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Mon, May 10, 10 at 21:40
| I have a 12 x 7 by approx 3.5 pond irregular shape and last week i noticed some of my fish were acting different but I didn't know what the problem was since this is only my second year with a pond and I have never had any problems.
I thought it was just alage because the water was green and discolored so I treated for alage then i noticed 2 dead fish. it looked like they had ich so I treated the entire pond friday. Since then the weather has been cold and the treatment said not to repeat for three days. When I went out today there were 6 dead fish and all of my fish are covered with white spots...COVERED..So back to the store I went. I did a partial water change and treated with 2 ounces of malachite green. As I was sitting by the pond this evening 2 more fish dyed right there in front of me. Can anyone please help and tell me what I can do. I dont want to loose anymore fish. |
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| Meds will push those weakest over the edge. Whatever you do don't mix treatments. Don't add treatment for X on top of treatment for Y. Not all pond treatments or meds react well with each other. You'll have to wait a couple days to see if the MG is working. If not perform several good size waterchanges and try a combination of Formalin and Malacite Green. Two trade names of this are ProformC and Terminate. Had great luck with both these products. |
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| I just checked on the fish this morning and I dont see anymore dead one's. They are still all covered in the spots and the weather has gotten very chilly and rainy. Does anyone know if the treatment will work when the temp in the pond is around 50? Also, on the bottle it says that I can treat for 3 days in a row should i treat today when it is cold and raining? How long does it take for the spots on the fish to go away? Thanks in advance for any advice that you can give |
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| I just checked on the fish this morning and I dont see anymore dead one's. They are still all covered in the spots and the weather has gotten very chilly and rainy. Does anyone know if the treatment will work when the temp in the pond is around 50? Also, on the bottle it says that I can treat for 3 days in a row should i treat today when it is cold and raining? How long does it take for the spots on the fish to go away? Thanks in advance for any advice that you can give |
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