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Do No Harm

“An oath of ethical professional behaviour sworn by new physicians,

attributed to Hippocrates but thought to have actually been written by a
student or contemporary.”

While many of us attribute this famous term to the medical Everyone gets problems from time to time, its an
profession, its a mantra that we Koi keepers would also do occupational hazard the key to minimising the negative
well to consider a little more often. impact on your system and your Koi is only taking necessary
and effective action. The reality is if you have a parasite
This might, on the face of it, sound a little harsh as non of issue its entirely appropriate to deal with it using chemicals.
us ever intend to do our Koi any harm, in fact the absolute Our issue is that too often the wrong chemicals are used,
opposite. Nevertheless, in 2018 the biggest killer of Koi and/or in the wrong concentrations. It’s vital to know not
remains not Bacteria, Parasites or Virus...but us. High Quality Koi Direct From The Farm
just which chemicals will eradicate which parasites but how
Each year countless Koi are accidentally killed by mal much of the right chemical to use. All chemical treatments Small Koi For Growing On | Show Quality Koi
treatment, often a direct result of incorrect diagnosis or plain are based on how many litres your pond is. Its a non
ignorance. Of course we all make mistakes, it’s the human negotiable requirement to know exactly how many litres
condition, and realistically this isn’t going to change any time your pond holds. The ONLY way to establish this is to use a Koi Food | Dry Goods | Online Sales | Overnight Delivery
soon, but with a little thought and effort, its an absolutely water meter. Most dealers will, for a small charge, lend you
realistic to realistically reduce avoidable mistakes. one. DO NOT guess.
The primary purpose of this brief reminder is to raise Once you have the capacity of your pond why not make
awareness of another growing threat. In the last issue of yourself a simple chart with the dosage of each parasite
the magazine we raised the whole issue of the overuse of chemicals - specific to your pond? Its important to remember
chemicals by Koi Keepers. We also discussed the worrying there are no free lunches when it comes to Koi treatments
emergence of parasites like flukes and Costia that are in general, and the use of chemicals in particular. It’s
apparently developing immunities to our go to chemicals? absolutely a case of that all treatments are simply less bad
than the affliction. The lesser of two evils if you prefer!
The problem we refer to is that if we use either the wrong
chemicals for the job at hand, or the right chemicals in the Of course this basic assertion is completely worthless if the
wrong concentrations the result is the same..ineffective use the wrong ones or even the right ones are deployed
treatment. Worse still not only have we not dealt with incorrectly? Either way we have compromised our prime
the problem we treated for in the first place, but we have directive - and the title, and point of our article!
subjected our Koi to exposure to harmful chemicals to
absolutely no effect.

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at this weekends National Koi Show

01844 217382 | sales@cuttlebrookkoifarm.co.uk | www.cuttlebrookkoifarm.co.uk
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