Treat velvet?

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butterfly01
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Treat velvet?

Post by butterfly01 » Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:30 pm

A friend has two clown loaches with velvet and asked what to do for them . I don't have any idea how to advise her to treat this. Advice please.
carol

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Re: Treat velvet?

Post by loachlover77 » Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:20 pm

For velvet with clown loaches: you can treat with ich medicine, but figure out the full dose for the tank and half it. You have to half dose the medicine because the malachite green and formalin will burn them at the full dose. Plus the full dose will kill clown loaches. They are sensitive to medicications, that is why you have to half dose medicine when treating them. Go for as long as the label says on the bottle. After treatment, do a 50% water change. While treating, make sure to take out the carbon, because the carbon will make the medicine useless. I am not sure if raising the temp will help or not with treating velvet. I know it does help in treating ich. As it speeds up the life cycle of the ich.

butterfly01
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Re: Treat velvet?

Post by butterfly01 » Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:00 am

Thanks for your reply :)
Carol

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Re: Treat velvet?

Post by loachlover77 » Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:17 pm

You're welcome and I hope that your clowns get better.

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