, keep it in the bath for the full five minutes. Discard the water once you have completed the bath and use the same setup if you need to carry out further baths in the future.
Key takeaways
Salt in winter on unheated pond can be useful and have some ready if you need it is a good idea.
Make sure you water change out in the springtime with a little and often approach
Salt in the pond long term is not good for the fish
The dose level for the pond is 1/2 per gallon
Salt bath dose is 3/4oz per gallon
Salt will not kill all parasites; some parasites have built up immunity to salt
PDV is the best salt to use
Finally do we, the professionals, use salt? We have in the past, but don’t anymore because we can control the water temperature throughout the year. Salt does not feature in our current quarantine or treatment plan for our koi as we prefer to use other more specialised treatments, including topical treatments.
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