Velvet outbreak

anthonys_aqua

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As the title says, tank has an outbreak of velvet.

Started off thinking it was Ich cause it started with a powder blue tang, which it probably was Ich.

Then somewhere along the line I added a frag and introduced velvet, so far it’s taken a fairy wrasse, clownfish, Tomini tang, and the powder blue

At the moment the yellow tang and purple tang could be on there way out as they’re caked up in spots

So looking to see if anybody has a spare 60g+ or water trough need something large has the remaining fish population is still high

Ty in advance


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Oh no - so sorry to hear! I went thru that last year and lost 90% of my expensive fish! Act fast — you got 3-5 days top. You need to get them onto a QT with CopperSafe of 2.5 to be therapeutic. The DT needs to go fallow later.
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If fish breathe heavily, hide, and/or lost appetite, you’re running out of time. Velvet kills faster than ich.
 

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Sorry bro, that sucks. In a pinch, I would just run down to HD and get a brute trash can and fill it with new salt water. Dump some turbo fritz or bacteria. You can take more time to find a suitable tank later. Throw a heater, bubbler and power head in there.
 
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