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Koi fish common diseases should be found when the disease to see a doctor

Koi fish diseases, koi fish pond in the park can be seen everywhere, family aquarium also have their shadow everywhere, but whether we understand under the koi fish's shiny scales there are dangerous, disease, serious may also lead to the death of koi fish, love dandle network of small make up today is to introduce the koi fish diseases, If you have a few koi fish, check them out.

By shangyangPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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Koi fish diseases, koi fish pond in the park can be seen everywhere, family aquarium also have their shadow everywhere, but whether we understand under the koi fish's shiny scales there are dangerous, disease, serious may also lead to the death of koi fish, love dandle network of small make up today is to introduce the koi fish diseases, If you have a few koi fish, check them out.

One, viral disease: acne disease

1. Symptoms: Koi carp generally suffer from this disease in autumn and winter when the water temperature is low. At the beginning of the disease, koi will appear sporadic milky white spots on the body surface, and then slowly expand and finally form a white film on the body surface. The mental state of the koi fish becomes worse, the appetite decreases, the swimming is slow and not free, the strong koi fish begin to lose weight slowly, and the severe koi fish will directly die.

2. Treatment method: 3MG/KG chloramphenicol can be sprinkled in the water environment where koi live to kill the virus. The koi fish can be injected with chloramphenicol. Soon the koi fish will be healthy again.

2. Fungal diseases: Skin mildew

1, symptoms: this disease is more prevalent in late autumn and early spring, the surface of the infected koi carp will be full of dense mycelium, serious will lead to the death of fish directly in the water.

2. Treatment: the whole body surface of koi can be cleaned with salt water, and the dense mycelium can be removed. Then koi can be coated with mercurochrome and put into the water quality environment containing oxytetracycline. You can also apply malachite green water solution with a concentration of 0.1% to 1% to the wound and the attachment of water mold. Or soak koi in malachite green water solution for 3~5 minutes. Can eliminate germs, let koi slowly recover.

Three, bacterial diseases: skin inflammation and congestion

1, symptoms: the skin of the affected koi carp surface will be inflamed and congested, and when the disease is serious, the base of the fin ray will also appear congested and the fin ray is broken. Sick koi often float on the surface of the water or dormant in the bottom, action is sluggish, swimming slowly, appetite will become poor.

2, treatment: can give koi salt water, while using drug treatment. For example: with furacillin or furazolidone 0.2~0.3MG/KG concentration of the whole pool spread, serious disease can improve the concentration of 0.5~1.2MG/KG; Streptomycin or kanamycin is injected at a dose of 120 to 150 thousand ius per kilogram of fish, usually only once, with a second dose on the fifth day if the disease is severe. After a period of treatment will see obvious results.

Four: mucinous bacterial rot gill disease

1, symptoms: sick koi reaction is slow, slow, the head will appear black. Gill filaments will slowly decay, resulting in incomplete gill filament edges. The inner surface of the operculum will appear the symptoms of congestion, serious will make the gill filament part is corroded into a slightly round transparent area, serious damage to the tissue of the gill filament of koi, causing koi breathing difficulties resulting in koi death.

2, treatment: you can eat bleach 1ppm, furacillin 1.5ppm ~ 2ppm, erythromycin 0.3ppm for soaking, using copper sulfate 0.5ppm ~ 0.7ppm wipe koi whole body surface.

When it is found that koi suffer from the above diseases, it is best to take the koi fish to see a doctor in time, so that the doctor can formulate an effective treatment plan and return the koi fish to a healthy body as soon as possible.

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