Help me Id this disease

[snorvich]

Sorry for your loss. Formalin is not a recommended treatment for velvet (Amyloodinium ocellatum). Copper or chloroquine phosphate are the recommended treatments. As indicated above, you need to treat your remaining fish soon, or they will succumb to the disease.

Chloroquine phosphate is the preferred treatment but sourcing it sometimes takes a relationship with a vet. Copper will work but be sure to match the test kit with the manufacturer.

 

[Jstn]

Chloroquine phosphate is the preferred treatment but sourcing it sometimes takes a relationship with a vet. Copper will work but be sure to match the test kit with the manufacturer.

Ya I tried to find it, no luck. I got cupramine and saliferts test kit. Since all new fish may or may not have disease, what is the proper QT treatment? Should all fish see copper or just watch them. How often does a fish not show signs after 4 weeks?

 

[Deinonych]

Ya I tried to find it, no luck. I got cupramine and saliferts test kit. Since all new fish may or may not have disease, what is the proper QT treatment? Should all fish see copper or just watch them. How often does a fish not show signs after 4 weeks?

Proper QT treatment is a matter of debate, but I have found that 2 rounds of Prazipro (for flukes), followed by tank transfer (for ich), then a 1-2 week observation (to rule out velvet or Brooklynella) gives me near 100% certainty that new acquisitions are disease free. Variations on the theme above will also work (e.g. TTM first, then Prazi etc.)

 

[Jstn]

should I just treat with copper after prazi then, I am not going to do TTM. Does brook and velvet always show it self with in this Qt time frame?

 

[snorvich]

Since ich does not exhibit symptoms necessarily, if you are not going to do Tank Transfer, I suggest 4 weeks of copper at a therapeutic level.

 

[Jstn]

Since ich does not exhibit symptoms necessarily, if you are not going to do Tank Transfer, I suggest 4 weeks of copper at a therapeutic level.

Cool, thank you, I was thinking of waiting a week before starting copper to help mitigate stress.

 

[ThRoewer]

There is a much better way to mitigate stress. Since velvet (Amyloodinium ocellatum) primarily attacks the gills it is a good idea to lower the salinity in the hospital tank to give the fish some stress relief. It makes it easier for it to breath and osmoregulate (and it also makes frequent water changes less costly).
I would go as low as 1.010 if you have a refractometer or 1.015 if you only have a cheap swing arm salinity checker.