Koi Health and Supplies

Koi Health and Supplies » Parasite Treatments » Proper Treatment for Parasites

Sacramento Koi
Phone: 916-652-4231
Fax: 916-652-4979

Proper Treatment for Parasites

Proper treatment for parasites depends on which parasite the koi have. If you have access to a microscope, by simply taking a scraping from the fish and examining it under the microscope, you can usually tell exactly which parasites are present and then treat for them accordingly.

There are some links below for video of what these parasites look like at 100x magnification.


Suggested Medication for treatment

Parasite

Medication

Caution

Bypass Filtration?

Flukes
(Click HERE for video 1.5 mb)
Supaverm - For use on koi only
- Kills Goldfish and several other species
Not necessary
Costia (3.42 mb)
Chilodinella (1.6 mb)
Trichodina (1.6 mb)
(Click name for video)

Malachite Green & Formalin

Quick Cure

- Do not use with salt level above .1%
- Will kill most pond plants
- Keep pond well oxygenated
Yes
Ich
(Click HERE for video 2.1 mb)
Salt - Will kill most pond plants Not necessary