Help Please: koi with skin problem

[grahamu]

Hi,

I am hoping someone can help me please.

Now that the weather has got cold (water temp around 3C), the pond has been winterised for a month or so, and the koi have just been sitting on the bottom as usual.

I check on them every day and noticed what appeared, from 4 feet above them, to be carp pox on one of them. I netted the fish in question and closer up it does not appear to be carp pox after all but some other ailment that I have not seen before.

The skin appears to have a lot of yellowish/white lumps that look like warts (hence why I thought it was carp pox) that exist all over its body. I would have thought the water is too cold for parasites now so is it some viral or fungal problem?

I also noticed when it was sat on the bottom that it only seemed to be using one fin to move around/steady itself. I can see nothing wrong with the fin and it did use it when I netted it (clamped fins indicative of not feeling well?).

Anyone have any ideas please?

Many thanks,
Graham

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Maybe contact the Koi guys at The Koi Collection,

[Van Isle]

Hi the skin disease is called Hikui or red eating disease Duncan has a great page on his site here. Hikui
Cheers Gary

[grahamu]

Thank you Gary. I'll read it straightaway.

Cheers,
Graham

[jling]

There's a guy in Langley he cured my fish and the fish are better you should call him he solved my problem his name is roger this his phone number (604) 534-9133