It's Not All Sunshine & Rainbows - Koi Pond Chilodonella
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- In this video, we're diving into the not-so-glamorous side of Koi keeping, treating for the parasite known as Chilodonella. To do this I opted to go with a treatment of Alparex and salt, which wasn't without it's challenges. Also we take a look at additional moving bed filter media, Oase pond pads.
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Nice job buddy thas gunna av a reyt set up.
waterbarn koi, seems to be a running theme once you get one in your pond, outbreaks galore.
Morning si,👋 the parasites just don't go away.🤬 Build coming on steady looks tidy😂. Nice job, my friend 👍 🐟
@@Garykoi625 thanks Gary😃 I think they're at bay now fingers crossed
Nice update Si👍. I swear by those pond pads, I’m up to 40l now and planning on using more👍. BTW, that ivy behind you pond I’d bindweed, get it out before it takes over your garden😳. Keep up the good work😊👍
Thanks Phil, I remember you saying how much you rated them, and for the surface area you can't really go wrong.
As for the bindweed, indeed it does get out of control sometimes 😅 I'll have to get on it👍
Blockwork is getting there, looks spot on mate 💪
Alpharex is good stuff, but need a minimum of double dose. I tend to use it at 3 x dose. Clears out Costia, whitespot chilidonella etc out in one treatment 👌
That's the downside with premixed medication these days 👎👎 the recommendated dose on the packaging is a joke 🤐
Hope you get it sorted quickly 🎉
@koikanalen 3x dose on Alparex 😮 yikes. I wouldn't dare, they hate just a single dose never mind 2x or 3x😅 I thought it would do the job with 0.6 salt as its usually worked, then was astonished when the 2nd dose didn't work😕 thankfully, they've now had the FMG treatment and it seems to have done the trick👍
@@UpNorthKoiPond its pretty safe. The "old" dose of acriflavin is 3-5g pr 1000 liters and malacite is 0.25g pr 1000 liters. Alpharex is no way near that, even with 3x dose 😊 🤐
No wonder it dont work most of the times 🫣
Parasites of protozoan origin could be found anywhere if you look hard enough. Aren't you more interested in making the KOI itself more active to keep them at bay? That would be a much more effective solution, I would think, to mature the pond water and turn the overall ecosystem upwards...
@@atsuminaoki9910 the fish are always very active, right up until they are not. They get fed well with high quality food, they have unpolluted water and have a good flow in the pond. These things happen 🤷♂️
@@UpNorthKoiPond There are no ponds with glass windows in Japan, so I can't make any comparisons, but whenever I see the immaturity of their swimming behaviour, I wonder if it is an obstacle to the instinctive habits we are always trying to bring out in them in this time of year.
that answers my question on the short 😆 block work looks better than some builders mate well done 👍 👏
It sure does😂 should get some more blockwork done now I'm off work 👍
Nice neat job on the blocks Si 👌🏼, interesting to see how the pads get on in the bio 👍🏼
Cheers Pete, nice surface area on them so will be interesting to see how much more food it'll take👍
I feel you're pain Simondo bruva 💯🧁👍👍👍
@@LeTwistedOne 😩😩
The build is looking great Si, so jealous, I really am… 🤷🏼♂️😢 😂
Shame about the parasites, most of us seem to have had those issues at one point. 🤬
I’ve been planning to get those pads for sometime now (hopefully will at Newark) so will be very interested to hear how good you think they are…. 🤞🏼
Cheers Andy. Parasites are just part amd parcel of koi keeping unfortunately aren't they😒 ill certainly keep you posted on the pads when they begin to mature👍
Nice one si, good to see you
Thanks Les👍 thanks for watching 😊
That looks like bind weed get it out quick or you never get rid of it. It spreads like wild fire into other gardens. Just got on top of mine after 5 years, but my neighbours won’t deal with it in their gardens. Killed 4 trees.
if it is ivy be careful mate as i think its toxic to fish
It seems that parasites have been particularly hard to shift this year, which suggests we are either dealing with ninja parasites or the medications have been nurfed again 🤷♀️
The medications certainly get tampered with to some extent I believe, fluke treatments more so. Whether Alparex has had any revisions I have no idea, wouldn't surprise me though. Take care Busy😊