Hi Andy, i treat my pond with a salt solution every very late autumn, i keep the pond maintained at my doze for several weeks imbetween water changes, after this i then let pond salt solution slowly dilute over the weeks again by water changes ( all water changes are when i flush drain and filters weekly). Late February i then redose pond with salt, by late April theres no salt remaining in pond, ive been doing this for the past 3 years and have never found any flukes etc, before this i suffered every year with flukes etc.
The need for flukes treatments at this time of year is a failure of annual planning. It disrupts the first half of the important feeding season. In Japan, a lot of effort is usually put into setting up and implementing an annual plan, including pre-sterilisation, to control the fluke outbreak itself.
Interesting you commenting on 'sterilisation ' pre season.. Does this mean you would randomly treat the pond pre-season as a precaution and what with...🤔🤔🤔
@@KoiPondLifestyle No one has a microscope, but we all practice not to miss the early symptoms. More details are given in my list " KOI pond's sterilisation ".
Hi mate, as you know i been struggling with my nitrates and nitrites, but thankfully, I'm on top of it now, but im going to keep some seachem prime or safe on standby just in case. 👍
Yes we tested our pond the other day and both nitrite and nitrate were high. Not dangerously but higher than usual , we put it down to the fact I had severely pruned and re-potted the pond plants , so we did a quarter water change , luckily for us there was a very heavy rainfall which is drained off the roof into the pond when needed. Down here in the south of France.
Interesting video. I've always found that dosing higher than stated is the only time that the stuff has worked! Interestingly, there is a lot of talk amongst growers and hobbyists that the manufacturers purposefully under prescribe the dose on the bottle to prevent any possible liability issues!
microscopic algae that is suspended and floating in the pond water effects nitrite and nitrate. So that is the reason Blanket Answer can alter nitrite and nitrate. As it kills off microscopic algae you can not see which effects both nitrite and nitrate.
At the moment nitrate in my Thames water is the same as the pond, at minimum, but a couple of years ago the mains water was two to three times higher than the ponds reading.
Hi Alan, nitrate for me has been consistent for the last three months at 5.0 , you'll probably remember I'm also in Stoke. pond temp's however have been up and down like a fiddler's elbow between 11c n for two days only 18c. Hopefully you will put an end to those irritating flukes 🤞🤞, look forward to your next catch up. Gwen 🧓
We live in Pennsylvania. Our Nitrates have been high as well as Phosphates. I swear the water company is the culprit to some of these high parameters. I contacted them last year to ask what they use to clean the system because they notified us that they have changed their cleaning methods/chemicals. They emailed me a 50 page pdf and I still don’t know what chemicals they are using. 😒
Hiya, thanks for that feedback. Sounds like you water company has supplied you with the legally required info. Maybe get back to them and ask again for the info that isn't in the documents they sent..🤔😉👍 you...
My nitrites have been high , tried salting the pond still a little high, spoke to southwest koi who put me on to some pond detox formula and this seems to be doing the trick
I understand what it normally is but there have been issues from what I see on CZcams from many locations, we hear about acid rain, cloud baiting many conflicts going on where there are continuous atmospheric discharges, so thought it maybe worth checking
Yeah I believe it depends if you live near certain industries that create chemical or dusts that settle in the rain clouds then dumps it in the pond 🤨🤔👎
oh dear...hope you get it sorted. Thought I had a koi that was clamped..but caught/scraped/salt bathed....nothing showed up on the scope...will keep an eye on it. All the others seem fine and eating like little piggies. I have way more fish than you and not as good a filter system and my nitrate is around 5.0
Hydrogen Peroxide and Sodium Thiosulphate together it will kill some fluke but it also makes the fish create mucus which makes it easy to treat with Parakill. Parakill fluke are not used to it so bye bye fluke.
Hi Andy, i treat my pond with a salt solution every very late autumn, i keep the pond maintained at my doze for several weeks imbetween water changes, after this i then let pond salt solution slowly dilute over the weeks again by water changes ( all water changes are when i flush drain and filters weekly). Late February i then redose pond with salt, by late April theres no salt remaining in pond, ive been doing this for the past 3 years and have never found any flukes etc, before this i suffered every year with flukes etc.
Hope the treatment does the trick Andy…. 🤞🏼 👍🏼
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The need for flukes treatments at this time of year is a failure of annual planning. It disrupts the first half of the important feeding season. In Japan, a lot of effort is usually put into setting up and implementing an annual plan, including pre-sterilisation, to control the fluke outbreak itself.
Interesting you commenting on 'sterilisation ' pre season.. Does this mean you would randomly treat the pond pre-season as a precaution and what with...🤔🤔🤔
@@KoiPondLifestyle No one has a microscope, but we all practice not to miss the early symptoms. More details are given in my list " KOI pond's sterilisation ".
Have you tried Minnfinn pond for fluke? It Also treats Costia and other parasites but tbh I prefer MG&F for that cheers
Hi mate, as you know i been struggling with my nitrates and nitrites, but thankfully, I'm on top of it now, but im going to keep some seachem prime or safe on standby just in case. 👍
Good thinking Batman.. Glad you've sorted you Nitrate issues..😉👍
Yes we tested our pond the other day and both nitrite and nitrate were high. Not dangerously but higher than usual , we put it down to the fact I had severely pruned and re-potted the pond plants , so we did a quarter water change , luckily for us there was a very heavy rainfall which is drained off the roof into the pond when needed.
Down here in the south of France.
seems a few have had real issues with flue this year
Flukes are the side kicks of the devil
..😈👿😊👍
Interesting video.
I've always found that dosing higher than stated is the only time that the stuff has worked!
Interestingly, there is a lot of talk amongst growers and hobbyists that the manufacturers purposefully under prescribe the dose on the bottle to prevent any possible liability issues!
I think you have hit a number of nails on the head there.. 🤔😉👍
microscopic algae that is suspended and floating in the pond water effects nitrite and nitrate.
So that is the reason Blanket Answer can alter nitrite and nitrate.
As it kills off microscopic algae you can not see which effects both nitrite and nitrate.
At the moment nitrate in my Thames water is the same as the pond, at minimum, but a couple of years ago the mains water was two to three times higher than the ponds reading.
I really struggled to get rid of fluke this year 😢 only thing that worked was fluke p 👍🏼🐟
Flukes rehatch in 7 days
Hi Alan, nitrate for me has been consistent for the last three months at 5.0 , you'll probably remember I'm also in Stoke. pond temp's however have been up and down like a fiddler's elbow between 11c n for two days only 18c. Hopefully you will put an end to those irritating flukes 🤞🤞, look forward to your next catch up. Gwen 🧓
Hiya, yeah my pond temps are like a yoyo as well ..😞😉👍
Tap water in Cumbria is very high in nitrates
So how do you manage the high Nitrates if water changing..🤔😉
I found one yesterday
We live in Pennsylvania. Our Nitrates have been high as well as Phosphates. I swear the water company is the culprit to some of these high parameters. I contacted them last year to ask what they use to clean the system because they notified us that they have changed their cleaning methods/chemicals. They emailed me a 50 page pdf and I still don’t know what chemicals they are using. 😒
Hiya, thanks for that feedback. Sounds like you water company has supplied you with the legally required info. Maybe get back to them and ask again for the info that isn't in the documents they sent..🤔😉👍 you...
I wonder if you can make the fluke immune to the Fluke P by doing less and less treatment?
Thought your pond looks bigger than 7000L
Fluke seems to be a big problem at the moment , 😢
Just a bit annoying. 😡🤨😊
My nitrites have been high , tried salting the pond still a little high, spoke to southwest koi who put me on to some pond detox formula and this seems to be doing the trick
Interesting, what was the detox formula?
Lots of talk about tap water, but has anyone checked the rain water?
Hiya, yeah my rain water is.pretty neutral in the Stoke on Trent area.. Nit sure about the rest of the world..🤔😉👍
I understand what it normally is but there have been issues from what I see on CZcams from many locations, we hear about acid rain, cloud baiting many conflicts going on where there are continuous atmospheric discharges, so thought it maybe worth checking
Yeah I believe it depends if you live near certain industries that create chemical or dusts that settle in the rain clouds then dumps it in the pond 🤨🤔👎
oh dear...hope you get it sorted. Thought I had a koi that was clamped..but caught/scraped/salt bathed....nothing showed up on the scope...will keep an eye on it. All the others seem fine and eating like little piggies. I have way more fish than you and not as good a filter system and my nitrate is around 5.0
Hydrogen Peroxide and Sodium Thiosulphate together it will kill some fluke but it also makes the fish create mucus which makes it easy to treat with Parakill.
Parakill fluke are not used to it so bye bye fluke.
Can you share the level of ingredients? Thanks