Velvet information please.

[DoubleDutch]

Thums up!!! Could be a far stage of Velvet. This parasite will damage the slimecoat and skin so other infections (bacterial / fungal) can take their chance. Sorry there are hardly any reactions on PC !!
Good luck and keep us informed. Regards Aad

[Fancyfish]

An update. Planet Catfish, no one seemed interested in responding, I got one response of 'Velvet?"

I went with Heat, salt and API General Cure. 2 tanks got salt only, 2 tanks got API only, and 1 tank got some salt and API. I have a room heater for when it gets cool and it's not a very good one. I kept trying to get the room to 84-86 but with the heater the tanks were registering 96. Of course this is our hottest time this summer. But all the fish did fine. I have seen no fish losses in any tanks. One tank I saw a spot on a fish on Day 2 of the treatment the rest I didn't find any spots. Day 3 and on I could find no spots on any fish. I treated for 5 days - today I did partial water changes and again I find nothing on the fish.

So I guess I'll keep checking these tanks closely for the next couple of weeks and see what happens.

[DoubleDutch]

Think this might be the way to go. Few reactions on PC and all others point towards Velvet.
Fingers crossed it will help!

[SunnyHouTX]

Copper sulfate is also very effective against velvet and chilodonella.

Mix 12grams of pure copper sulfate (Root Kill at Home Depot, cheap) in 1gal of distilled water and mix well. Add 1ml of solution per 1gal of tank water volume and treat for 2 weeks minimum. Replenish the copper taken out during water changes. This treatment is only safe for fish in pH above 7.4 - 7.6 with hardness above 150ppm.

[DoubleDutch]

Asked on the UK-forum. No clear answer, only the advice to treat with Methylen-blue.
Hoping the PC-specialists will come up with a clear diagnose and treatment.

[DoubleDutch]

Thank you for your offer, someone got me the webmaster email and I am now registered. Apparently, Comcast doesn't like planetcatfish and doesn't accept their emails. :( but I am now registered there and will be posting soon.!

Ahhh great.

[Fancyfish]

Thank you for your offer, someone got me the webmaster email and I am now registered. Apparently, Comcast doesn't like planetcatfish and doesn't accept their emails. :( but I am now registered there and will be posting soon.!

[DoubleDutch]

Shall I try to make a thread overthere? I don't like treating without knowing what we're dealing with !

[Fancyfish]

I would dearly love to start a thread there, however, they seem to be having a problem and I can't join and I can't even tell anyone there I'm having a problem registering. :(

Someone on another site has suggested treating it like ich, massive water changes, salt and copper.

Thanks

[DoubleDutch]

Just an update. I had spread some of the plecos to other tanks before I realized it was a disease killing them off not aggression. And today I see spots on the fish in those tanks the plecs were in. :( So I'll be sterilizing 4 tanks. Man that hurts! :(

Grrrrr. I'd seriously start a thread at PC (with the pics shown overhere). If / when somebody could tell what disease it is, you can add specific treatment instead of sterilizing whole tanks aso! Regards Aad

[Fancyfish]

Just an update. I had spread some of the plecos to other tanks before I realized it was a disease killing them off not aggression. And today I see spots on the fish in those tanks the plecs were in. :( So I'll be sterilizing 4 tanks. Man that hurts! :(

[Fancyfish]

Well I registered with planetcatfish.com twice and neither account got sent the registration email. And apparently if you don't log in, you can't talk to anybody or post that you are having a problem :( So if someone is already a member could you let the moderators know about this problem?

thanks!

[Fancyfish]

Thank you for the suggestion. All the fish showing the spots are dead. The spots went away on their death. but I'm very concerned about my other tanks. I will do as you suggest.

[DoubleDutch]

Ouch that looks terrible. Doubt if it is one of both mentioned. Both disease show a sort of slime-coverage instead of these spots aso to my believe.
Think this might be a bacteria or other kind of parasite.
I'd open a thread at PC. A lot of specialist en experienced keepers of these beautiful fish are around. Regards Aad

[Fancyfish]

Thank you for your information! I think that is what they have. the one pictured above is dead today. I didn't check to see if the one not showing any symptoms is alive or dead.