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My Koi are dying – please help… algicide?

April 26, 2017algicide dying help Koi

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My Koi are dying – please help… algicide?

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Hi Fenner, Last month my 18″ 3 year old female tricolored had what seemed like a seizure. She was spinning in the pond and all the fish were bumping up against her. She swam toward the edges and I thought she was trying to spawn. I put my hands in the water and she swam into them. I noticed that the top of her head was badly bruised as were the sides and bottom of her. I put her in a quick salt dip and then let her swim in and out of my hands while in the pond until she felt better. (They all take turns laying on my hands if I put my hands in the water, I am very careful not to touch them too much to avoid sandpapering their skin.) She seemed OK for a week but then died. Last week my 21″ 4 year old female yellow Ohgon did the exact same thing but there weren’t any fish near her and when she swam into my hands she didn’t have a single bruise. She did