| as your once brilliantly colored, wide eyed finned | | | | which, in the case of an aquarium, will be all the rest |
| friend started looking and acting differently recently? | | | | of your fish. |
| Is his once gorgeous body now dull and covered with | | | | If you do not act fast after discovering this disease |
| a strange, rusty colored film? Was he once very | | | | your will likely have an entire outbreak in your tank |
| active and now sits lethargically near the bottom of | | | | and face the possibility of having to completely start |
| the tank? If so, your little finned friend may be | | | | over and any aquarium enthusiast knows just how |
| suffering from one of the most common fresh | | | | devastating that would be. |
| water fish diseased known as velvet. | | | | Signs that your Fish is Infected with Velvet |
| Velvet is a serious disease and can cause a swift | | | | There are a number of indicators that your fish is |
| death to your fish. It is also referred to as rust, gold | | | | suffering from this disease. As an aquarium owner, it |
| dust disease and Oodinium. It is caused by a tiny | | | | is incredibly important that you routinely check every |
| parasite called Oodinium. Oodinium is a dinoflagellate | | | | single one of your fish for signs of the common |
| and is incredibly prolific. Once the velvet appears on | | | | fresh water aquarium diseases such as velvet. |
| your fish, you should be more concerned about the | | | | You should also have an isolation tank that is already |
| safety of the rest of the fish in your tank than the | | | | set up and flowing so that you can immediately |
| survival of the one fish that seems to currently be | | | | remove the infected fish from the rest and continue |
| infected by it. | | | | to treat both the infected fish and the original tanks |
| It is vital that you instantly remove the infected fish | | | | as well. |
| from the tank as the Oodinium has a life cycle in | | | | Signs of velvet include:o Scratching against objects in |
| which it feeds on a fish until it is ready to drop. After | | | | the tanko Lethargyo Loss of appetiteo Fins clampedo |
| it drops, it divides into dozens of cells which will then | | | | Rusty colored filmo Peeling |
| disperse throughout all the ornamentation in your | | | | For more information on velvet fish disease, visit the |
| tank. Once it does this, it will look for new pray | | | | website of your Austin Vet Clinic today. |