear, it was the fish we put in the salt bath, not the Koi guy

cheers,

Andy.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Glad to hear it's nothing serious!

 

[Dave 54]

Maria fungus can become very serious indeed if not caught in its early stages thankfully this wasnt

Dave

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Yes your right, I should have said glad it was caught before it got serious.

 

[HARO]

Thanks. Me too.

Actually, reading my last post, i just want to make it clear, it was the fish we put in the salt bath, not the Koi guy

cheers,

Andy.

Glad you cleared that up, Andy! :cheerful:
John

 

[Andy41]

Hi Guys,

Latest update - after 2 salt baths 90% of the fungus has gone.

The wounds that were visible after the first salt bath have also started healing up, and the Koi is more lively and active. Seems we caught this in time.

Thanks for all the help.

cheers,

Andy.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

thats great news Andy

Is the fish still in quarantine or back in the pond?

 

[Team Triggerfinger]

Just curious......what mix ratio do you use when doing a salt bath?

 

[Andy41]

Hi,

The advice i got from the supplier was 200g Salt in 20 litres of pond water. Left the fish in that for 20 minutes. And repeat every 3-4 days.

Actually, the pond has been frozen over most of the time since last posted, and when i checked the fish at the weekend the would seems to have got a bit worse, and the fungus had spread slightly. I'm treating him again. He still seems active though, and so far i haven't seen this on any others.

cheers,

Andy.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Good info on using salt and how to do salt dips http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/disease/treatment/trtmnt.htm#SALT DIPS

 

[Dave 54]

Welcome back Andy by the way I sent you a PM some time go

Dave

 

[Dave 54]

How is the patient doing now Andy your weather must be warming up , hell we spent a week by the pond here in Plymouth sadly weve now got another cold snap

Dave