Lipstick tang

[Michelle Crossley]

Sometimes it is very difficult to see velvet on lightly colored fish. Look at the fish at an angle to see if you can see a dusting or gold dust shimmer. Sometimes a small flashlight can help.
Is the tang breathing with difficulty, twitching?

I have looked with a flash light with her lights on blue. I can't see any gold dusting but I can see her skin is mottled along the bottom of her body

 

[Big G]

I have looked with a flash light with her lights on blue. I can't see any gold dusting but I can see her skin is mottled along the bottom of her body

So are you seeing some small bumps? Take a look at the pictures in this link. Another possibility is the Scooters brought in flukes. Flukes may be the "mottled" skin you see.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/flukes-–-general-guidelines.224423/#post-2594743

 

[ShaunRobinson]

Try and get a couple of photos as clear as you can and hopefully will be able to positively id. As above though with no medications, a freshwater bath is pretty much the only emergency course of action you can take at the moment.

 

[Michelle Crossley]

It does appear to be velvet. The larger spots are normal stress marks for a naso.

Upon zooming in the white dusty look is what leads me to believe it's velvet.

This fish needs therapuetic copper ASAP.

If you can't get meds until tomorrow then the best thing to do is a FW dip for 5 minutes to provide temporary relief.

Tomorrow I would start copper and do a 90 min acriflavine bath.

All of the fish that shared a tank with this fish need treated with copper and your display will need to be fallow for 6 weeks to erradicate velvet.

Could you please explain this in layman terms as I do not know what FW or a acriflavine bath is. Sorry never had anything wrong with my tank or fish before to have any experience

 

[HotRocks]

Could you please explain this in layman terms as I do not know what FW or a acriflavine bath is. Sorry never had anything wrong with my tank or fish before to have any experience

FW is Freshwater Dip.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/

Here is a thread on acriflavine, Ruby Reef Rally is the most readily available product that contains acriflavine.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/acriflavine.282887/

 

[Michelle Crossley]

It does appear to be velvet. The larger spots are normal stress marks for a naso.

Upon zooming in the white dusty look is what leads me to believe it's velvet.

This fish needs therapuetic copper ASAP.

If you can't get meds until tomorrow then the best thing to do is a FW dip for 5 minutes to provide temporary relief.

Tomorrow I would start copper and do a 90 min acriflavine bath.

All of the fish that shared a tank with this fish need treated with copper and your display will need to be fallow for 6 weeks to erradicate velvet.

Please could you explain what a Fresh water dip is and a acriflavine bath is please

 

[HotRocks]

Please could you explain what a Fresh water dip is and a acriflavine bath is please

I posted a link with a video for the dip above as well as the instructions for the acriflavine bath.

 

[ngoodermuth]

Here’s a video from the link showing exactly how to perform a freshwater dip:

If a fish has flukes, around the three-minute mark you’ll see a flurry of little white sesame seed shaped worms.

 

[Michelle Crossley]

I posted a link with a video for the dip above as well as the instructions for the acriflavine bath.

Thank you.

 

[Michelle Crossley]

So are you seeing some small bumps? Take a look at the pictures in this link. Another possibility is the Scooters brought in flukes. Flukes may be the "mottled" skin you see.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/flukes-–-general-guidelines.224423/#post-2594743

Just done a fresh water dip and there are no flukes.

 

[4FordFamily]

I really can't answer that. I do know all the fish are quarantined by my LFS so they say I do not need to quarantine them when I get them home.
I have always bought my fish from there knowing this fact

Her gills are normal and she is not twitching. She is swimming about now.
Half an hour ago she looked like she was dying as she was laid on her side

Don’t ever trust a LFS to quarantine. They just can’t do it properly, it’s not economical. If they say this, they don’t know what they’re talking about. Sorry but I agree with @HotRocks here. Good luck

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Just done a fresh water dip and there are no flukes.

Ok, I suspect velvet also and the FW dip may have bought you some time. If she survives the night you’ll need to set up a QT for all of the fish. Here’s a write up on velvet.


https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/

 

[Michelle Crossley]

It does appear to be velvet. The larger spots are normal stress marks for a naso.

Upon zooming in the white dusty look is what leads me to believe it's velvet.

This fish needs therapuetic copper ASAP.

If you can't get meds until tomorrow then the best thing to do is a FW dip for 5 minutes to provide temporary relief.

Tomorrow I would start copper and do a 90 min acriflavine bath.

All of the fish that shared a tank with this fish need treated with copper and your display will need to be fallow for 6 weeks to erradicate velvet.

When you say my display needs to be fallow,are you saying there are to be no fish in the tank at sll

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

When you say my display needs to be fallow,are you saying there are to be no fish in the tank at sll

Yes fallow for 6 weeks to eradicate velvet from your DT. Inverts can stay in, coral can stay, just no fish.

 

[Pbh-reef]

When you say my display needs to be fallow,are you saying there are to be no fish in the tank at sll

Yes that’s what fallow means. Velvet can survive for 6 Weeks without fish after that time it will have starved to death.

 

[Michelle Crossley]

Ok, I suspect velvet also and the FW dip may have bought you some time. If she survives the night you’ll need to set up a QT for all of the fish. Here’s a write up on velvet.


https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/

Great stuff. I will just throw myself in the canal now..I only have one QT tank and the naso is in it

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Great stuff. I will just throw myself in the canal now..I only have one QT tank and the naso is in it

What other fish are in the DT? They will all need to be treated for velvet

 

[Michelle Crossley]

What other fish are in the DT? They will all need to be treated for velvet

2 oscilaris
2 Scooter Blennies
I Flame Angel
1 yellow tang
1 Regal tang
1 pyjama Cardinal
1 Banguai Cardinal
1 Baby Vallentini Puffer
1 Koran Angel
1 Royal Gramma
1Orange Spot Goby

 

[Michelle Crossley]

What other fish are in the DT? They will all need to be treated for velvet

I only have 1 QT and the Naso is in it

 

[ShaunRobinson]

Great stuff. I will just throw myself in the canal now..I only have one QT tank and the naso is in it

Unfortunately you now have to assume that the other fish are infected whether they are showing symptoms or not so if they all go in the same qt or not is fairly irrelevant. It’s whether the tank is big enough to hold your all current fish.