Koi pond Nitrite - What Every Koi Keeper needs to know!!

Koi ponds are susceptible to nitrite levels which if left unchecked will eventually build to a level sufficient to kill your Koi.
In this video I explain what Nitrite is, how it comes to be in our ponds, what affects its toxicity levels, how it affects our koi and how we can get rid of it safely. This is the definitive guide to all things Nitrite in relation to koi fish ponds.

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[ngoc]

I am a Koi owner for over 15 years and learned quite a bit about water quality. I find this to be very informative. Best video on the subject(s)!!!

[leecalladine]

Very detailed explanation, with sensible advice. Unfortunately nitrite is often not easy to eradicate particularly in a new system.

[mykoiobsession]

Great video and most importantly a simple to understand explanation about the effects of nitrite on the koi. Well done.

[koisrus]

Thank you so much. Once again a wealth of helpful information. Appreciate you. Cheers.

[mitchfaulkner]

Can you do a vid on what treatments nock back the filters as i believe this has not been covered in anyone else’s vids and yours are spot on

[georgecromar]

Phenomenal information! Very interesting

[davehall]

I just found your channel. This late bit of advice is to add Folic Acid supplement tablets into the pond water as it goes into the filter. I had a 10000 gallon/40000L pond that I would put a dozen or so tablets every day for about ten days. Folic acid is very cheap and works wonders. Add every time that you work on filters, clean ponds, etc. The good bacteria eat the folic acid and makes them stronger, reproduce faster, and they will continue to function much later into the cold months. Plus the filter will recover faster in the Spring when your season begins again.

[GrahamTaylor]

Another excellent video to compliment the “series”. Great learning aids 👍

[dannycurrie]

Excellent video. You've got some great information on your channel. It's great to have the science behind it it explained rather than just peoples opinions 👍

[mlaneusmc]

Thanks for the informative video! My 4000 gallon pond has been running a few months now and everything was going good until my automatic feeder malfunctioned and put way too much food in the pond and it took me a couple days to figure that out. Now I’ve added salt and ran my trickle much faster and have changed the volume of my pond almost twice now over the past week and the nitrite just won’t go away! I’ve also added a Pure pond bomb to my 3 cubic feet K2 media filter and the Pure bacteria balls to both my Oase 18000 screenmatic box filters. I’m going crazy!

[kentmurphy]

As always best informational channel on YouTube. Great job. Can you do a video on salt in your pond. Some say yes some say no but if a problem occurs most say add

[davidtipton]

Great video and very knowledgeable great help love learning 👌

[peterkoczkowski]

Hi Daz once again great video lots of info too take ON love learning a bit off your video keep it up cheers

[carollycett]

Very useful information on Nitrite Daz, look forward to some more over winter . Thanks Carol

[martynward]

Great Info Daz best technical channel that is easy to take in. keep it up mate.

[thomasbarlow]

Hi, Thanks for the info. Wish you were about 30 years ago when I started. Lost about 30koi this year prior to your KH. Vid . Would have paid good money for this info. Keep the brilliant work again a big thanks from all my big girls and their young fry

[andycox]

Very interesting knowledge is power as they say thank you .👍👍👍

[jonbuss]

Excellent information. Well explained. Keep up the good work Daz.

[rikussmit]

Good day. Thank you for rhe video. The information in this video took me hours off research to understand. The one on ammonia/ammonium I've found to be 100% correct according to my knowledge and research on the topic.

The info you've supplied on salt is particularly interesting to me. Ive always had salt in my pond as a general buffer. Will now certainly look deeper into it because what you say here makes sense.

Looking foward to the next one. Very glad I stumbled onto your channel.

[guinessparis]

Hi Daz, good video very interesting if you don't mind i will give you an overview of my pond, it is certainly not your normal Koi pond as for the last 8-years its purely been a wildlife pond, with an abundance of newts and frogs ( i also have a smaller pond which i hope next spring the wildlife will migrate too ) the pond is around 1700gallons with a liner been fitted for about 15-years, its surrounded with boulders so looking quiet natural, the filter system is a hozelock 8000lt/hr going through a 14000ltr bio filter, there is also a skimmer sitting on the top of the pond and i have added a 320ltr /hr air pump for extra oxygen. the fish are 5- koi between 5-6" in length and look very good and eating well, all water parameters are ok according to api test kit . ant thing else i should be looking at.
Regards