Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Quarantine

Some are quite familiar with the Quarantine process, to others it’s a concept that is completely foreign to them. It is a process that involves responsibility. Responsibility on our part as a dealer, and on your part as a consumer.

Here is an example of how it works. Before the koi are shipped from Japan they are quarantined for 3 weeks before leaving the country.  They then bag the koi and fill the bag part with water and part with pure oxygen which will absorb into the water. The bag is place in a box, sealed and sent to The United States. The box is then shipped to our broker in the United States where upon arrival is inspected.

 A water sample is sent to the University of Georgia for analysis. The koi is placed in a quarantine tank with the other new arrivals for a period of 3 weeks.  The koi is not made available until the results of the water test come back and the koi has completed the quarantine period of 3 weeks. Our staff personally selects the koi and the koi is shipped out again to the east coast. At our facility we then quarantine the fish for no less than 3 more weeks. We test the koi regularly until we are confident you are going to receive a healthy and beautiful koi from us.

When a fish is transported from over seas or domestically they go through a process which causes great stress. Add to that, DR. Erik Johnson mentions “whenever a fish is netted and bagged they loose their immunity system for 72 hours!”  Their immunity system now in a state of distress makes them vulnerable to diseases such as parasites, bacterial diseases, fluke and others. If by chance your fish picked up a bug along it’s travel you would not want to introduce it to your pond and risk infecting your entire pond.

 Another cause of stress is ammonia build up. You can be sure that the longer the koi remains in transport will equate to higher levels of ammonia in the bag Therefore, when you receive your new addition it is important to try to only transport the ‘fish only‘ in to it’s new quarantine area and not the water.

The dreaded KHV...Koi Herpes Virus. It is worse than aids to a koi and is not to be taken lightly. It is highly contagious and carries the possibility of killing every koi in your pond.

Always assume that Koi in quarantine are potentially infectious to your other Koi.

These are not just fish, they will become your pets.

The Items you should have are:

A separate tank to place the koi in

Net to cover the tank

Small filter and pump

Air pump

Test kit: ammonia, nitrite, pH and salt

Chemicals:

Salt
Melafix
Prazi pond or Supaverm
Water thermometer
Heater
 

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