Not on the main topic of how to clean a koi pond but something that is highly important especially for beginners to understand is the koi herpes virus.
Just like the human herpes virus this is something that is actually contagious and can be spread to your other fish. If you don't want this to happen then are various precautions that you are going to have to take in place to make sure that it doesn't spread. The main thing you will want to do is quarantine any new fish that you get.
Quarantining your fish
When you buy a new fish you will want to separate them from your others to make sure that if they have the virus it doesn't spread.
The recommended time to wait is about 15 days as this can show whether any symptoms are arising but also note even if there are no symptoms your fish can still be a carrier!
In these 15 days you will want to keep them away from your other fish and this means strictly separate! At no point should anything you use on a quarantined fish come into contact with your other koi.
Separate water, food, cleaning tools are going to have to be used for this and you will also want to thoroughly wash your hands if you are handling the both of them. This will minimise the contact and chances of spreading around the virus.
After the 15 days are over you can go onto mixing the two of them.
The koi herpes virus is something to look for to make sure that you don't go onto harming your other fish.
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