Koi, Goldfish & Pond Health In Twenty Steps
Koi, Goldfish & Pond Health In 20 Steps
Ulcer Treatments
Parasite Treatments & Cures
Koi Water Quality
Koi Quarantine & Health
Medications


Read These In Order:

  1. Introduction
  2. Site Glossary

The Twenty Steps:

  1. Step Three
  2. Step Four
  3. Step Five
  4. Step Six
  5. Step Seven
  6. Step Eight
  7. Step Nine
  8. Step Ten
  9. Step Eleven
  10. Step Twelve
  11. Step Thirteen
  12. Step Fourteen
  13. Step Fifteen
  14. Step Sixteen
  15. Step Seventeen
  16. Step Eighteen
  17. Step Nineteen
  18. Step Twenty
IMPORTANT Links

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Medications - Koi & Goldfish Disease Remedies & Treatments - To your door overnight. Usage guides by Dr. Erik Johnson.

Koi Health & Disease Text Book - Fish Disease Treatments Simplified but leaving nothing out! 160 pages, satisfaction guaranteed.

Koivet Koi & Goldfish, Pond & Water Garden Forum or Message Board - Message with some of the best hobbyists and experts in the industry.

Chat about Koi & Goldfish Ponds and Water Features. Top of the hour, especially 9AM and 9PM EST

Koi & Goldfish Diseases Symptoms Chart - KoiCrisis.com
Step Three

Assess Over (or) Underfeeding.
Feeding Time!
Overfeeding is the most common hobbyist mistake. I want you to know that there are actually people who feed their fish SEVERAL times per day, if you can believe it. I recommend feeding once, or at most, twice per day. Now, in fairness, it should be noted that you can feed up to twenty times per day if your pond can handle the waste load that comes from that. So, if you're going to feed copiously, you will have to amend your filtration in the "expensive" direction. Over feeding manifests as cloudy water and the overgrowth of green algae in the system. It's simple to assess, really. Feed all that the fish will consume in five minutes. I usually just toss in a few pellets continually as long as fish are up eating them for five minutes. I never try to guess how much they will eat in a five minute period but prefer to give the food as the fish surface to get it.

Underfeeding manifests as fish which appear with pinched-looking heads and drawn up bellies. A fish with a large head and a thin body is usually underfed. A Koi that grows less than an inch per month is underfed, overcrowded or is not benefiting from regular water changes. In the assessment of your feeding rates, subtract 15% from your COSS "Chances Of Success" Score - if the pond is fed three or more times per day. Conversely, add 15% to your C.O.S.S if the pond is only fed once per day. You are not an overfeeder, and this defect will not require compensation.

Go to Step Four

Supplemental Reading:

Algae control, control of Koi & Goldfish pond or water garden green water and string algae - Algaeblooms.com - This site will take you through the question of whether algae is "bad" and how to control it effectively at every turn.

FeedingKoi.com - The What To Feed and How To Feed of the Feeding and Nutrition of Koi and Goldfish - Under Construction - Articles by Dr. Johnson and more.
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Koi Health & Disease Information, Medications Treatments and More
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Free Koi Club Web Site Designer - At KoiClub.com
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Aeromonas - Koi Ulcer Treatment & Cure - Tricide Neo - Fight infections, easier than injections, safe and simple.

Koi & Goldfish Pond Medicines, Treatments and Information, Usage Guides - PondRx has almost every medication, resource or help you could need with your fish health problem, complete with usage guides written by Dr. Erik Johnson.

Fish Health Information Find a Fish Vet - FishDoc.net
Fishdoc combines the writing stylings of Frank Prince-Iles and Dr. Erik Johnson on Koi and Pond health! Best of all, you can find a fish vet near you!

Medicated Food For Koi & Goldfish Ulcer Disease - Now! Two kinds, available overnight.

Safe for Koi - Fluke (Trematode) Filter-safe Treatments - Prazi - Bulk praziquantel for Fluke Control. One treatment, no water changes, no filter effects.Koi Pond and Water Garden Supplies Resources

Discount Pond and Koi Supplies, Filtration, Koi Food and More!
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Aquadyne Filtration, Koi & Goldfish Pond Bead Filtration / Filters
How about a filter that takes care of itself? Cleaning the filter in your Sunday clothes? That's how I do it! Fast and clean!

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Flowerfish or Luohan Cichlid Fish Information - Buying, Showing, Keeping & Care
The flowerhorn is the most prestigious "big fish" in the tank. Each is a work of art. No two are identical. Colors get better every year!

Goldfish Information, Care and Supplies at GoldfishWorld.com
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