Blue Damsel sick!
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How long have you had the fish? What are the tank parameters? Do you have other fish?
If it is truly velvet, you would need to remove the fish (and potentially the other fish) into a quarantine system.
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If it is truly velvet, you would need to remove the fish (and potentially the other fish) into a quarantine system.
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...
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Bacterial Infections
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It’s a 65 gallon tank. I’ve had the tank for about 3 months and the damsel was the first fish I introduced, about 2 months ago. I think this discoloration has been increasingly growing for the past 3 weeks or so, but I think it’s getting worse in the past few days.
I need to add that about one month ago I introduced 5 new fish and one died in 48hs. We think this was caused by increased ammonia levels and since then I’ve been trying to get it back to 0. It’s at 0.25 for two weeks now. Not sure if there is any relationship.
I need to add that about one month ago I introduced 5 new fish and one died in 48hs. We think this was caused by increased ammonia levels and since then I’ve been trying to get it back to 0. It’s at 0.25 for two weeks now. Not sure if there is any relationship.
