Marine velvet?

rolyguy7 · May 23, 2016

Anyone know what this is? I gave him a freshwater dip and most of it came off. Marine velvet? I'm dosing formalin. New fish by the way.

melypr1985 · May 23, 2016

I dont think that's velvet. It could be an infection, but I would worry about what the cause of the infection is. Did you see any flukes during the dip? Like these?

rolyguy7 · May 23, 2016

I don't recall. It was hard to notice. What I saw was that translucent white stuff on the side of his body come off.

rolyguy7 · May 23, 2016

This is what he looks like after the dip. I dipped him for 2:30 minutes.

melypr1985 · May 23, 2016

Well he certainly looks better after the dip. do you have a QT you can use if you need it? You should keep an eye on him and watch for any other symptoms like : Flashing, scratching, heavy breathing, head twitching, swimming into the flow of a powerhead, not eating ect ect.

rolyguy7 · May 23, 2016

He's in one. Dosing formalin in the tank for velvet and ich. Feeding him daily. He's eating so that's good. Any idea what it may be?

melypr1985 · May 23, 2016

To be honest? Not really. With the way it came off in the FW dip, I'm at a loss. I know @Humblefish will pop in and probably give you a better clue. He's seen way more than I have so maybe he knows.

rolyguy7 · May 23, 2016

Thanks. Hopefully he knows what it may be. I should've left him at the local store for a week or so. I picked him up the same day they delivered him to the store. Hopefully I can get him to recover.

melypr1985 · May 23, 2016

rolyguy7 said:
Thanks. Hopefully he knows what it may be. I should've left him at the local store for a week or so. I picked him up the same day they delivered him to the store. Hopefully I can get him to recover.

It could be something as simple as excess mucus from his slime coat. Like a stress reaction from shipping.

rolyguy7 · May 23, 2016

I saw a few salt spots on him too which is why I started medicating.

rolyguy7 · May 23, 2016

Seems to have something on his upper lip as well.

melypr1985 · May 23, 2016

The salt spots could have been ick. I would have treated with copper instead of formalin. Formalin can be very harsh on fish and there is some anecdotal evidence that fish treated with it dont live as long. Anyway, the lip looks like he bumped it pretty hard on something...maybe during shipping or before. Just keep an eye on it. Make sure your adding vitamin supplements to his food to help his immune system... something like vitachem or selcon

rolyguy7 · May 23, 2016

Been soaking it in liquid garlic. He mainly likes flakes but he nips at seaweed.

melypr1985 · May 23, 2016

rolyguy7 said:
Been soaking it in liquid garlic. He mainly likes flakes but he nips at seaweed.

Garlic isn't a vitamin. It's mainly used to tempt fish into eating when they might not want to. Try to find a good vitamin supplement like the ones I mentioned above. It will help

rolyguy7 · May 23, 2016

melypr1985 said:
Garlic isn't a vitamin. It's mainly used to tempt fish into eating when they might not want to. Try to find a good vitamin supplement like the ones I mentioned above. It will help

Just ordered selcom. Will arrive in two days. Thank you for the info.

Humblefish · May 23, 2016

I've encountered this before with nasos, but I cannot for the life of me remember how I treated it (or if it even needed to be treated.) Seems to me nasos get these weird "skin conditions" sometimes. It will probably come to me later. Did the white thing completely peel off when you did the FW dip?