Microbe-Lift
Microbe-Lift Lice & Anchor Worm Treatment
Microbe-Lift Lice & Anchor Worm Treatment
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- Koi Pond Water Treatments and Medications: A Practical Guide The numbers to hold, and what to reach for when they slip.
- Koi Pond Supplies: What You Actually Need for a Backyard Koi Pond The full build, in the order you buy it, with real costs.
Ordering Information
Ordering Information
At Champion Nishikigoi, we’ve streamlined the order process for a smooth experience with koi fish, food, and pond equipment.
Koi Fish Orders:
After placing a koi fish order, we confirm availability and health, reserve your koi, and prepare it for pickup or shipping. If issues arise, we’ll reach out to discuss options.
Product Orders (Food & Equipment):
For supplies, we gather your items and notify you for pickup. If anything is out of stock, we’ll discuss alternatives.
Pickup & Shipping:
• Local Pickup: Available Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm.
• Shipping: We offer expedited shipping for koi with health checks and tracking for safe arrival.
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Refund Policy
Refund Policy
Live Fish:
- Due to the delicate nature of our fish, we cannot accept returns. However, we are committed to ensuring you receive your fish alive.
- Please ensure you are present during delivery to accept and sign for your fish.
- If, unfortunately, your fish arrives deceased, notify us within one hour of delivery. Send a digital photo as proof to champkoi@champkoi.com, and we'll replace it with another of equal value.
Non-Returnable Items:
- Chemicals, medications, water conditioners, and pond liners cannot be returned due to safety and quality reasons.
General Merchandise Returns:
- If you're not completely satisfied, you may return items within 14 days, subject to a 15% restocking fee. Note: shipping and handling costs are non-refundable.
- Items on sale or special deals, as well as special order items, cannot be returned.
- To ensure a smooth return:
- Items must be in unused, resellable condition.
- Original packaging, warranty books, manuals, parts, and accessories must be intact.
- For shipping, please encase the original packaging in another carton to prevent damage.
Return Process:
- Prior to returning any items, please obtain a Return Goods Authorization number (RGA) by contacting us. Have your invoice ready for reference.
- After inspection, we'll confirm acceptance of the returned merchandise.
Return Shipping:
- Customers cover return freight costs. If we made an error or the item is defective, we'll handle the freight charges.
- For orders with free shipping, the actual outgoing freight charge will be borne by the customer.
We're always here to help. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns!
Microbe-Lift® Lice & Anchor Worm treats the two crustacean parasites that hang on visibly: fish lice and anchor worm.
How it works
The active ingredient is cyromazine, an insect growth regulator that interferes with chitin formation. Because it targets the way crustaceans build their shells, it hits lice and anchor worm while leaving your fish, your snails and your biological filter alone — which is what makes it gentler than the older organophosphate treatments.
Treating properly
- Do a 20% water change before dosing.
- Three treatments, one week apart. Anchor worm and lice have life stages the treatment can't touch, so a single dose leaves you with a re-infestation in a fortnight. Do all three.
- Repeat the 20% water change before each re-treatment.
- Shake the bottle well before use.
- Usable in water temperatures above 40°F (4°C).
Warnings
- Must NOT be used in systems where crayfish or other crustaceans are kept. The same chemistry that kills the parasite kills them. If you keep shrimp or crayfish, this is not your treatment.
- Do not combine with other medications.
- Safe for ornamental pond fish including scaleless species, and for reptiles, amphibians and snails. Will not harm biological filtration used as directed.
- Not for fish or invertebrates intended for human consumption. Not for human or veterinary use.
- Keep out of reach of children. Store between 40–100°F, out of sunlight, do not freeze.
Dosage
The pond formula doses at 1 fl oz per 300 gallons. Microbe-Lift also sells an aquarium formula at a different strength, so check the label on the bottle you receive and dose to that, not to a figure remembered from elsewhere. If in doubt, call us before you pour.
Why buy from ChampKoi?
ChampKoi has kept koi healthy from our San Jose, California facility since 1998. Not sure what you're looking at on your fish? Send us a photo before you treat — anchor worm is unmistakable once you've seen it, and several other things aren't.
