Water Quality In The Koi Pond

It is difficult to control or prevent infectious and parasitic diseases of koi fish without considering the quality of the pond water in which they live.
Many diseases are fatal to fish populations only when water quality is less than optimun.

By improving water quality, stress on the fish is reduced and its immune system can keep many other diseases in check.

Water quality can be mesured with test kits.

The most important parameters to measure are:

• Temperature
• PH
• Ammonia
• Nitrite
• Nitrate
• and Dissolved Oxigen.

Other elements that can be tested are:

• Hardness
• Alkalinity
• Carbon Dioxide
• Chloride
• Chlorine
• Salinity
• and other heavy metals (e.g., copper, iron).

If you have questions about water quality contact;
Chuck Crisp at (770) 359 9927 for a Koi pond consultation.