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Koi, Goldfish & Pond Health In 20 Steps
Ulcer Treatments Parasite Treatments & Cures Koi Water Quality Koi Quarantine & Health Medications |
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Step Fourteen
Attack Bacterial Pathogens
Attacking bacterial pathogens is ONLY effective AFTER you have improved the overall conditions of the fish host. If the fish remain crowded, cold, underfed, overfed or parasitized, GIVE UP on saving the fish from bacterial infection. If you have improved the temperature, reduced crowding, and in every other way attended the twenty steps to fish health, this step will work well. To combat bacterial infections you should get an antibiotic INTO the fish. It is usually insufficient to put antibiotics ON a fish. I recommend dressing the fishes' wounds if possible with an antibiotic ointment called Debride. Other ointments such as Panalog are equally effective. Simultaneously, feeding medicated food such as MediKoi is effective. And finally, dipping or spraying the fish in Tricide Neo cinches success unless the fish is too far gone. If you are an advanced hobbyist you might also consider injection of antibiotics. This is documented in another area, and in the book "Koi Health & Disease" by Dr Erik Johnson. (See pondrx.com to purchase)
Supplemental Reading Tricide Neo Potentiated Tris-EDTA Ulcer or Furunculosis Dip For Superficial Koi Skin & Gill Aeromonas Infections - This non-retail web site describes Tricide Neo, it's development, use, precautions, in detail. By Dr. Erik Johnson Medicated Foods for the Treatment of Koi & Goldfish Aeromonas Bacterial Ulcer Disease, MouthRot and FinRot. - An article by Dr. Erik Johnson |
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