Originally Posted By: catmandoo
Pat,

A very good explanation of can be found at this link: Red Sore Disease

One caution -- if you should decide to treat your pond with potassium permanganate, be aware that it is an extremely fine powder. If it gets on your skin, or even on concrete, it will turn the affected skin very purple! Actually, it is kind of pretty! cry

Regards,
Ken


There's also a fine line between it working or stressing or killing your fish. Been there done that. I even tested the water itself to apply the least amount necessary. Still stressed the crap out of a bunch of fish.

Anything over 2ppm is risky and it's not recommended in hard water.

Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 10/13/14 11:08 PM.
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