1. Cause: The rotten mouth of koi carp may not be treated in time after trauma, resulting in wound inflammation. An injury to a koi's mouth may be caused by a collision, such as hitting a fish tank or an ornament in the tank. It is also possible that they were accidentally bruised during fishing or transportation.
2. Treatment: The breeder only needs to smear strong salt water on their mouths, once a day, three times at a time. Then ensure that the water quality and temperature are constant. During the treatment period, they should be fed less, and they can recover in about 3 days.
1. Cause: Koi suffers from bacterial mouth rot mainly because of poor water quality. This disease usually breaks out in May-July. The bacteria that cause the rotten mouth like to live in the water temperature between 23-26 C, and also like the weak alkaline water quality, which is similar to the habits of Koi. When koi has a rotten mouth disease, the mouth will turn white first and then red. Bacterial mouth rot is usually accompanied by symptoms such as fin rot and tail rot.
2. Treatment: If the situation is not serious, you can change the water first, then fish out the diseased fish, dry the water with a towel, then apply iodine, and finally put the diseased fish into the yellow powder Chinese medicine bath. If the situation is more serious, it is necessary to remove the rotten meat first, and then put 3-5 tablets of oxytetracycline into the sick fish for medicinal bath. During the treatment period, the breeder needs oxygen for 24 hours and should stop feeding. When to heal and when to feed again.
