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Old 10-13-2015, 03:46 PM
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sucks to loose all those fish , its to bad . Well at least you have a qt now
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Old 10-13-2015, 03:56 PM
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One thing I remember reading was, if you can count the spots (within reason) then its ick, if the spots are too numerous to count then velvet.
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Old 10-13-2015, 05:01 PM
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Ouch. That's painful to see. Sorry for your losses :-(

I've had both ick and I think velvet. The velvet wiped out my tank swiftly and looked like what you pictured. My tangs frequently get ick (even to this day) whenever there are stressors in/to the tank and they always seem to fight off the ick.
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Old 10-13-2015, 07:16 PM
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Unfortunately, with Marine Velvet, if you don't start a copper treatment, it's usually fatal. During a breakout in Metro Vancouver a few years ago, only one buddy who treated his tank with copper saved his fish. Massive losses in other affected tanks. Sorry to hear this has happened to you. It is heart breaking to lose all your fish.

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Old 10-13-2015, 09:24 PM
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Thanks everyone for their concern. I'm not an expert but I have now seen a few fish with ick and it sort of looks like pimples under the skin with white heads (best as I can describe it. Coming from a pimpley teenager myself). What my fish had looked as if the swam through a big cobweb. Either the case it was a lesson learned not only the money but to kill such beautiful creatures. But fresh start, and the tank is more mature. Will all new additions going in a quarantine tank now.
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Old 10-13-2015, 09:26 PM
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Perfect way to describe it Davej
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