Was this Velvet or something else?

[Hoyhoy]

Hello everyone,

I had a parasite breakout few months back which resulted in losing all of my beloved fish. First I thought it was ich but after research it looked like velvet (since all of my fish dropped in a very short time). However, now I recall that my clown fish had a white coating before losing them (brooklyna?) and I read that brook could also look similar to velvet (it could affect any other type of fish) not just clowns.

Flame angel was coated with small white spots

Blue tang was scratching itself against the rock and hiding most of the time.

The clown fish appeared healthy but died very fast after the big ones:

So from these pictures can we tell if its velvet or brook?
My mistake was that I didnt QT any of the fish and I didnt have another tank to save them. This truly broke my heart and almost made me to quit the hobby. But I am not giving up yet

 

[jimmybuckett]

Poor fish

 

[justinm]

You are correct, brook can look very similar to velvet, but there is usually a film/coating associated with it as well. If you saw a film on your clownfish, I would lean towards brook. It is also a very fast killer.

Looking at the pictures I would guess velvet though. I don’t see a coating on the fish, only spots.

 

[Maritimer]

Looks very like velvet to me as well - and the timeline certainly fits velvet's MO.

~Bruce, saddened by your losses of these beautiful animals