EQUIPMENT CHECK LISTEQUIPMENT CHECK LISTBY DUNCAN GRIFFITHSBY DUNCAN GRIFFITHS

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF EQUIPMENT YOU WILL FIND ESSENTIAL AND USEFULL WHEN FIXING FISH

THIS PRESENTATION IS AUTOMATIC AND REQUIRES NO ACTION ON YOUR PART OTHER THAN SIT BACK AND ENJOY

WE WILL START WITH THE WE WILL START WITH THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND MOST EXPENSIVE AND

ESSENTIAL ITEMSESSENTIAL ITEMSMICROSCOPE THIS WILL PLAY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR KIT OBVIOUSLY THE MORE YOU PAY THE BETTER THE

MICROSCOPE, BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF POND DIAGNOSTICS YOU NEED NOT GO ABOVE X400 MAGNIFICATIONS

MOST OPTICS ON RELATIVELY CHEAP SCOPES ARE REALLY QUITE GOOD THESE DAYS.

MOST PARASITES ARE EASY TO IDENTIFY AT X150, A USEFUL OPTION IS AN ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCE AND A

MOVEING STAGE

A MEANS TO WEIGHING A MEANS TO WEIGHING YOUR MEDICATIONYOUR MEDICATION

SCALESTHERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DELIVER YOUR CHOSEN

MEDICATION OTHER THAN TO WEIGH IT!FOR THIS REASON , THE REQUIREMENT OF ANYONE FIXING

FISH TO OWN A SET OF ACCURATE GRAM SCALES IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF YOUR KIT!

SCALES CAN COME IN ,MANY TYPES AND FORMS BUT FOR A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY A DIGITAL SET OF SCALES CAN BE HAD MEASURING IN 0.1 GRAMS,

£50/60$ SHOULD SEE YOU WITH A SET OF THIS ACCURACY THEY CAN HAVE MANY FEATURES, BUT A GOOD ONE WHICH

MOST HAVE IS TARE WEIGHT, THIS MEANS IF YOU PLACE A RECEPTICALE ON THE SCALES TO MEASURE YOUR TREATMENT OUT INTO, THE SCALES TAKES THE WEIGHT OF THIS INTO ACCOUNT AND STARTS FROM ZERO WITH THIS IN PLACE

A MEANS TO WORK OUT A MEANS TO WORK OUT YOUR DOSAGEYOUR DOSAGE

CALCULATORYOU WILL SAVE YOURSELVES LOADS OF TIME WITH A

CALCULATOR, IF YOUR LIKE ME A JUST NO GOOD AT MATHAMATICS

AND REMEMBER THERE IS NO END TO THE AMOUNT OF CALCULATING YOU MAY BE DOING

A MEANS TO TRANSPORT A MEANS TO TRANSPORT YOUR SICK KOIYOUR SICK KOI

KOI SOCKIN ORDER TO AVOID DAMAGE TO YOUR PATIENT TO AND

FROM THE POND YOU WILL NEED A KOI SOCK

THIS IS A NET TYPE FRAME WITH A VERY FINE NET TUBE ATTACHED AND IS OPEN AT THE FAR END, THE KOI ENTERS FROM THE HANDLE END LENGTH WAYS AND EXITS AT THE OTHER OPEN END, HOPEFULLY WITH NO INJURY

A MEANS TESTING THE A MEANS TESTING THE POND WATERPOND WATER

TEST KITSTEST KITS ARE NOT AN OPTION THEY ARE ESSENTIALLET ME RESTATE THAT THEY ARE *ALL*ESSENTIALAND REMEMBER THEY DO NOT HAVE AN INDEFINATE SHELF

LIFE ,

BUT IN THE SEASON THIS WILL NOT MATTER BECAUSE IF YOU ARE DOING YOUR JOB RIGHT YOU WILL NEVER HAVE THE SAME TEST KIT VERY LONG,

BUT IF YOU ARE INACTIVE DURIING THE WINTER MONTHS REMEMBER TO REPLACE THEM AT THE START OF THE SEASON WITH NEW ONES

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SURGICAL INSTRUMENTSTHE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF TYPICAL SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

FOR MINOR SURGERYAS THE PHOTOGRAPH IS UP WE MAY AS WELL START WITH

HYPERDERMIC NEEDLES

MY PREFERENCE IS FOR THE 1 ML INSULIN TYPE HYPERDERMIC’S THESE ARE DISPOSABLE AND CHEAP TO BUY

THERE SHOULD BE NO NEED TO FIND YOURSELF SHORT OF THESE, BUT PLEASE BARE IN MIND NEVER RE-USE A NEEDLE ITS NOT WORTH THE RISK OF CROSS CONTAMINATION

YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF USING NUFLOR ANTIBIOTIC THIS IS OIL BASED AND REALLY QUITE HARD TO DRAW UP SO YOU WILL NEED TO USE A WIDER GAUGE NEEDLE ( 19G)

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SURGICAL SCISSORSA COUPLE OF GOOD SHARP SURGICAL SCISSOR ARE REQUIRED

THESE MAY BE STRAIGHT OR CURVED.THIS ITEM WILL BE USED FOR TRIMMING TISSUE AND ALSO THE

SMALLER AND FINER INFECTED FINS

PLEASE DISCARD THESE ITEMS WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR EDGE, AS THEY CAN DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD

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BONE CUTTERSFROM TIME TO TIME YOU WILL NEED TO TRIM THE

THICKER MORE BONY PARTS OF THE FINS,

THESE ARE IN THE MAIN THE LEADING RAYS OF THE FINS ON THE LARGER KOI.

SCISSORS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THESE MORE BONY RAYS

SO A GOOD SET OF BONE CUTTERS ARE ESSENTIAL

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TWEEZERS

THIS IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED ITEM IN MY TOOL KIT,

THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR PULLING DEAD SCALES,

DEAD SCALES ARE USUALLY TRANSPARENT AND ARE NO PROBLEM TO PULL

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SCALPELSYOU WILL NEED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF

SCALPELS KNIVES,

APART FROM THE STAINLESS STEEL TYPE AS USED BY A SURGEON WITH DETACHABLE BLADES,

THEY ALSO COME IN DISPOSABLE TYPE WITH A PLASTIC HANDLE( THROW AWAY) REALLY QUITE CHEAP.

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BUTTERFLY PROBESOPTIONAL, BUTTERFLY PROBES ARE HANDY FOR

GETTING YOU INTO THOSE HARD TO GET PLACES AND OBTAINING SAMPLES,

THEY ARE ALSO GOOD FOR LIFTING THOSE SKIN FLAPS FOR EASY ACCESS AND OBTAINING SAMPLES FROM THE BACK OF THE GILL COVERS

1001 USES FOR THIS ITEM

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WATCH MAKERS EYE PIECEOPTIONAL AGAIN, BUT THIS IS A REAL NICE HANDY

INEXPENSIVE PIECE OF KIT

X 2 MAGNIFICATION GETS YOU A GOOD CLOSE UP OF A PROBLEM ON A KOI

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FORCEPSGET THESE BABIES LOCKED ONTO SOMETHING AND

OUT IT COMES! GOOD FOR THOSE NOT SO DEAD SCALES AND CLAMPING OFF.

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COTTON BUDS THE ONLY WAY TO CEAN UP A WOUND AND TREAT

IT TOPICALY WITH YOUR CHOSEN MEDICATION, BE IT TAMADINE, MERCUROCHROME OR MALACHITE GREEN

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STERILE SWABS WHEN IT COMES TIME TO SEND A SAMPLE OF

BACTERIA FROM AN INFECTION OFF TO THE LAB, THESE ARE GREAT,

JUST BREAK OPEN A PACK, TAKE A SWAB THEN SCREW IT INTO THE CONTAINER,

IT WILL REMAIN SAFE THERE TILL THE LAB CAN DO A CULTURE

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MEASURING JUGDON’T FORGET ONE OR TWO OF THESE,HOW ARE

YOU GOING TO MEASURE A LIQUID OUT IN LARGE QUANTITIES ?AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MIX IN?

GLASS TYPE IS PREFFERED, BUT ANY PORT IN A STORM.(PLASTIC)

OTHER ITEMSOTHER ITEMS

OTHER ITEMS INCLUDEA PADDED TREATMENT MATT FOR LAYING YOUR

SICK KOI ONA KOI BOWL FOR YOUR ANAESTHETICALTHOUGH WHEN EVER POSSIBLE I LIKE TO USE A

PLASTIC FISH BAG, FOR YOUR AVERAGE SIZE KOIA NET, FINALLY SOME GOOD TRAINING AND A LITTLE BIT

OF THE LUCK OF THE IRISH!!

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS PRESENTATION AND FEEL FREE TO RE-RUN IT, I WISH YOU……….

GOOD LUCK FOR THE FUTURE!!!