Have you ever lost your prized fish? You are in good company. I have personally lost millions of fish in the last 20 years of commercial fish production. You can learn from my mistakes and save your precious koi!

Here are the most common questions regarding koi and fish health.

Q: Why do my fish get bacterial infections and die?

A: Your aquarium or koi pond (or any recirculating water environment) is a closed system; water stays there. Fish constantly feed and emit waste products in the form of ammonia nitrogen, or NH4. Unless you have a perfect bio-filter, the water becomes unfit for fish health. Harmful bacteria thrive in these conditions. Bacterial infections eat away at your fish's fins, body, or organs until they pass the stage of recovery.

Q: How can I eliminate harmful bacteria?

A: Bacteria are difficult to eradicate completely. They exist in small amounts in almost any aquatic environment. That is why the best "cure" is prevention. Healthy, unstressed fish can better fight off infection. Make sure your Oxygen (O2), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Nitrite (NO3), ammonia (NH3), alkalinity, pH, and other chemical parameters are under control. Watch what you put into your fragile aquatic system. Feeder fish are notorious vehicles of harmful bacteria.

Q: Why should I use J & J Aquafarms Medicated food?

A: This is not a perfect world, and your fish will get stressed! Therefore, fish professionals have developed a way to prevent bacterial infection when you know your fish will get stressed (moving, changing water, breeding, etc.). Medicated food (2.7 g/kg Terramycin) should be (ideally) used before stressing your fish so they will have antibiotics in them before they need it. This is called prophylactic treatment. That should be an easy word to remember! :^) J & J Aquafarms has perfected the process of binding the antibiotic to the pellet without sacrificing palatability. With this medicated fish food, we have saved millions of fish from certain death!

The Technical Bulleitn #3 Bacterial Infection and Using Medicated (2.7g/kg) Pellets answers the folowing questions.

Q: What bacteria are causing the infection?

Q: Will the antibiotics hurt beneficial bacteria?

Q: What about creating bio-resistant strains of bacteria?

Q: Can I use salt to treat my pond?

Q: What if my fish won't eat?

Q: How am I going to get my fish to eat the medicated food?

Q: Can I store the unused food?

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Technical Bulleitn #1 Water Plants and the Nitrogen Cycle

Technical Bulleitn #2 Planting Water Lilies