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Old 10-26-2010, 04:00 PM
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Velvet is not a virus, it's a parasite dinoflagellate. The only thing that kill it and easy to get and relatively safe is Seachem Cupramine. Never ever put any dechlorinator in the water where you put Cupramine as it would bind with the amine and release very toxic form or copper.

Beside that it's safe.

QT is a must. I have a blue hippo tang in hyposalinity for 3 weeks now to treat ich and each fish I will be getting will go into a minimum 4 week quarantine with hypo or cupramine for 2 weeks, depending on the fish.

Even my corals go to a temporary tank for 4 weeks empty of fish so that if they carry some fish parasites kists they will die.

What medication are you using?

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Originally Posted by MMAX View Post
This afternoon I checked on them and they were covered. Hopefully the medication will work but I'm not overly optimistic. So far my lawnmower blenny and zebra darts show no signs but I'll have to get them out and into treatment ASAP.
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