Koi Parasites, Videos and Treatments |
Most koi parasites are not visible to the naked human eye and in order to correctly identify any koi parasites you will need a microscope with a magnification of at least 400 times. JoSo Products have 2 of these in store and offer a full Koi Parasite scrape and parasite identification service. Wel also sell suitable microscopes so you can perform your own future scrapes and diagnoses.
To accurately detect any koi parasite causing an infestation of your koi, we will need to take a skin scrape from an infected fish. This involves using a microscope slide to carefully remove a small quantity of mucus from the koi.
The mucus is then sandwiched between the slide and a cover slip and inspected through the microscope.
If you suspect you have a koi parasite problem, skin scrapes need only be taken from two or three koi and if parasites are found, it is safe to assume all koi are infested by the parasite and therefore the entire pond will require treatment.
Before any parasite treatment is used in your koi pond, it is vital that you know the exact volume of water and temperature, and that adequate filtration and aeration is provided. Parasite treatments will lower the dissolved oxygen levels in the pond so we recommend adding additional aeration when using any chemicals in your koi pond. You must also switch off any ultra violet sterilisers / clarifiers and ozone equipment.
To learn more about parasites, what they look like and how to treat them, please click on any of the Koi Parasite names below.
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