Urgent Help Needed! Large Koi Dieing!

[speedingorange]

empty + 1cubic foot of biotube thingys and all the old bits of plastic that where biologial filters in the old setup



clean as a whistle... fingers crossed this helps the meds along

 

[speedingorange]

hmmm ok i was naughty and went out to investigate the white one again after i noticed the white fluffy bit by its front fin.

more strange behavior





sick fishhy



closeup of fluffy bits



otherfish laying on the bottum

 

[speedingorange]

THe large koi have now got to the point where some of them are not even bothering to come up to get food now

 

[lavapeanut]

THe large koi have now got to the point where some of them are not even bothering to come up to get food now

oh no I've just read 4 pages all those posts/replies under this topic.... I am sorry to hear all this is happening fingers crossed for those koi and crap.

 

[WILDER]

Good luck, that why you need a bacterial med, there coming down with columnaris.

 

[speedingorange]

Added an airstone today, its also the last day of treatment.

The guy at the aquatic center said to give it a 40% water cahnge tomorrow, then if no improvement by the weekend to dose with some antibac

not much improvement in fish behaviour either

 

[WILDER]

Well i don't like that, as the fish might not make it to the weekend.
Fingers crossed.

http/www.petsforum.com/cis-fishnet/afm/G29060.htm

 

[speedingorange]

hmmmmwe have a 1920's microscope in the attick... wonder if its worth a looksee....

 

[WILDER]

I would, just take a scraping off the fish and look for sliding bacteria.

 

[speedingorange]

piece of plastic do as a slide you think?

 

[WILDER]

Glass or a mirrow, this might help.
http/www.neuro.uoregon.edu/ionmain/Fish_...s%20(Fish%20TB)

 

[speedingorange]

right well had a gander,,,, and there was certainly nothing " sliding about" or nothing moving at all tbh, took a swab right off the fluffy bit on that nasty looking goldfish... so idk may just be i didnt have a powerfull enough scope... but i could see a nats semen with it if i had of tried!

 

[speedingorange]

Took a fish to the aquatic center today.

they have.... *drum roll*

a SURVERE case of Lumidia?

looked on the microscope and there where loads of little black dots sliding about in circles, the treatment hasnt even touched them. so i now have formalin to use... wooohoooo gota get my maths right otherwise fish nuke time

 

[WILDER]

Never heard of that what parsite is it.

 

[speedingorange]

its a protiase? aparently a relation of whitespot...