Velvet Outbreak Help

[vetteguy53081]

Here is a video, the tang and two clowns are both trying to stay in the flow. Tang is hard to get a capture of, but the clowns seem to have the worse of it.

I see brook and secondary bacterial lesions in lieu of brook, reason Ive been asking for video. Ruby rally pro would address this

 

[azreef729]

I see brook and secondary bacterial lesions in lieu of brook, reason Ive been asking for video. Ruby rally pro would address this

So do all the fish need to be treated for this? I agree it looks like brook, after I’ve done some research. But brook and velvet seem to look similar, so it’s hard to figure out what I should do at this point.

 

[vetteguy53081]

So do all the fish need to be treated for this? I agree it looks like brook, after I’ve done some research. But brook and velvet seem to look similar, so it’s hard to figure out what I should do at this point.

velvet progresses quickly and would have had unfavorable results at this point. You can treat in tank safely with coral using Ruby rally pro

 

[azreef729]

velvet progresses quickly and would have had unfavorable results at this point. You can treat in tank safely with coral using Ruby rally pro

How long is treatment and when can I transfer everything to the new tank?

 

[vetteguy53081]

How long is treatment and when can I transfer everything to the new tank?

I recommend 14 days and if all clear, acclimate them over to new tank

 

[azreef729]

I recommend 14 days and if all clear, acclimate them over to new tank

Awesome thanks so much. Is it ok to move over my rock and corals in the mean time?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Awesome thanks so much. Is it ok to move over my rock and corals in the mean time?

yes

 

[azreef729]

yes

Great! And I’m treating all fish or just the clowns?

Thank you for the help, it’s appreciated.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Great! And I’m treating all fish or just the clowns?

Thank you for the help, it’s appreciated.

To be safe , I recommend all but you can focus on the clowns if you want

 

[azreef729]

To be safe , I recommend all but you can focus on the clowns if you want

Well one of the clowns just died. I guess I will treat and see what happens.

 

[fish_collector]

I would postpone setting up any new tank until youve got this under control. The possibility for cross contamination is high.

 

[Rodel]

Ran into this last year. I had a lot of fish and I caught them all, did a freshwater dip for 5 mins for all then placed them into a quarantine with all new saltwater. 70% of the fish survived with copper treatment. Tank ran fallow for 3.5 months while UV running. Surviving fish was returned to the display and all has been good.

Note: I freshwater dipped any fish in quarantine that stopped eating for relief and this worked well.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Ran into this last year. I had a lot of fish and I caught them all, did a freshwater dip for 5 mins for all then placed them into a quarantine with all new saltwater. 70% of the fish survived with copper treatment. Tank ran fallow for 3.5 months while UV running. Surviving fish was returned to the display and all has been good.

Note: I freshwater dipped any fish in quarantine that stopped eating for relief and this worked well.

Freshwater dip often stresses fish and may been a contrinutor.

 

[azreef729]

That does look more like velvet than brook now, but it’s really strange that only the clowns are showing major symptoms (Brook hits clowns over other fish, but velvet infects all fish really).

As far as a treatment, I’m not sure how to direct you since the diagnosis is kind of open.

You could try a hydrogen peroxide dip on the clowns to see if it gives temporary relief and buy you some time. 3 ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide in one gallon of seawater for 15 minutes……

So a little update on this. I have a leopard wrasse and pink streak wrasse that have showed no signs of anything. My Tomini tang looks healthy has a couple of white spots but he seems totally fine. Two Banggai cardinals that have been completely fine. And the one clown that still looks like the video. All eating and all acting normal. I would think if this was velvet they would have all or most been gone by now. The only treatment I’ve been doing is the polyp labs medic. I’m wondering if I should switch over to the ruby reef rally pro and start treating it as brook?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

So a little update on this. I have a leopard wrasse and pink streak wrasse that have showed no signs of anything. My Tomini tang looks healthy has a couple of white spots but he seems totally fine. Two Banggai cardinals that have been completely fine. And the one clown that still looks like the video. All eating and all acting normal. I would think if this was velvet they would have all or most been gone by now. The only treatment I’ve been doing is the polyp labs medic. I’m wondering if I should switch over to the ruby reef rally pro and start treating it as brook?

I'd try Ruby Reef Rally Pro to try and help the remaining clownfish......

 

[azreef729]

I'd try Ruby Reef Rally Pro to try and help the remaining clownfish......

Will do. Would you think this is brook then as far as we can tell?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Will do. Would you think this is brook then as far as we can tell?

After this length of time, with the other fish not being affected, I don’t see how this could be velvet. Rally Pro is a safe treatment option for Brook. It doesn’t always work in advanced cases, but it should protect your non-clownfish.

 

[runjmb]

@azree do you have an update on this?

 

[azreef729]

@azree do you have an update on this?

Yep, ruby rally pro cleared it up and this tank is doing completely fine. It ended up being brook or bacterial from the looks of it. The one clown that passed I think was from the shock of the freshwater dip.