[Gazfish]

Hi James,

Well done and its not as hard as it seems

Are you sure they are fish lice and how many of them was there and have you had a look at any other fish ?

[JM350Z]

Defiantly 3 lice. They where moving. I looked at a YouTube video of koi lice and it was exactly the same. I haven't had a look at any of the other fish, should I? I guess I need to treat the pond ASAP just hope I don't have to sedate every fish one by one to check them.

Can anyone recommend a good treatment please?

[Davej]

Just to confirm you identified these as Argulus?

Have you a link to the Youtube clip you referred to in your identification.

Sorry but there is a need to be clear, that way you will get the best advice.

Dave

[JM350Z]

Sorry Dave I just realised I started talking about lice in my other thread about water tests.

They are defiantly Argulus.

This is the link ??????? FISH LICE (ARGULUS) - YouTube

I have done a bit of research and found kusuri Fluke-m, seems as though treating them 3 times at 7 day intervals will get rid of the lice.

What do you think?

I haven't got access to a scope so I can't really check for anything else, I just want to get shot to the lice and get the koi back to normal

Thanks

[Davej]

Hiya

Argulus can seriously mess up the fish so you do need to try and get the treatment spot on.

Unfortunately the long established, very effective remedy for Argulus is a banned substance.

I would be looking at Fish Treatment Ltd – Specialist Fish medicines Solupraz and Mectinsol as a potential medication. You will need repeat treatments as the buggers are egg layers and you can only kill the adults/ hatched eggs.

Speak to them first to chat things through so you get it right.

Put yourself in their professional hands as to suggested timeline for repeat treatments, I suspect that temperature will affect the lifecycle of the critters.

Hope this helps

Dave

[JM350Z]

Thanks Dave the help and advice is much appreciated. Will let you know how I get on, James

[fisherman]

Hi James
Don’t blame the dealer you brought the last koi from as it could be down to frogs as they carry all sorts of parasites
I have sent you a PM
Regards
Pete