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Posted: March 17 2013 at 1:52pm |
Does anyone know what this looks like and symptoms of it i think that one of my fish may have it but i am not sure what it looks like. Does anyone one have any distinct pictures of it? thanks I really don't want all of my fish too die if this one has it.
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 1:56pm |
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ill try to get pics but my powder brown won't keep still for a second. all fish are eating and seem happy.
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 2:42pm |
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Marine velvet looks like fine dusting or powdering on the fish and it maybe ich and if so it looks like sand on the fish
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 8:09pm |
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If i had to guess I don't think that's marine velvet but I've not seen it in person. I have tangs and have seemed to have had that same thing before, and it healed within a day.
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 9:48pm |
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anybody else have suggestions or anything
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 10:25pm |
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Can't tell from the pics
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 10:45pm |
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Looks like a slightly stressed powder brown to me.Cant see anything abnormal. Marine velvet is fairly rare.
How long have you had the fish? How long has it been with this look? Have you googled it and compared it to the pictures?
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 10:54pm |
the sploches on the sides showed up today I have had him for like for like week to 2 weeks(Can't remember exactly). I have google it and to me it looks like marine velvet is like the fish powdered with sugar
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 10:57pm |
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also It kind of looks like his skin is peeling a little around his mouth and face(cant really see in the picture), he has also lightened up in color from when i first got him hop this helps
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 10:58pm |
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Interesting. Its good you see something I cant from the picture. Because it looks like the spots on most powder browns in the stores. Stress marks.
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 11:32pm |
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so could it just be stress marks I have never heard of that before
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Posted: March 17 2013 at 11:57pm |
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All fish lighten up when stressed. IF the fish has had damage in the past then it will show up when the fish gets its stress colors.
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Posted: March 18 2013 at 12:40pm |
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If it's what you say it is, the fish won't make it very long, unfortunately. I've had that stuff wipe out my entire tank, including tank-raised clowns. The key is to watch the fish gills- if they're moving fast (probably more than once per second) then it's not good.
If it's what Dion says, you will see improvement over a few days.
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Posted: March 18 2013 at 7:17pm |
here a picture of today the sploches are bigger and a brownish color anyone have any clues if it is marine velvet how much longer would my fish have?
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Posted: March 18 2013 at 8:09pm |
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Is it acting funny?
Any chance it's HLLE?
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Posted: March 18 2013 at 8:53pm |
It has been acting a little funny compared to when i first got it. At first it just peacfully swam through the tank grazing on rock and swimming through rock, Now it seems more spasy like it will come out and swim back to is hiding spot then come out coutiously swim a little and go back, then it comes out and swims fast to the other side of the tank and goes behind the rocks. he is still eating pretty good but i have not seen him eat any nori I have put in there. could this be some kind of bacterial infection? I so how would i treat? thanks for everyone's help
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Posted: March 18 2013 at 8:54pm |
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Posted: March 18 2013 at 9:18pm |
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I don't think so it is more of a rash, but once again i have no idea what it is so i guess it possible. After researching I am thinking that this is probably a bacterial or fungul disease.
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Posted: March 19 2013 at 11:50am |
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Keep a close eye on him. I picked up a fish a couple of years ago and did not quarnitine him. He had marine velvet. It wiped out everything in my tank minus one of my damsels and my watchman. Started out looking just like he was getting lighter in color. Then when the blue lights only were on I could see what looked like dusting on him. All the fish continued to eat normally but after noticing the lightening they would die within a couple of days. The clowns held on the longest and literally skin was falling off of them. It was horrible to watch. The whole thing took out about 6 fish in a couple of weeks. And what was weird besides the clowns it would kill one fish before infecting anything else. Be careful.
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