Does hypo mask velvet?

[lagatbezan]

Curious if running hypo masks, slow or delays symptoms of velvet in anyway?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

@Humblefish is the velvet expert. He will know for sure. I've heard hypo will not cure velvet, anymore than that I can't say. I do know a FW dip will knock most of the nodes off a fish and give it temporary relief, but exposes raw flesh that can be subject to bacterial infections. Velvet will be back in force within just a few days to the next day...

Just my experience with a tang I cured.

 

[lagatbezan]

Thanks for the reply. I'm NOT looking to treat velvet with hypo, just curious if I have a fish in hypo and don't see any signs of velvet, is it safe to assume there is no velvet or is it possible that it can be masked during hypo kinda like how low concentration of copper masks velvet and ich.
@Humblefish

 

[kesh]

Thanks for the reply. I'm NOT looking to treat velvet with hypo, just curious if I have a fish in hypo and don't see any signs of velvet, is it safe to assume there is no velvet or is it possible that it can be masked during hypo kinda like how low concentration of copper masks velvet and ich.
@Humblefish

I dont think fish in hypo will not display velvet. But it may take longer a little longer to display any symptoms in hypo conditions due to lower number of parasites. Similar to what a freshwater dip does. It reduces, but not eradicates. So, yeah, eventually it will show.