AquaPond Care General Medication has been formulated to treat bacterial, fungus and parasite issues in pond fish. This medication is safe for all pond fish and targeted for effectiveness against external fungus, bacteria, white spot and slime parasite problems.
Certain species of bacteria cause fin, mouth and body tissue to be eaten away. A bacterial infection may cause tail, fin and mouth rot in susceptible fish — those who are bullied or injured by fin-nipping tank mates — especially when kept in poor conditions. Open wounds are also susceptible to fungal attack which can result in cotton wool-like infestations.
Fish are susceptible to internal and external parasites. An obvious sign of internal parasites is when fish become very thin but still continue to feed. When your fish become lethargic, fins are clamped, thin-looking, gasping and showing signs of rubbing/irritation these are clear signs that your fish requires treatment.
External parasites often cause symptoms like Slime & Velvet. The symptoms include a peppering of tiny white or gold specs across the body and a coating of excess mucus - slime - on the skin. Slime and velvet are caused by a variety of parasites which will be naturally present in small numbers on fish. In a healthy environment, the fish’s immune system will cope with these parasites however fish stress (mostly caused by bad water quality) can lead to major outbreaks of parasites.
Early diagnosis of these problems is essential to prevent the infection from becoming fatal. However diagnosis can be difficult as many health issues have similar external effects. A preventative dose of general medication can be useful and enough, if problems persist it is worth securing a more exact diagnosis and using a targeted concentrated treatment.
As well as being a fast effective treatment of all these issues; this targeted treatment is completely wildlife safe!
Symptoms include:
- Fish are flicking or rubbing
- Fish gasping at the surface
- Mouth and fins rotting away
- White cotton-like growths
- Peppering of white or yellowish spots
- Emaciation (sunken belly)
- Clamped fins
- Lethargy, sluggish behaviour
Use 50ml per 2273 litres or 500 gallons treat once a day for 5 days
- 250ml bottle treats 2273 litres or 500 gallons (5 days x 50ml)
Directions for use
- Calculate the ponds volume in litres using the following: [Length x width x average depth (in metres)] x 1000
- Shake bottle well
- Remove dosage chamber cap and foil seal, squeeze bottle until chamber is filled to the required level.
- Add 50ml for every 2273l of pond water. We recommend adding the treatment to a bucket of pond water and then evenly distributing this over the surface of the pond, or an area with high flow. This is a dye based treatment therefore water will become discoloured.
- This is a course of treatment, the pond should be treated every day at approximately the same time for 5 consecutive days.
- We recommend testing your water for any underlying water quality issues to help prevent further parasite problems.
- If necessary it is safe to repeat this course of treatment 7 days after the last day of treatment.
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Delivery
Delivery costs for your order will be calculated during the checkout process based on your delivery address and the contents of your basket. You will only pay one delivery charge for your order. Express delivery is FREE for online orders OVER £39 unless any of the points below become a factor.
- Some large items like aquariums, ponds and pond liners will have an additional charge of £45.00 to help offset the cost of a pallet delivery.
- Orders containing a physical gift card will have an additional charge of £2.45 to cover the cost of materials and delivery (digital gift cards are a free alternative).
- Orders to highlands, islands and Northern Ireland may incur an additional delivery charge displayed at checkout this is based on the postal code provided. DPD provides a list of postal codes which have additional surcharges. Some of these post codes may also take 2 working days to arrive, even on express. Pallet deliveries cannot be sent to these post codes.
We only ship to the UK and cannot ship internationally.
We aim to dispatch items that are currently in stock on the same working day if they are ordered before 2.45 pm (excluding Bank Holidays). Orders after 3pm will be dispatched the following working day, unless it fits any of the below criteria:
- Orders containing live plants will take up to 2 weeks to arrive. We take a week's worth of customer orders and then inform the plant farms of the specific quantities we need to fulfil that week's order to avoid wastage.
- Pallet orders containing large items like big aquariums will take additional time to arrive as they are sent by a third party. These orders will NOT be dispatched until we have been in touch to arrange a delivery date, this is to ensure someone is available at your address to sign for the delivery. Deliveries will generally be delivered ‘curb side’ within the terms of the agreement we have with our couriers so you will need to make arrangements to transfer larger items into your home yourself. Unfortunately, our drivers are not insured to transfer the aquarium into your home.
- Physical gift cards and items from the gift shop (such as clothes, towels etc) are sent with 1st Class Royal Mail. Delivery usually takes 1-2 working days, though in rare cases and orders placed closer to public holidays (Christmas, Father’s day, Mother’s day etc.) may be longer.
Returns
If you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase online from our website, you can return the product and get a full refund or exchange the product for another one, for up to 21 days from the date you purchased it.
We strongly suggest signing up for an account with fishkeeper.co.uk as this will allow for some additional returns options like return to your local store.
If you checkout as a guest you will need to return the product to Maidenhead Aquatics, PO Box 619, Egham, Surrey, TW20 2BS, please package the order (along with a packing slip or a note including your name, address and order number).
Large pallet items like aquariums are deemed delivered successfully with no damage once the the driver has left the property. If a report of damage is submitted after the driver has left we may be unable to assist with replacements. We recommend refusing a damaged delivery, this is the fastest resolution.
Our full terms and conditions can be found here. When you place an order with us online you are agreeing to these terms and conditions.
