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Taking care of koi will become a daunting task if you lack patience and the knowledge. For beginners, the most common problem they experience is their koi being ill or sick. Furthermore, since they lack much experience and knowledge about properly taking care of koi fish, the outcome would be the death of their fish. This is one event that can happen with your koi fish, it causes sadness and financial lose.

In order to prevent this terrible event, one should have an idea about koi treatments and their various applications in the event that your koi fish fall in. ught to be connected ought to their koi angle fall sick. This article highlights 10 common koi diseases and treatments.

1.      Chilodinella

It is also known as Ichthyobodo Necatrix or Costia. It is one of the most deadly fish diseases a koi can have. It spreads fast and kills fish in large numbers right away.

Symptoms: You will recognize it when you see a small hemorrhage, a red spot or bluish tiny under the skin.

Cure: This can be treated with potassium permanganate – buy from a reputable koi dealer, carefully follow the dosage instructions. Adequate salting of your pond will increase the inactivity of the bacteria causing this disease as they cannot survive in salty water.

2.      Fin Rot

Fin rot and other types of ulcerations are caused by bacteria infection. They can greatly affect your Koi, particularly if the pond water experienced a sudden chemical imbalance. Being bacteria in nature, this Koi ailment is treated by adding chemical additives such as Formalin and acriflavine - they are used to battle fin rot and ulcers.

3.      Mouth Rot

This condition is caused by poor water quality. It causes sores in the mouth. It should be addressed by improving the environment in the pond. The mouth sores can be treated with iodine or hydrogen peroxide.

4.      Flukes

Flukes, trichodina and other similar parasites are one of the commonest threats to the health of Koi. This can be prevented by keeping your pond water immaculately clean keeping close watch on the overall health of your koi. As such, the only way parasites can afflict your fish will be by introducing new collection into the pond.

Irrespective of how reputable the source of your new Koi is, it's very difficult to achieve 100% parasite-free pond. Consequently, new fish should always undergo a proper quarantine process. They should be treated with flubendazole  – buy from a reputable koi dealer.

5.      Koi Pox

Koi Pox is caused by a viral pathogen. There is no immediate treatment for this kind of viral infection. The treatment for Koi pox depends on letting the Koi's own immune system fight off the viral infection. If you notice Koi pox, strictly adhere to your pond’s maintenance schedule. Vaccination is a more proactive remedy to Koi pox.

6.      Saprolegnia

Saprolegnia is a kind of fungal infection that affects Koi fish. The side effects are white, wool like growths appearing along the gills, mouth, and any open injuries that the Koi may have. This fungal infection is not cont contagious. This fungus can be killed by adding an organic compound called “malachite green” to the pond water.

7.      Lernea

This is among the deadliest parasites known to koi. Lernea is a worm that can be seen with our eyes. The female Lernea appends to fish while males don't. It burrows into the flesh of the fish with a piece of it hanging out of its body. The worm damages its tissue and feeds on the fish.

Symptoms: Breathing difficulties and inflammation on the body of the koi.

Cure: Since Lernea is visible to the naked eye, try pulling out the worm. However, in the event that the worm has burrowed too deep, then chemicals can be used to kill it. Some chemicals to use are Trichloffon, Fenthion, Dylox, and Malathion. Salt can also help eliminate Lernea.

8.      Stress

The wrong pH level, insufficient food, high ammonia content, and lack of oxygen can really stress Koi. When koi undergo continuous stress, they can consent reluctantly to fungus, bacteria, and parasites that may be prowling in the water. Albeit most diseases caused by these factors can be dealt with using kanamycin, salt, and other medicinal treatments. However, it's best to avoid this and focus on prevention.

9.      Dropsy

Signs of dropsy are always accompanied with lifting or swelling of the scales. Their eyes will oftentimes swell. The first thing to do if you ever notice this is to separate the infected fish from the others. Pay careful attention to your fish in order to observe these symptoms in their earliest stage – this will increase the chance of you fish surviving. Dropsy is actually curable as opposed to common understanding. It can be cured with any anti-bacterial products found in pet stores.

1.                         Ich

This is also known as white spot diseases. The most common symptom is small white parasites on the fish. This can be treated with a formalin malachite mix. Strictly adhere to the manufacturer’s instruction and apply as to the dosage. Due to the life cycle of white spot, you have to give the treatments thrice. The time between every treatment will vary with the temperature

GENERAL TREATMENT FOR KOI DISEASES

In order to avoid any type of koi disease or infection, it should be a priority to keep a healthy pond. Make a first aid kit for your pond and get ready for any disease outbreak. A good idea for disinfection of harmful bacteria or virus living in the pond is by adding an iodine compound like Betadine.

pH level test kits, as well as chlorine and toxic ammonia level test kits should be always available to ensure that your pond is free from these diseases. The right concentration of formaldehyde (usually 37%-47% strength in water) should be acquired for treatment of external parasites.

The use of the right information to direct you is a step you should take before accommodating these beautiful aquatic creatures. It is obvious that infection is the most common disease procured by koi, so carefully study the best prevention techniques that works best for koi against such infection/diseases.

Gifts and presents are probably the first love of everyone. Apart from the festivities held on holidays all the year long, have you thought of giving your nails a look of a wrapped present? This might sound weird but true to the facts, it looks pretty endearing. While you decorate your home and your backyard with ornaments, flutes and pretty decorations, you should try this nail art and dress your nails up like a present too. All it’s going to take is a bit of cutting and dotting.

Full Holiday Present Manicure Design

Are you a crafty person? Even if you’re not it doesn’t matter because making a tiny cute bow is not a very difficult task. Anyone can do that easily. Play with the ribbon for a bit and come up with a nice little bow to embellish your ring fingernail with it at the end of your manicure. Check out the  steps below:

STEPS:

1.       Start by applying base coat on all your nails.
2.       Choose a solid color to apply on all the nails. Here, light grayish nail color is used for a sophisticated  present manicure look.
3.       Use a striper brush to create a line right in the center of your nails with white nail color.
4.       You can paint any kind of extra detail you want to. Like, in this one tiny dots with black nail color are there.
5.       End your nail painting session with the top-coat application on all the nails.
6.       Make a small crafty bow of white ribbon having black polka dots.
7.       Apply nail glue to the cuticle of your ring fingernail and attach the crafty bow to it.

Isn’t the idea of gluing a real bow to your nail the best part of this holiday present manicure? Anyone who’ll see your nails will be completely awestruck by the sight of it, so do indulge in creating this awesome nail art.

Every day is a day to celebrate love! There is no restriction to celebrating and spreading the love at any day. But yes, Valentine's and occasions like birthdays, dates and anniversaries are the special days to say what your heart has got in it. Wearing a special dress and preparing a hearty meal might not be enough to pull off a killer look for your loved one. A heart to heart nail art may help you complete your overall look! Check out the steps for a sassy heart to heart nail design:

Full Heart to Heart Nail Art:

This lovely heart design is meant to get you a peck or two on your beautiful hands for sure. It is a perfect fit for a wedding anniversary celebration! 

STEPS:

1.       Paint your nails with a clear base coat first so that the nail polish sticks to your nails for a longer time period without damaging them.
2.       Select a light and a dark color combination. Here, a combination of white and red is used.
3.       Paint all your nails with red nail polish.
4.       Take a striper brush and draw a small “V” in the center of each nail. Then paint a “3” right on top (like <3). Fill the shape in with white nail color.
5.       Make two small hearts at the side of the hearts on each nail.
6.       Draw a hanging line (like a string of balloons) coming from each heart. (refer to picture).
7.       Finish the nail art with a top coat.

Everybody gives chocolates and numerous costly gift items to their loved ones on special days. This time do something entirely different! Fill in your nails with this heart to heart nail art and show your loved ones how much you love them. They’d surely feel loved and special inside.

Most of the young adults crave for an ultimate snazzy attire. To get into that a couple of trendy dresses and sassy footwear are picked. But the look is incomplete without the nails being shined and polished. For the ones who are indeed fond of trend-setting activities then giving a try to gold glitter, accent nail art would be a great opportunity for them. Limiting yourself is not what you do if you are someone who loves to keep their nail updated. And gold glittery accent nail art is a design that truly crosses the manicured boundaries because it has glitter, sequins, two colors and a matte finish!

Full Gold Glittery Nail Art:

Just like any other nail art, you are allowed to make changes in the color combinations. Glitter nails are a perfect choice for all sorts of parties and night outs. Your hands would look absolutely hot!

STEPS:

1.       Apply a base coat on your fingernails.
2.       Select colors that would go with glittery nail colors. Dark colors paired with shimmery colors gives a spiffy flashy look. So here matte dark purple and blue are used with gold glitter nail polish.
3.       On your index and small fingernail, apply matte dark blue nail color.
4.       On your thumb and middle fingernail, apply matte dark purple nail color.
5.       If single doesn’t look that good, then apply a second coat too.
6.       Finally, for the accent nails, apply two coats of gold glitter nail polish on the ring fingernail.
7.       Apply a top coat on the ring fingernail.
8.       In case you aren’t using matte nail color then don’t forget to apply top coat on each fingernail.

Other than this color combination, try red and black with silver. Did you like this stunning party-look-oriented glittery nail art? Do give it a try, it’s too easy!

The designs for the nail art are getting more and more interesting and dinky day by day. You must have listened to the stories of a little gingerbread man who didn’t want to be eaten and escaped. Well, how about you give it a nice temporary home? If you’re wondering where would be that then here’s the trendiest idea; a recreation of a gingerbread man on the nails! Food is always on the mind, so for the times when you’re short on ingredients why not opt for doing gingerbread man nail art? Check out the guide below on how to do gingerbread man nail art:

 Full Gingerbread Man Nail Art:

It’s up to you which shade of brown you wish to use. It should be somewhere between dark brown and medium brown.

STEPS:

1.       Begin your gingerbread man nail art by applying a base coat.
2.       Here, a neutral chocolaty brown nail color is used. Apply the brown nail color of your choice on all your fingernails. (two coats)
3.       Once dried, with the help of dotting tool paint three dots (inspired from buttons) in the center of each fingernail except the ring fingernail using red nail color.
4.       Now paint tiny bow ties with suitable green nail color at the beginning of each fingernail leaving the ring fingernail as it is.
5.       Paint two dots and a smile (like two eyes and smile of gingerbread man) on the ring fingernail with white nail color.
6.       Use the white nail color to paint white background such that it appears as the face and upper body of the gingerbread man. (refer to the picture)
7.       If you want your gingerbread man nail art to last longer than apply a top coat on the nails at the end.

You can be extra creative while doing this nail art, you can try making a complete cute tiny gingerbread man on ring fingernail. Feel free to experiment!

Bored of all the glimmery, shimmery, and glittery snowflake nail art? Then you might like to try something more finesse and neat. The extras and sparkles don’t always add up to the special effect. Sometimes simple nail art gets to your heart.  Elegant snowflake nail art is probably the most stunning snowflake design of all. Check out the steps below and relish an elegant snowflake nail art at home!

Full Elegant Snowflake Nail Art

Elegant snowflake nails might be the easiest and quickest to do in winters. It hardly takes 5 minutes. Nude nail colors give a sweet touch to the nails, depicting elegance and opulence. You only have to worry about drying time and nothing else.

STEPS:

1.       Select an elegant base color like over here ‘nude’ is used.
2.       Paint your nails with the nude nail color. Apply two coats for a more professional finish.
3.       Once it's completely dried, you can start with the art of designing elegant snowflakes on the nails.
4.       Use a striper brush to design the snowflakes a silver or white nail color.
5.       Add 1 or 2 dots (as per your wish) on the nail. Now paint five lines coming from the dots.
6.       Paint two sets of angled lines (like arrowheads facing the dot in the middle) on each of the five lines.
7.       You can put up dots in empty spaces if you wish to.
8.       For a glossier finish, apply a top coat and cuticle oil once dried.

If you haven’t done the elegant snowflake nail art before, then you got to try it this once. Practice will lead you to perfection. You can always use nail colors of your choice. But make sure the two you choose are different in tones; one is darker and one is lighter. Get your nails a snowy feel!

Be it summer or winter who doesn’t love to talk about spring. Saying about spring dotty french spring nails are the latest sensation. Women are obsessed with their hands, which gives them a reason to look out for exceptionally innovative nail art designs. Moreover, if you’re someone who loves to celebrate the changes in the seasons then you won’t be able to keep yourself away from trying out dotty french spring nail art. Instead of going to a nearby saloon and wasting your time and money, you can check out the step-to-step guide below and get your nails with dotty french spring design.

Full Dotty French Spring Nails

Spring is the most colorful season of all and there’s no point in celebrating spring season without a splash of colors! You’ll need five different nail colors to flaunt off your colorful nails. This design requires minimum effort and only five minutes.

STEPS:

1.       Apply the base coat on your nails.
2.       Since it is specifically a spring inspired dotty french nail art, white nail color is used to start the art with.
3.       Paint your nails with white nail color. Make sure you don’t forget to apply a second coat.
4.       Using a dotting tool, make dots on your nails with the pink, icy blue, mauve, lemon green, yellow nail colors on your thumb, index, middle, ring, small fingernails respectively.
5.       Paint a French tip to each nail with the same nail color used for the dots on that nail.
6.       Apply top-coat in the end.

Simple yet cool, this is a wonderful improvised version of polka dot nail art and French manicure that gives a vibrant addition to your nails in spring. Grab the nail colors and start doing it, be an artist!

Getting late for a day out with friends and thinking about what to do with the nails at the eleventh hour- this is a situation you get stuck into a lot of times. Make yourself feel at home because you’re about to discover an easy last minute nail art design. Dotted French is the new french manicure these days. It’s a mixture of polka dot design and traditional French manicure. This one’s so basic yet fancy that almost every teenager and adult would love to get their nails done in dotted french. You can wear this nail art to your friend’s birthday, a backyard party or even to a shopping spree with your best friends. Following are steps noted down for an eye-catching dotted french nail art, suitable for every occasion.

Full Dotted French Nail Art:

It’s ideal to choose neon colors for a dotted French nail art. It’d only take you 5 minutes, and if you have to rush out immediately then you can even do it while sitting in your car (but only if you’re not driving!).

STEPS:

1.       Start off with the application of clear base coat on the nails.
2.       Choose a classy color combination, like that of bright red and dark blue.
3.       Paint your nails with red nail color.
4.       Once it dried up, now you have to give it a dotted french nail art look.
5.       Instead of creating a traditional French tip, you’ll create a dotted french tip.
6.       Make use of large dotting tool to draw dots on the tip of the nail in a straight row with blue nail color.
7.       For another row of smaller dots right above the already created dotted row, use a small dotting tool.
8.       Complete the dotted French nail art with top coat on each fingernail.

 In a hurry and can’t find a dotting tool? Pick up a bobby pin, toothpick or a needle; whatever is handy. Do give this dotty nail art a try!

Every year thousands of people make their way to Disneyland. And these people aren’t only the kids and babies, but also the grownups enjoy the fascinating sights. Won’t you like to flaunt off your dashing Disney nails in front of all the visitors? Even if you are unable to fly to Disneyland this year, you have the disney feel at home by doing a Disney nail art!  If you’re a true disney devotee then you’ll love to try this superb disney nail art.

Full Disney Nail Art:

There is no end to creativity when it comes to disney nail art designs. From disney princess to the world famous mickey mouse, you can draw anything and everything. This design is based on mickey mouse theme. You can use pink, red and black combination too.

STEPS:

1.       The Clear base coat is what you’ve to apply first on your nails.
2.       Choose a light base nail color; baby pink, sky blue or solid white. Here, white nail color is used.
3.       Now make two mickey mouse faces on each fingernail with the help of three black dots (one for face, two for ears). (refer to picture)
4.       Use a large and small dotting tool to make dots on the nails with sky blue nail color.
5.       Give a professional look by applying a top coat at the end.

These disney inspired nail arts are so cute that even adults can have their nails this way. Try the disney designs at home, you can find plenty of them to mimic. When you can live in a magical world of fairies at night then why not treat your nails in a magical manner too. Go ahead and create a disney design!

The latest color phenomenon that has taken over all the nail artists is “pink is the new black”. Be it summer, winter or spring pink always has its followers. From clothes to the home furnishing pink has its roots everywhere. And so, the hip world of nail art is full of a wide variety of pink nail art. Creating pink nail arts is no less than a challenge but with the availability of dozens of pink hues, designing a masterpiece is not an actual problem anymore.

Full Cute Pink Nail Art:

The stripes, polkas, and accent nails are too common. It’s time to try out something new and really cute. The following step-by-step guide is the key to flaunt off the coolest pink nail art. STEPS:

1.       The very first step you have to take is to apply a base coat on each fingernail.
2.       You can choose any pink hue that pleases you the most. Over here matte dark pink nail polish is used.
3.       Paint your nails with the pink nail color.
4.       If you feel that a single coat isn’t enough, then go for a second coat.
5.       Now dip a thin striper brush in white nail color and draw the body of tiny strawberry at the corner of the nail tip.
6.       Paint in five small dots in rows inside the shape. (refer to the picture)
7.       Make color-filled star shape with white nail color to finish the look of strawberry.
8.       Though the nail polish used is matte, but if you’re using the normal one then end the nail art by applying a top coat once you’re done painting cute strawberries.

Feel free to use a regular nail polish and a different shade of pink. There’s absolutely no hard and fast rule. You certainly won’t regret giving your nails a cute fruity pink nail art!