Fish swiming near powerhead

[DrewBrees713]

All of a sudden my YT is swiming near the powerhead and wont budge. I have plenty of circulation so i doubt it's lack of oxygen. I dont see any visible ick but its kinda hard to see ick on a YT. So what is it guys?

 

[Joey waid]

Had fish do the same thing and it was velvet. They were all dead three days later. Please move them to a qt to make sure.

 

[Joey waid]

Saying that it's normal too, for some fish.

 

[TheEngineer]

That's listed as a tell-tale sign of velvet.

 

[Empress]

Swimming in front of the powerhead is a classic sign of Velvet. Follow Humblefish's protocol in the sticky note. It is not normal for a YT.

 

[Joey waid]

It just dawned on me what yt meant. Yellow tang??

 

[DrewBrees713]

The tank is a Fowler with Cupramine prior to adding the YT. I understand it could be velvet but does the sympton sound like ick?

 

[TheEngineer]

Swimming at the power head seems to indicate velvet, not ick.

 

[Joey waid]

The tank is a Fowler with Cupramine prior to adding the YT. I understand it could be velvet but does the sympton sound like ick?

No

 

[themcnertney]

My YT and and Foxface spend the majority of there time swimming near my PH. Funny thing is its just the left one. They pick at the algae all day long.

 

[Joey waid]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/
Read this, you decide.

 

[melypr1985]

The tank is a Fowler with Cupramine prior to adding the YT. I understand it could be velvet but does the sympton sound like ick?

Velvet is very difficult to see on a yellow tang. Swimming into the flow of a powerhead is a symptom that is very indicative of velvet. I'd like to know..... is there still copper in your tank? What is the level at and how long has it been in the tank?

 

[DrewBrees713]

Been using Cupramine for 2-3 wks. Kinda hard to tell with an API copper test but if I had to guess it's .5 ppm. I added a MI and a lemonpeel 2 days ago so it's probably where it came from.

I thought by adding Cupramine prior to their arrival would prevent velvet, no?

 

[Joey waid]

.5, is not the therapy level.

 

[melypr1985]

Been using Cupramine for 2-3 wks. Kinda hard to tell with an API copper test but if I had to guess it's .5 ppm. I added a MI and a lemonpeel 2 days ago so it's probably where it came from.

I thought by adding Cupramine prior to their arrival would prevent velvet, no?

API doesn't measure cupramine... You'll need the seachem test kit for that. If, after you retest and the copper level is actually at .5 then that's good. The problem is that your rock and sand will absorb the copper and leach it back out making the levels unstable and, at times, ineffective. You'll have to test daily to be sure where the levels are and be careful about adding copper to the water when it's low.

Copper kills the free swimming stage. If the fish has it when it's introduced, when the parasite falls off the fish, that fish will then be protected from re infestation (along with the other fish present) only if the copper level is at therapeutic levels the entire time.

 

[melypr1985]

.5, is not the therapy level.

It is for Cupramine

 

[Joey waid]

It is for Cupramine

Sorry I was looking at the fresh water level, which is .8. Sorry.

 

[DrewBrees713]

He's still interested in food so that's a good sign. Took a couple of bites then headed back to the same spot near the surface.

 

[Empress]

Been using Cupramine for 2-3 wks. Kinda hard to tell with an API copper test but if I had to guess it's .5 ppm. I added a MI and a lemonpeel 2 days ago so it's probably where it came from.

I thought by adding Cupramine prior to their arrival would prevent velvet, no?

If you're using Cupramine, you must use Seachem's Copper Test kit only. The API test kit is for chelated copper (for CopperSafe).

Cupramine and Coppersafe are two very different types of copper and they each have their own test kit. API will not work on Cupermine.

 

[DrewBrees713]

IIRC on Seachem tech forum they say it's ok to use API test kit for Cupramine. Of course, I will try to find the post later. Also heard Seachem test is a PITA to read.