| I'm not comfortable with the research, recommendations and dosages behind the meds used on koi. Being "approved" for ornamental fish does not carry a lot of weight, and there are chemicals being used which do not even have that approval. Testing focuses on efficacy in curing disease, but there is little incentive to look for long-term adverse impacts of the treatment, much less cumulative damage from multiple episodes.
Some koi keepers bring out the drugs frequently and with little provocation - you know the type. How many of these guys have been able to keep an individual fish for more than 5 years? Are advances in koi medications resulting koi which live longer? Sometimes, it does not seem like it.
-steve hopkins |