Symptoms Finder
You'll get a picture of the koi / goldfish, you click on the koi fish where it's sick, or choose from several other behavioral options that your koi may be exhibiting.
Sample Submission
Koi and pond fish samples may be run directly at KoiLab or move to UGA for testing at basic cost price. When you send a koi or pond fish to Koilab, the diagnosis, sample collection from whole koi and goldfish, and consultation included.
What KoiCrisis Is For
KoiVet.com
Probably the first and largest all-Koi health site on the web. Searchable, with chat and message board areas. Content by a veterinarian for fish and author, Dr. Erik Johnson.
KoiLab.com
If you're curious about the latest in Koi health, Koi Lab is where it's being learned. There are no "committees" and no "motions" to determine if we should learn something. Just clinical experience. It's a koi hospital.
Koi Beginner
Once you've leapfrogged through this tutorial you will have a solid, working concept of the Koi hobby and what it's all about. This is done just about exclusively with video and very little written material.
DrJohnson.com
More than koi health, this site spans all things animal, by a real veterinarian who shoots you straight.
KoiFiltration.com
Non retail: All filtration, all the time. Site was designed for someone who wanted a balanced overview with illustrations and pictures. All types of filtration considered including Nexus, Vortex, bead, sponge, canister, etc.
KoiNutrition.com
Non retail: Just feeding, feed, and food. It's not a retail web site, it's all about different foods, feeding and nutrition.
Koi and Pond Hard Goods
So many places these days, are pure ripoffs. Finding a reputable dealer of koi and pond hard goods isn't as easy as you would think but there's ways to tell. The product line should be to-the-point and not contain shams. Who's doing it right? Visit this site!
Finding Reputable Dealers
The fish are only as good as the dealer holding them. Quarantines, guarantees and fish quality all factor in. What to ask, what to see and how to handle your new fish.
Books on Koi Diseases
You will be introduced to Dr Johnson's Koi Health book but also to other books he's reviewed.
Help With Koi Problems
Koi Community rates a variety of forums and message boards on ease of use, friendliness and quality of help. Not all boards are created equal. Not mincing words here.
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 Welcome to Koi Crisis. (Who Is Koi Crisis?) I am sure since you're here, that it's an unhappy day for you because your fish are sick, and you care about them quite a bit like most people care for their pet dogs and cats. I'd wager your Koi and Goldfish have names and personalities. The only person I know, who thinks that's stupid is Doug Ward. You might have thought that having an attachment to a fish would make you 'exceptional' or rare, but having a Koi collection and having a sentimental attachment to the fish is entirely "the norm" among Koi Keepers.
What I propose to do in this web site is ask you a few basic questions to help define a few "action items" for you to attack. Then I will ask you to find your fish symptoms one by one from a special section in this web site. You will be given the opportunity to "click on" the fish image, "where" your fish are having their troubles, and I will give you personalized, step by step instructions on the remedy to the problem with any background where applicable. Let's get started right away.
+ Please consider this short tutorial "First Things First"
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So, the fish are sick; are they dying REALLY quickly? Like 3 or more per day?
Yes, the fish are dying fast.
No, it's more like an "illness" with gradual losses. |
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Did you 'quarantine' any new fish you bought or brought in lately?
Yes (Article on proper quarantine to reinforce your excellent technique)
No, I added new fish without quarantine (Article on what a dumbass you were.) |
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How crowded is the pond?
Less than an inch of fish per ten gallons of water
Less than 2 inches of fish per ten gallons of water
Much more than 2 inches of fish per ten gallons. |
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Have you got 'numbers' for the water's Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and pH as well as KH?
Yes, The tests were 'good' or 'normal'. (Still not quite good enough)
I have not tested yet because I don't understand what the heck you mean.
I have not tested, because I don't think it's water quality. |
Of course, I don't want to be rude, but if you don't have any idea about any of the above and you're not willing to do fifteen minutes of research on these items, then you are wasting your time.
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All the medicine in the world will NOT fix your fish if you don't get a GRIP on at LEAST the above details. |
...And keep reading, because shortly I will be indicating places you can send fish for a free diagnosis, how to upload fish pictures for a better (also free) diagnosis, and even some paper forms for you to download, fill out and fax.
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Koi Beginner
Once you've leapfrogged through this tutorial you will have a solid, working concept of the Koi hobby and what it's all about. This is done just about exclusively with video and very little written material.
DrJohnson.com
More than koi health, this site spans all things animal, by a real veterinarian who shoots you straight.
Fishdoc.co.uk
By Frank Prince-Iles. A UK authority who put this site together some time ago and which is still relied upon as a major source of good Koi and pond fish information
Fish Medicines
Learn about fish medicines, what they do, and where to get them.
PondCrisis.com
If you have a koi, pond or fish problem, this site takes you through twenty easy questions and at the end you know what you need to fix in your pond to create restored Koi health.
KoiCrisis.com
Koi Crisis has a symptoms chart by system you can choose the symptom by fish part, and resolve a lot of Koi pond fish problems or at least, learn about them understand how to remedy them.
Buying Domestic Koi
What does "Domestic" koi mean? Why would you buy that kind? How do you pick good and healthy ones? Who sells them and where do you find the best ones?
Buying Imported Koi
A Japanese or Israeli imported Koi is a beautiful thing. Why would you buy one of those? How do you identify a "good one"? And what kinds are there? Who would you buy one from?
Koi Filtration - Bead
With a little bit of management every week or so, you can have gin clear water in your koi or fish pond. Bead filtration is more than ten years old and defines the state of the art in Koi and pond fish ponds.
Koi Filtration - Natural
Requiring no weekly management but one big yearly overhaul, natural filtration is the easiest there is. Relying on live plants and organic processes, water quality is usually superb. Described and common mistakes illustrated, visit this site!
Koi Food & Feeding
What should you feed your koi? How many times per day? Is Corn really that bad in a Koi diet? What are the most common feeding mistakes people make? What's the best food?
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