new Blonde Naso tang showing velvet

[Sal10104]

so my new Naso tang from exotic reef imports is showing velvet. Im assuming the stress that its in is that its in a 20 long QT tank. the tang is 3 inches. i did notice i had 0.50 ammonia level. I did a 60% water change and he is starting to try to swim so i think he is getting better. he is resting in a pvc pipe. i have the lights off to stress him the least possible. any recommendations on what i should do further? I should have mentioned that i lowered the salinity to 1.015 to help increase oxygen levels and burst the velvets

[Sal10104]

keep getting him back up and he is starting to fight me. (I'm wearing gloves while doing this so i don't get oils on him)

[Hammerstone]

keep getting him back up and he is starting to fight me. (I'm wearing gloves while doing this so i don't get oils on him)

what do you mean?

[Travisgause]

keep getting him back up and he is starting to fight me. (I'm wearing gloves while doing this so i don't get oils on him)

I would recommend keeping your hands out of the tank. You have the lights off as not to stress him, but every time you place your hands in the tank and touch him you are adding stress.

[Tamberav]

What medication are you treating him with?

 

Hyposalinity doesn't work for velvet.

 

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-07/sp/feature/index.php

 

 

so my new Naso tang from exotic reef imports is showing velvet. Im assuming the stress that its in is that its in a 20 long QT tank. the tang is 3 inches. i did notice i had 0.50 ammonia level. I did a 60% water change and he is starting to try to swim so i think he is getting better. he is resting in a pvc pipe. i have the lights off to stress him the least possible. any recommendations on what i should do further? I should have mentioned that i lowered the salinity to 1.015 to help increase oxygen levels and burst the velvets

[Sal10104]

What medication are you treating him with?

 

Hyposalinity doesn't work for velvet.

 

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-07/sp/feature/index.php

il use cuparmine now. i always thought it did.

I would recommend keeping your hands out of the tank. You have the lights off as not to stress him, but every time you place your hands in the tank and touch him you are adding stress.

I will do that. I'm just worried about him getting upside down. I guess I'm kinda over reacting. but he is now losing the stress markings and starting to swim a little bit, he now can keep himself upright. i turned off the pumps and added an Airstone because he keeps getting sucked up against the pump

[Hammerstone]

I'm sorry but it sounds like he's dying ?

[jack1978]

il use cuparmine now. i always thought it did.I will do that. I'm just worried about him getting upside down. I guess I'm kinda over reacting. but he is now losing the stress markings and starting to swim a little bit, he now can keep himself upright. i turned off the pumps and added an Airstone because he keeps getting sucked up against the pump

You don't want to dose Cupramine in conjunction with hypo salinity. ....bring your salinity up before dosing the Cupramine.

[Sal10104]

You don't want to dose Cupramine in conjunction with hypo salinity. ....bring your salinity up before dosing the Cupramine.

alright

I'm sorry but it sounds like he's dying

not any more. i just saw him jump like 6inches out of the water. he is doing a lot better now. I'm not gonna give up on the tang.

[Tamberav]

You don't want to dose Cupramine in conjunction with hypo salinity. ....bring your salinity up before dosing the Cupramine.

 

+1 this, although 1.015 isn't the typical low of real hypo. Just bring it up a few points, raising it too fast would only cause more stress and this fish needs treatment today. Waterchange to bring it up a few points and start treatment, this is what I would do if it were my fish. Good luck.

 

Do NOT dose prime with cupramine. This is also unsafe.

 

Hyperactivity isn't a good sign either but you have the med so try your best. Good luck.

alrightnot any more. i just saw him jump like 6inches out of the water. he is doing a lot better now. I'm not gonna give up on the tang.

[Sal10104]

+1 this, although 1.015 isn't the typical low of real hypo. Just bring it up a few points, raising it too fast would only cause more stress and this fish needs treatment today. Waterchange to bring it up a few points and start treatment, this is what I would do if it were my fish. Good luck.

 

Do NOT dose prime with cupramine. This is also unsafe.

 

Hyperactivity isn't a good sign either but you have the med so try your best. Good luck.

He died. I have never had good luck fighting that parasite.

[jedimasterben]

He died. I have never had good luck fighting that parasite.

then get some chloroquine phosphate. As long as you catch it before, well, the fish dies, it will get rid of it, once and for all.

[Sal10104]

then get some chloroquine phosphate. As long as you catch it before, well, the fish dies, it will get rid of it, once and for all.

il get some. i wish i had known that 4 months ago. velvet killed well over $500 worth of fish

[Hammerstone]

Sorry about your fish ?

[Sal10104]

Sorry about your fish ?

live to Learn who not to buy from, I won't buy from Segrest or exotic reef imports any more

[Clown79]

I'm sorry about the fish loss.

 

Unfortunately we can get parasites from any fish sold in any store.

[StinkyBunny]

You could have gotten a fish with velvet from ANYONE. Tangs get ich and velvet, it's a fact of life. I bet in 35 years of keeping marine fish I could count on 2 hands the number of tangs I've gotten that never broke with ich or velvet and those were a Sohal, Purple, Scopas, Sailfin and Yellow. You need to anticipate it and deal with it quickly when it happens.

[Tamberav]

+1, a lot of the fish are wild caught, the suppliers don't have any control over the parasites in the ocean.