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We live in Pennsylvania. Our Nitrates have been high as well as Phosphates. I swear the water company is the culprit to some of these high parameters. I contacted them last year to ask what they use to clean the system because they notified us that they have changed their cleaning methods/chemicals. They emailed me a 50 page pdf and I still don’t know what chemicals they are using. 😒

oh dear...hope you get it sorted. Thought I had a koi that was clamped..but caught/scraped/salt bathed....nothing showed up on the scope...will keep an eye on it. All the others seem fine and eating like little piggies. I have way more fish than you and not as good a filter system and my nitrate is around 5.0

Fluke seems to be a big problem at the moment , 😢

Thought your pond looks bigger than 7000L

Then come ark me do you deal m8 ever free post to you help over out

microscopic algae that is suspended and floating in the pond water effects nitrite and nitrate. So that is the reason Blanket Answer can alter nitrite and nitrate. As it kills off microscopic algae you can not see which effects both nitrite and nitrate.

Hi Alan, nitrate for me has been consistent for the last three months at 5.0 , you'll probably remember I'm also in Stoke. pond temp's however have been up and down like a fiddler's elbow between 11c n for two days only 18c. Hopefully you will put an end to those irritating flukes 🤞🤞, look forward to your next catch up. Gwen 🧓

My nitrites have been high , tried salting the pond still a little high, spoke to southwest koi who put me on to some pond detox formula and this seems to be doing the trick

Hydrogen Peroxide and Sodium Thiosulphate together it will kill some fluke but it also makes the fish create mucus which makes it easy to treat with Parakill. Parakill fluke are not used to it so bye bye fluke.

I wonder if you can make the fluke immune to the Fluke P by doing less and less treatment?

I really struggled to get rid of fluke this year 😢 only thing that worked was fluke p 👍🏼🐟

Buy water plants!! You only get parasite and trouble if your water quality is not right!

I had 2 Golden Orfes that suddenly one morning had bent tails. I had added fresh bacteria to the system and left the UV off for a couple of days to allow the bacteria to grow. After alot of research and nattering with people it turned out to be the slight change in water clarity and quality. After the UV was turned back on and the water cleared one had a severely bent tail and it never straightened again, the other was back straight and remained straight.

just gotm recomended these and used 2 in my 1300gallon pond just waiting to see the result as my koi has bad bacteria problem

Salt paste, and apply for 60 seconds. rinse, apply antiseptic wound cleaner, apply, NT labs propolis, then wound sealer. Job done, you may have to repeat in 3 to 4 weeks time.

You don't "remove the oxygen from the filter bed" by stopping the movement on K1 media. You can turn off the AIR SUPPLY or water pump towards the bed to make it static. That doesn't mean necessarily that you will "turn off the oxygen" and it will become anaerobic. Not at all. The way K1 needs to be set up is to run clean from debris. You need to place one or several mechanical filtration pads to remove excess detritus BEFORE you drive the water to the K1 chamber. The K1 is supposed to me a biological filtration media, not mechanical. Of course you can use as mechanical. You can do whatever pleases you, but it was designed to be a biological media, free of any detritus. You are using it wrong. The simple fact that your test kit shows ammonia and nitrite tells us that you do not have enough media to process the amount of bioload and/or food you are adding to the pond. There is no direct correlation to what your suppose experiment will bring to any of the surface of ideas you suggest. Static will not necessarily have less dissolved oxygen in that chamber. It will depend on the design. Aerobic and anaerobic are not direct related to static or moving. You must have too many fish for the amount of water and for the surface area of your filtration system. You need to e design you filtration. And perhaps feed less?

Hi Andy, Just got back from me holidays so over the last four days 20c+ up to 26c on Wednesday of last week, just outside Coventry. For treats i give my koi either spam from the tin chopped up or mini cheddars ( not in the tins or packets as they cant open them) also, Fridge Raiders they love them !! As usual another great vid, i was hoping i might see you at the koi show in Coventry this weekend but i have my Grandchildren with me and theyre not that interested in fish. Laters...

Now that’s a BIG goldfish Andy…. 😮 😳 😂🤣 NICE mate…. 👍🏼

All looking good Andy especially the shiro 👌🏻

Sorry for your loss, omg it’s heartbreaking!

He just never stops growing Alan 🐋😮. Gwen 🧓

OJ your gorgeous !

Wow, he's a size now 👍

Oj 😂 he dont leav gloves in the pond does he 😂 and a dead spouse on the lawn like his name sake 😂😂😂

Have you used virkon with salt i have didnt work well fish hated it , tho had other issues so not sure if it was virkon and salt

Thanjs. Interesting video. Nice fish/pond. Looks like the pond could fo with at least part of it bring under cover from the sun, less chance of Algae. Are ALL these foods a TREAT or can some of them be fed regularly? I wasn't sure about my chicken so I looked on the Net & found your video. I have Koi but also 'every day' fish & 3 Turtles. Next year I will be digging a very big 'Koi only ' pond, I already have 3 large sheets of glass. You could have cut up the Water Melon fir them & broke up the crackers. I now know what to do with my left over chicken/crackers. I will buy some Cherio's (Goodbye -E -O's), oranges/Melon/Chickpeas & Pearl Barley. PLEASE NOTE: Please DONT feed ANY Water Fowl any bread AT all. Mynpartner & I are seeing more & more signs where they are stating it has NO NUTRITIONAL value to them, they will eat it & get full but because they are full they won't eat other foods that DO have health benefits to them like seeds, Peas, Sweet Corn.

Glad you took them both ❤

You paid how much 😱😱😱 jobs a goodun mate 🤣

Thanks for the update great content, had a nightmare last year with parasites Flukes, Costia (twice) Chilladonella, Trich and lost my 2 shiros. Much better this year I've just second treated for a slight costia prob, caught it very early. I'm Going to invest in a Biota bacteria activator, so I can get my filter up and running quicker after treatments. Will save a fortune over these start up bombs. Bought a Shiro Utsuri 16" for £250 , early last week my temp was +16.1°c, on Sunday it was +18.3°c. Pond doesn't get a lot of sun as shaded by the house most of the year.

Come ark me for price and drop shit to you next day do you gd del we be at show Sunday

Bournemouth currently 19c great video

Have they gone bust ?

All looking really good. Think I'll play this when i go to bed very relaxing 👍. Gwen 🧓

Oxford's temps: Bottom sensor: 18.00 Top sensor: 17.63 Air sensor: 19.56 I'd just say though that the temperature difference between the top and bottom sensor is within the error margin for those sensors and since I've got the pump running, I'd fully expect the water to mix to the point there's basically no difference. You may also want to consider methylene blue. Though wear gloves when using it, otherwise you'll end up looking like you've been getting frisky with a smurf.

You could just use a cement truck that mixes as it goes, can stop whenever you want

Always such good content in your videos Andy 👍 Do you know much about the Columbo range? It seems to be getting very popular 🐳

I seem to have the 'Black Slime' issue. Hiw did you get rid of it in the end?

its not funny fool.

Hiya Andy are you going to the BKKS next week hopefully see you there

Yeh that's great I'll just do a metalwork class and squibble that together with a widget and a bit of do-dar.

Sorry newbie question. Where do the parasites come from? How do they get into the pond?

Great informative video Andy 👍 For reference, the Hydrogen Peroxide is much cheaper when bought in a chemist. Hope you're well.

This may seem a bit late, but is this the last treatment before the full feeding period? In Japan it is unlikely that there will be any further treatment as the water temperature will be kept above 25°C all the time from here, but if it is only below 20°C it is quite troublesome to have to worry about it all the time, isn't it? Having experienced both Japan and the UK, I can tell you that if there was ever a chance to warm up, now would be the most effective and efficient time to do it, wouldn't it?

I'm in Canberra Australia. Middle of winter and pond temperature is sitting around 4 degrees. It's been cold 🥶 Down to minus 6 a couple of mornings back.

My pond is 15 degrees in Manchester I’m waiting for the price 😅🤣😂

Hi Andy loving the videos. Keep up the good work. Makes me smile. I’m in Leicester, unheated pond. Currently sitting at just over 21 degrees My pond is in closed. Helps with temps massively

You don't need digital scales. Mechanical scales used for reloading ammunition are very affordable and don't need recalibration. Yorkshire location added a heater, which I had no intention of doing initially but bought a couple of Tosai and want to get some size on them for winter. Pond is currently a fraction over 20°c wanted some stability.