marine velvet

[mousehunter22]

right im hoping some one can give me some answers,ive resently lost almost every fish in my tank because of what i beleive to be marine velvet.All of them displayed a very fine white specled coating to fine to be white spot and by the end they looked like they had swam through cotton wool and it had stuck to them.It took 2 weeks to wipe out,a powder blue,yellow tang,2 percs,2maroon clowns,a manderine,royal gramma,indian ocean goby,bi colour blenny,3blue cheek gobys. Now ive had the water tested for everything at my local shop (as it was them who sold me the powder blue which introduced it to begin with)and all results were fine.I run a UV which is the right size for the amount of water in my tank. The answers im after is the best way to combat this problem because as you all can imagine im afraid to put anything into my tank.Oh and i have a large selection of soft and hard corals so copper is out..............AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH help plz anybody

[monitors-direct]

Hiya

Firstly I am sorry to hear about your losses, i know what this feels like.

Take a look at my thread about ozone on this forum you may find an answer there.

ozone is a pet subject of mine and not just becuase i sell the units but becuase when used issues like this just dont happen.

ozone is the only way of irradicating free swimming radicals without chemicals

Here to help
Best wishes
Michael

[wayne]

I had the same problem last year, at least yours lasted 2 weeks though, i lost mine in 3 days from first show...one fish left out of 18...

I left the tank fallow i.e no introductions for a month with two big water changes in that time, shrimp and corals are no problem...the disease will die out after a few weeks because of lack of hosts, not the best news i know but it worked for me...

This info was given to me from one of our friends across the pond who was doing a study on it at the time...works for most although not everyone..hth

[monitors-direct]

here the link

http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2284

[mousehunter22]

ozone does sound the ideal solution however like most people im on a very tight budget and the ozone units are so expensive.i did try a treatment called oodinex which had worked for me in the past against white spot but it failed this time i should mention with regard to leaving the tank without fish the only survivor is my red sea cleaner wrasse,Is he likely to be harbouring the desease?

[wayne]

I had one left which was a six line wrasse, still got him to this day...the lone survivor, if it doesnt start to show after a month has passed then i would be sure it doesnt have the disease, anyway look at it as some spare time to rearrange that rockwork...thats what i did

[Pinkfish]

Wayne and mouse how big are yours tanks just out of curiosity?

[Tom2006]

mousehunter. I hear where you are coming from but you have lost A LOT of fish and I really feel for you. BUT, if you think what you have lost then ozone would be cheaper than replacing all of your fish any of which could again introduce velvet. I have heard of a lot of velvet wipe outs recently and for that reason I am going to set up a QT quick smart. That is probably your best bet if you can't afford ozone. I personally would not risk ozone as it can be very dangerous if it leaks etc, must be used very carefully.

[wayne]

Pinkfish, 5x2x2 mate

Wayne

[mousehunter22]

pink mines a trigon 350 corner tank (aka 350 ltrs) small by most peoples standards

[monitors-direct]

Tom,

have a read of my thread on ozone.

You are right to an extent about ozone but you do have to be rather silly with it to cause any form of concern.

Without sounding like self promotion - This is where our units have hit the shelf running as they are so highly controllable.

ozone in the air at certain levels can be dangerous, but the amount that we need to dose into our tanks should be far below this level.

Have a look at this thread about ozone therapy centers, this may put your mind at rest

http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Antioxidant/lester49.htm

http://www.ozonegenerator.co.uk/ozonetherapy.html

This is just a tiny snap shot of the info on benefits of ozone

Regards
Michael

[moorish]

ozone would be the best method, rather than adding any chemicals.i use it on my system for over 2yrs without any problems.derek