Hello all!
Please help, I don’t have any antibiotics on hand, and am afraid I am going to lose this guy.
My wife and I just got back from a 4 day trip to Vegas, before we left, everything was fine, all the fish looked great. We are here in Seattle (Zone 8), and have a 2200 gallon pond with 10 fish (4 goldfish, 6 koi).
We noticed this guy was not very social when we returned, hanging by himself in the corner, then sitting on the bottom. We removed him, and saw his scales are sticking almost straight out, and had some “cotton” on his top fin, he looks absolutely miserable. It almost looks like his front fin is bloodied, but I think it is because his scales are up.
We tried do do a salt batch for 8 minutes at .25% in a 10 gallon bucket. He has no balance, and constantly goes on his side or belly up but is still breathing. We have called around tonight, and no place is open that would have the koi antibiotic (is there a different name to ask for?)
All other water is fine, tested PH and alkalinity, and all of our other fish are doing great, eating, flying around the pond as normal.
Please help, as we are hoping we can save this guy’s life and bring him back to good health, but we need some remedy to hold us over until tomorrow.
Do we continue to do high potency salt baths for 5 minutes, then move to a pond water separate quarantine? Leave in salt water?
Ahh, any help is great.
He has since moved to his side and will start swimming again once coaxed. Here are some photos. Please!!
Please help, I don’t have any antibiotics on hand, and am afraid I am going to lose this guy.
My wife and I just got back from a 4 day trip to Vegas, before we left, everything was fine, all the fish looked great. We are here in Seattle (Zone 8), and have a 2200 gallon pond with 10 fish (4 goldfish, 6 koi).
We noticed this guy was not very social when we returned, hanging by himself in the corner, then sitting on the bottom. We removed him, and saw his scales are sticking almost straight out, and had some “cotton” on his top fin, he looks absolutely miserable. It almost looks like his front fin is bloodied, but I think it is because his scales are up.
We tried do do a salt batch for 8 minutes at .25% in a 10 gallon bucket. He has no balance, and constantly goes on his side or belly up but is still breathing. We have called around tonight, and no place is open that would have the koi antibiotic (is there a different name to ask for?)
All other water is fine, tested PH and alkalinity, and all of our other fish are doing great, eating, flying around the pond as normal.
Please help, as we are hoping we can save this guy’s life and bring him back to good health, but we need some remedy to hold us over until tomorrow.
Do we continue to do high potency salt baths for 5 minutes, then move to a pond water separate quarantine? Leave in salt water?
Ahh, any help is great.
He has since moved to his side and will start swimming again once coaxed. Here are some photos. Please!!