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05/22/2018, 07:17 PM | #1 |
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Lost 8 of my 14 fish to velvet.
So yeah it struck hard and spread fast. Before I had knowledge of this disease half my fish were gone. The went from dusty white with cloudy eyes to dead in no time. I happened to be on vacation still when this whole velvet thing started. We have consulted the LFS and received medication, to try and save the remaining fish, which include a sailfin and yellow tang. It took my naso and kole. Does velvet affect inverts? I haven't seen my blue starfish lately. I figured it was just hanging out behind the rockwork.
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05/22/2018, 07:26 PM | #2 |
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I meant to post this in the discussion section, not newbies..
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05/22/2018, 09:03 PM | #3 |
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Oh crap. Sorry to hear. Any ideas how it made it into your tank.
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Whay is the medication you are given and using? I believe it is either something that will not cure velvet, or something that is not intended to be used in the DT. |
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05/23/2018, 02:28 PM | #6 |
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There is a fish disease forum here on RC that you can post on. Sorry for your losses...you should quarantine everything....fish, coral etc. Hope you can save the rest of your livestock.
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Wow...good luck!!
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05/25/2018, 12:13 PM | #8 |
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When was the last fish addition, and do you quarantine fish? It's possible that your fish were asymptomatic, at least to your eyes, and that when the conditions were right to lower their immunity enough that the parasite was able to take hold. A lot of times the parasites will only be able to infect the gills of the fish and be able to maintain in small enough numbers to not be eradicated but also not be able to spread like they want because its host is otherwise healthy enough to produce enough of a slime coat to fend off the free swimming stage on the body. With that all being said it is certainly possible that the velvet came in with the starfish instead of on it. If any of the free swimming parasites happened to be on the starfish, rather than attached to the starfish, its certainly possible that was the route of introduction. Does your local store keep fish and inverts in the same system? I know you've already spoken to the/a store and they know that it's in your system but if it was the same store that you got everything from it may be worth it to let them know to keep their eyes peeled for any symptoms. If at all possible, it would be worth it to remove the fish from the display and get them into quarantine so that you have a smaller volume of water to treat, or if that's not feasible maybe it would be easier to remove the inverts to a quarantine so as not to expose them to the medication/treatment procedure as anything that will be strong enough to wipe out velvet will also kill your inverts/coral. Sorry for the extended post, hopefully something I said will help out. Good luck, marine velvet is a bear to deal with.
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05/27/2018, 06:08 PM | #10 |
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Sounds like the velvet was introduced from the residual LFS water with the starfish, rather than the starfish itself.
You should try to save your last three fish by putting them in quarantine and starting Chloroquine phosphate IMMEDIATELY, if you haven't already. Keep treating according to directions EXACTLY and then see what happens. If they make it keep in quarantine for AT LEAST 8-10 weeks while your DT runs fallow. Next time quarantine EVERYTING - including starfish and other inverts, and yes - corals as well. You can't be too careful. Sorry for the loss of your fish.
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