Sunday, September 19, 2010

Fluke Infestation

One of my fish died as a result of flukes and a bacterial infection.  I scraped two of its wounds and its gills and examined under the microscope.  Definitely body flukes.  Unfortunately the one that dies is ALWAYS the most prized one, my Sakai Kohaku this time.

I drove out to Blue Ribbon Koi and picked up some Prazi Plus.  Then did water change and backflushed my filter.  I them added the meds. Something went wrong and the O2 level dropped.  One Kujaku had to be removed and put in another pool that had more oxygen.  The rest I am babysitting to make sure they make it through the night.

Meanwhile the air pump is cranked up and I'm hoping for the best.

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