Water Gardening: Dicouraged, 1 by realsis

realsis wrote:
hi.i raise koi. i have a 2250 gallon pond. checking water parameters is very important and will tell you a lot. sometimes this time of year ph crashes and spikes are very common. do you do your weekly water changes? its recomended to do weeklly changes of 25 percent of the water to maintain health.their is so much to learn and its a constant learning process. ive joined a koi club in my area and they have wonderful information avaiable. we are always learning. so many factors can influence a koi death that i couldnt even begin to guess. sounds like you did the right thing with the proform and prazzi. make SURE to quartine ANY new fish and PLANTS before you bring them to your pond because you can introduce bacteria into the pond that can kill the fish if not! this is very important. fish can be proformed for three weeks in quarentine (3 days of proform, the rest watch the fish). plants can be soacked for 15 minutes in potassium portmanagate then rinsed before putting into pond. this helps keep fish safe from forgin bacteria. hopefully this will help.