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Sometimes fish with heavy mucous coatings like some wrasses, clowns, etc. can be carriers of velvet. You can see this also when a tank full of fish are dropping like flies, yet a wrasse or clown will be the last fish standing/swimming.Now, last fish that made it to the tank were the two suspicious wrasses and it was over a month ago. If Velvet is so aggressive, how is that the tang is just showing it now? Other than his look, everything else on him seems normal.
Depends on how bad it is. Freshwater dips will give temporary relief to your fishTang still acting healthy. I just ordered the stuff but the CP takes about a week from eBay.
I read that fresh water dips could buy me some time so I hope it does.
If this is in effect Velvet shouldn't the fish start behaving poorly as well?
I surely would have lost all.my tangs by now if it weren't for my African Cleaner Wrasse. Worth his weight in diamonds
Cleaner wrasse or any fish or invert, does nothing to help fish manage ick. All they do is poke at dead skin, not parasites.
I was suggested to go hypo in the DT for 4 weeks pulling out all inverts and corals. Would this work for both ich and velvet since there is a mix in opinions?
I tried last night to capture the tang for over an hour with no luck so if there is an option to leave them there and treat the DT I'll be very relieved.
Fish is still doing well and this is the 3rd day after I detected it.
Ugh, thanks a lot @Humblefish. I'll take another shot at capturing the fish to do fresh water dips until the meds come. Then figure out what's next for the DT.
I guess we'll see in a few days.
Thanks!
Personally I’d pull all inverts out because it is much easier to do and go Hypo just in case it is ich. You have nothing to lose for trying Hypo now.
If its velvet (which seems likely), hypo won't resolve the problem and the fish could die.