Short version and long version:
Short version: I have a regal angel and a purple tang that have been twitching their heads, scratching their bodies and has very very very small white spots on their body.. the white spots are so small its hard to see without close observation. I thought it was ich and started hypo over the weekend but now I think it may be velvet, and I might use copper instead.. pictures below, tell me what it its?
Long version: I had an ich outbreak two months ago. I moved all fish into two QT tanks (a 29g and a 20g) and did TTM.. It appeared to be successful.. DT has been in fallow for about 10 weeks now. Last Tuesday, I got two fish from divers den, a potters and a melanurus wrasse. I trust DD a lot and thought I would just quarantine these guys with some of the current fish too, and then put them all in the DT when it was time. So I set up a 40G QT tank, moved the fish from the 29g to it, and put the two new fish in there too. In the 40G is a regal angel, purple tang, two clowns and the two new fish. About 1 day after that, I started noticing my regal angel and purple tang scratching... Since then, its progressively gotten worse and they breath heavy, twitching their head a lot, and scratching a lot. The other fish all appear normal including the new fish. I thought maybe the stress of the tank move (from 29G to 40G) and/or the new fish could have triggered the ich outbreak and assumed the TTM was not successful in eradication. At that time, I saw no evidence of ich (no spots). But instead of doing TTM this time, I was going to try hypo. Over the weekend, I took that 40G tank to 1.009. The regal and purple are still scratching and breathing heavy, but now I can see the spots. It looks very fine unlike the ich experience I've had before. Now I think maybe the new fish brought in velvet? Could this really be velvet? All the fish are eating aggressively including the regal and purple tang. How could velvet develop on the regal and purple within 24 hours, is that possible? And if it is velvet, I thought that parasite kills very fast? Should I abandon hypo and go to copper? Keep in mind the new fish have no signs of infection at all.
Pictures below. The only spots on the regal that can be seen is on the tail with very small fine white spots. On the purple tang, the side of his body has the white spots but its very very fine too. Almost like dust... sometimes I look at him and you think he has no spots then you look again and you can see it.. Its that small.
Short version: I have a regal angel and a purple tang that have been twitching their heads, scratching their bodies and has very very very small white spots on their body.. the white spots are so small its hard to see without close observation. I thought it was ich and started hypo over the weekend but now I think it may be velvet, and I might use copper instead.. pictures below, tell me what it its?
Long version: I had an ich outbreak two months ago. I moved all fish into two QT tanks (a 29g and a 20g) and did TTM.. It appeared to be successful.. DT has been in fallow for about 10 weeks now. Last Tuesday, I got two fish from divers den, a potters and a melanurus wrasse. I trust DD a lot and thought I would just quarantine these guys with some of the current fish too, and then put them all in the DT when it was time. So I set up a 40G QT tank, moved the fish from the 29g to it, and put the two new fish in there too. In the 40G is a regal angel, purple tang, two clowns and the two new fish. About 1 day after that, I started noticing my regal angel and purple tang scratching... Since then, its progressively gotten worse and they breath heavy, twitching their head a lot, and scratching a lot. The other fish all appear normal including the new fish. I thought maybe the stress of the tank move (from 29G to 40G) and/or the new fish could have triggered the ich outbreak and assumed the TTM was not successful in eradication. At that time, I saw no evidence of ich (no spots). But instead of doing TTM this time, I was going to try hypo. Over the weekend, I took that 40G tank to 1.009. The regal and purple are still scratching and breathing heavy, but now I can see the spots. It looks very fine unlike the ich experience I've had before. Now I think maybe the new fish brought in velvet? Could this really be velvet? All the fish are eating aggressively including the regal and purple tang. How could velvet develop on the regal and purple within 24 hours, is that possible? And if it is velvet, I thought that parasite kills very fast? Should I abandon hypo and go to copper? Keep in mind the new fish have no signs of infection at all.
Pictures below. The only spots on the regal that can be seen is on the tail with very small fine white spots. On the purple tang, the side of his body has the white spots but its very very fine too. Almost like dust... sometimes I look at him and you think he has no spots then you look again and you can see it.. Its that small.
