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How many who are reading have experienced velvet and how did you fare with it?
Were there losses, or did you recover?
What was your method for treatment?
I ask as there have been quite a few members lately dealing with this and it begins with identification and verification of velvet disease.
Some behaviors associated with a fish with velvet are :
- Scratching body against hard objects
- Fish is lethargic
- Loss of appetite and weight loss
- Rapid, labored breathing
- Fins clamped against the body
- rapid breathing and mucus around the gills
Fish with velvet will typically stay at the surface of the water, or remain in a position where a steady flow of water is
Were there losses, or did you recover?
What was your method for treatment?
I ask as there have been quite a few members lately dealing with this and it begins with identification and verification of velvet disease.
Some behaviors associated with a fish with velvet are :
- Scratching body against hard objects
- Fish is lethargic
- Loss of appetite and weight loss
- Rapid, labored breathing
- Fins clamped against the body
- rapid breathing and mucus around the gills
Fish with velvet will typically stay at the surface of the water, or remain in a position where a steady flow of water is