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Ok so this is my story. My pond is about 6 years old. It’s 2000 gallons and I had about 12 fish although my fish had babies so I have about 20 maybe 25 In there currently. My biggest fish being about 12 inches then all the way down to an inch. I know it sounds like a lot because there are about a dozen babies in there at 3 inches or less. I’m running two filters one waterfall filter with filter pads and lava rocks and one filter box with 8 filter pads. Each filter is being driven by a mag 18. I also have Two air stones and one filter water fountain with uv light. I do weekly water changes. I just had my water tested yesterday ammonia is 0 ph is 7.5 nitrates 0. I have been fighting with ulcers all summer on my fish. This is the first time I have ever had this problem. The problem has gotten so bad that two of them now have mouth rot. I treated the pond for 3 days with broad spectrum. I did notice every once in a while I would see a fish flash. Since the treatment I have not seen any flashing at all. Treatment ended a week ago today. But now I noticed another two of my fish have ulcers on them again after treatment. I currently have three fish in a stock tank that
I am injecting with baytril once a day for 3 days then every other day for a total of 7 days. They are looking so much better. I’m not sure if the fish with the bad mouth rot is going to make it but he seems to be getting better with the injections. But I don’t know if his mouth with ever grow back. So my local fish stores and koi nursery’s here are really advising me to add 40 pounds of salt to my pond to help them heal. I am so turn over adding it. I also have several water Lillie’s and grasses and canna plants. But the most important thing is the fish. I honestly don’t care about the plants like I care
About the fish. Any help would be wonderful. Thanks so much
I am injecting with baytril once a day for 3 days then every other day for a total of 7 days. They are looking so much better. I’m not sure if the fish with the bad mouth rot is going to make it but he seems to be getting better with the injections. But I don’t know if his mouth with ever grow back. So my local fish stores and koi nursery’s here are really advising me to add 40 pounds of salt to my pond to help them heal. I am so turn over adding it. I also have several water Lillie’s and grasses and canna plants. But the most important thing is the fish. I honestly don’t care about the plants like I care
About the fish. Any help would be wonderful. Thanks so much
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