Year: 2019
Can You Get Bacterial Infections From Swimming With Koi?
Can You Get an Infection From Swimming with Fish? Bacterial infections from swimming with fish Aeromonas, Pseudomonas, and their direct descendant, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia are all..
Read MoreWhy Not To Culture The Outside of A Diseased Fish For Bacteria
Why You DON'T culture the surface of the fish When you biopsy the fishes' surface, you biopsy the fish pond. What's ON the fish is..
Read MoreJust Some Vocabulary Words In Case You Searched These In Koivet.com
*Air Stones* - Retailers sell electronic pumps which force air through tubing into a porous stone. The air emerges as a column of tiny bubbles..
Read MoreCarbon Dioxide and Why It’s So Crazy-Important
Carbon dioxide is produced by most life forms in the process of respiration. When you (and the fish) "breathe out" you're releasing Carbon Dioxide. Even..
Read MoreHydrogen Sulfide – H2S Accumulations Happen, But Only Rarely
Hydrogen Sulfide is not a common problem in fish ponds, as far as we know. What this means is; people don't test for Hydrogen Sulfide..
Read MoreNitrates and What You Really Should Know About The Nitrates. They’re Toxic After All.
Nitrate When the cycle nears completion, you know that the Ammonia has been reduced to Nitrite and the nitrite reduced to Nitrate. So let's talk..
Read MoreNitrites – Where They Come From and What You Need To Know
Ammonia is reduced by a bacteria called "Nitrosomonas" into Nitrite. These Nitrites are toxic at very low levels. People often test 0.25 (a quarter) part-per-million..
Read MoreAmmonia in Ponds For Fish and Koi – What You Should Know
Recall from the "cycle" discussion that Ammonia is the primary waste product of the fish. It's mostly excreted through the gills by osmosis*, and some..
Read MoreThe Cycle and Why It’s So Important
The Cycle is the natural process in which the fish excrete wastes (fish poop and pee) into the pond water and Mother Nature has to..
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