Definitely think that’s what it is. Of course my LFS is closed. Run to Petco and then PetSmart and neither have copper or anything that would help velvet. Puffer is breathing heavily. Hope it makes it until my LFS opens at 10 tomorrow.
petco stopped because they wanted to prevent diseases and parasites from gaining an immunity. At least that's what they told us. I think the real reason is more because if someone killed all their fish with copper or formalin or whatever medication they would come back and blame the store. I think amazon has one day delivery on cupramine.
Petco probably perpetuates more disease and parasites than any pet store chain ironically. They believe in herbal remedies which I am not knocking but in this particular case I’ll say that the results stand for themselves.
Ya, every time I stop at Petco the saltwater tanks are full of fish with ich. And sometimes cyno covers the tanks.
