Anchor worms in my pond fish

Question

my pond gold fish have parasites any any home remedies 'also my friends pond continues to look green.any suggestions

Answer 1

I don't think there are any "home remedies" that can help your fish my suggestion if its an infection is just to find the right medicine from your local pet store and give it to your fish. But with your friends pond. I think its called algae,algea,algee or however you spell it.

Answer 2

best way to cure algae

1. get a good filter

2. lots of live plants

3. DONT FEED THE FISH TOO MUCH

you can also get pond snails to help keep the algae down, but its caused by nitrates and sunlight

Answer 3

In many cases, you have to actually pull the fish out of the water and use foreceps to manually remove the parasite.  This will leave an open wound, which you can dab with hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol.

For the algae, the best thing to do is frequent water changes-- this will limit the nitrate, which algae feeds upon.  Also, getting something to shade the pond will help immensely, whether it's a tree or some kind of structure.

Answer 4

You really shouldn't handle your fish or try to remove most parasidic worms.  Dimilin is the best to kill all the worms in the pond.  You will have a constant fight trying to manually pull all of these worms off your fish.  The worms that have matured and are now swimming freely in the pond will reproduce and reattach to the fish.  Really get Dimilin.

As far as the green, plants like water lettuce or water hyciths are the best for controlling algae.  You can also not feed your fish and allow them to take care of the algae.  Also, food coloring that is pure food coloring, like the blue shade will shad the tank and kill the algae.  Do not use food coloring that contains oils.

If not you can buy tinter from the store.  Fairly inexpensive and works great.  All are fish safe.  The last thing you want for your pond is to have it near or under a tree.  The leaves and sprouts make a mess in the pond and decompose.

Also, you never do a water change in an outside pond.  It doesn't need them.  Rain water makes up for water that has been evaporated so it is automatically flushed and nitrates automatically kept in check.