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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
SURGERYSURGERY
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)
SURGERYSURGERY
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
SURGERYSURGERY
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
SURGERYSURGERY
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
SURGERYSURGERY
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.
SURGERYSURGERY
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
SURGERYSURGERY
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
SURGERYSURGERY
FORCEPSGET THESE BABIES LOCKED ONTO SOMETHING AND
OUT IT COMES! GOOD FOR THOSE NOT SO DEAD SCALES AND CLAMPING OFF.
SURGERYSURGERY
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
SURGERYSURGERY
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
SURGERYSURGERY
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!!!