**TANK EMERGENCY** Please help ID this!

[fishguy242]

might want to post size of tank,pics of affected fish ,anything else that will help exprets help you

 

[Manda0597]

I thought I remembered reading that in one of your posts. I will remove them and place them in my qt. Thank you

I've never heard of that. Why both may I ask? Thank you for your advice!

I dont see an ich-specific remedy. is the imagitarium parasite remedy the same thing?

 

[fishguy242]

I dont see an ich-specific remedy. is the imagitarium parasite remedy the same thing?

i'm not 100% sure but think ,contains no copper? jmo ,not what you need,

 

[Manda0597]

Someone else said it may be velvet. Thoughts?

 

[fishguy242]

sounds possible with quick affliction,trying to find someone on rt now well versed in diseases,pics of fish wil be needed
@vetteguy53081 ? still around? @saltyhog

 

[Manda0597]

Tang again

 

[fishguy242]

a quick freshwater bath may help him while waiting..jmo..not a fish doc

 

[Manda0597]

all I have on hand at the moment until morning is paraguard. Can I at least dose that for tonight after removing lions?

 

[fishguy242]

honesty ,it may be a few hours, but the dr's will come ,would wait see what they say,i would hold off on adding any meds until then

 

[F i s h y]

Based solely on pictures and the speed of infection I think it is brooknella

 

[fishguy242]

#Daniel@R2R ...Know of any help not tagged yet??

 

[MERKEY]

I'm no expert but with how fast this came on and the coverage, I suspect velvet....

As @fishguy242 said, let the big guns help out for confirmation.

@ReefSquad

 

[Manda0597]

Based solely on pictures and the speed of infection I think it is brooknella

So is it also a parasite? Is there something I could dose to cover all 3 since I dont know what it is?

 

[MERKEY]

Heres some good info...

Velvet (Amyloodinium ocellatum)

Marine Velvet Disease (Amyloodinium ocellatum) What You Need To Know: * Fast killing parasite capable of wiping out most of your fish in just a matter of days. Sometimes there are survivors, sometimes not. * Can be treated in a quarantine tank using Chloroquine phosphate or Copper. A 5...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[arking_mark]

How old is the tank? Size of the tank? FOLR or reef?
What are your tank parameters?
How long have you had the fish?
When was the last addion to your tank?

If this is or going to be a reef tank or have inverts, copper is not an option.

Please see @Humblefish https://humble.fish/community/index.php?information/#disease_resources

 

[lion king]

Someone else said it may be velvet. Thoughts?

You would use the same treatment with ick or velvet, the thing is velvet moves quickly, and kills quickly. I agree with one of the posters that suggested because it moved so fast it could be velvet. I agree with @fishguy242 a fresh water dip can give you some time. If it is velvet you must act fast, all points to a copper treatment.

You can treat with copper in a display and 100% remove the copper, there are just special tips that need to be understood.

 

[F i s h y]

After a little more research i am leaning towards velvet @MERKEY I think you got it right.

 

[Manda0597]

I've never treated with copper before. I will research it and will have to buy it when the pet store open tomorrow

 

[Manda0597]

So I see for velvet it says to skip the "ramp up" period for Copper power. for a 75 gallon tank can someone please help me with what the dosage would be? I have never used copper anything before and my head is spinning at work trying to figure this all out.

 

[Manda0597]

If my research and math is correct I would need 88.5 mL of copper power to reach 2.00 PPM. does this sound correct? Should I do 2 doses of 44.5 mL in order to reach it quicker if it is velvet?