Whether you’re a new or experienced owner of outdoor fish you’ll benefit from learning about Virkon’s fantastic product for fish environment maintenance. Virkon are known as manufacturers of animal friendly disinfectants. Virkon now produce tablets and powders suitable for use in outdoor fish ponds. Fish care is a delicate process but by using Virkon products you can keep infections and bay and fight them off if they do occur.
Whether you’re a new or experienced owner of outdoor fish you’ll benefit from learning about Virkon’s fantastic product for fish environment maintenance. Virkon are known as manufacturers of animal friendly disinfectants. Virkon now produce tablets and powders suitable for use in outdoor fish ponds. Fish care is a delicate process but by using Virkon products you can keep infections and bay and fight them off if they do occur.
Fish care
There are many steps you should take to ensure a balanced eco system for your fish of which Virkon products form only a small part. Firstly if you intend to keep outdoor fish you have to remember that they’ll be vulnerable to temperature and environmental fluctuations. Choose fish that will do well in the UK climate such as koi carp which are happy at very low temperatures.
Feeding routines are important for all fish but especially so during the winter. Leftover food in a pond is a big cause of bacteria. Give your fish only what they will eat. For some varieties of fish this can mean not feeding them at all in winter. Remember this in regards to very cold weather when fish slow down and conserve their energy, not even eating. Virkon will kill bacteria that arise but it is best to avoid to risk all together if your fish aren’t eating.
You should monitor the pH, ammonia and nitrate balance of the water. Mineral imbalances can be caused by nutritional imbalances in feed, over feeding, environmental changes and a huge number of other factors. Bacteria can feed off this and multiple, then causing increases in nitrate levels. Use Virkon to kill bacteria and stop this cycle. Virkon Aquatic protects against varieties of fungi, bacteria and viruses. You can disinfect your equipment too so that infections don’t enter the pond this way or hang around due to continued cross contamination.
Virkon is powerful enough to kill off fish infections but kind enough that the fish environment is kept in healthy balance. The powders and tablets are also safe for owners or fish stock managers to handle. The disinfectant is suitable for personal fish owners or for the aquaculture industry managing fish for food.
