Ich or velvel?

[Daffire]

Noticed white spots on some of my fishes 6 days ago, put them in QT and treated with Ick remedy, high temp, now day 6 and the spots reappeared with a vengeance. Thought it was ich now I am not sure. Might be Velvet?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Noticed white spots on some of my fishes 6 days ago, put them in QT and treated with Ick remedy, high temp, now day 6 and the spots reappeared with a vengeance. Thought it was ich now I am not sure. Might be Velvet?

Size of grains suggests ich. You will need to treat in a quarantine setting and treat with either coppersafe or copper power at therapuetic level 2.25-2.5 monitored with a reliable copper test kit such as hanna - not api kit
Treatment Must be for a FULL 30 days and you will have to have your display tank Fishless(known as Fallow for 6-8 weeks to assure the parasites within display live their life cycle without a host fish and die off
Add aeration during treatment and monitor ammonia level also with a reliable test kit

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Noticed white spots on some of my fishes 6 days ago, put them in QT and treated with Ick remedy, high temp, now day 6 and the spots reappeared with a vengeance. Thought it was ich now I am not sure. Might be Velvet?

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

It does look like ich. Velvet would cause rapid breathing. Trouble is, it is difficult to get copper medications in Canada. The tank looks bare, no invertebrates - if so, you can do a hyposalinity treatment:

Hyposalinity

Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2024 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...

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Jay

 

[Daffire]

Thanks for the replies! I am waiting for Copper Power Blue to arrive to put in QT. My main tank had only newer corals that had not spread so I put them in another empty tank, changed the water with freshwater and turn the temp up. That would kill the ich right? Still planning on keeping it fallow for a while and then cycling and eventually adding corals, and after the fishes just in case there is still something.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thanks for the replies! I am waiting for Copper Power Blue to arrive to put in QT. My main tank had only newer corals that had not spread so I put them in another empty tank, changed the water with freshwater and turn the temp up. That would kill the ich right? Still planning on keeping it fallow for a while and then cycling and eventually adding corals, and after the fishes just in case there is still something.

Well, the trouble is that the corals you moved out could have been carrying ich tomonts on them. That can start the infection up again, you should keep the corals away from fish for at least 6 weeks.
Jay