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Created new disease profile for review.

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Not enough information, in my opinion, particularly in the treatment section. Specific ingredients (such as copper and malachite green) used for treating Velvet should be listed, because not all countries carry the same brands of medications.

It should also be mentioned that while most Ich/Velvet medications are harmful to plants and inverts, there are some that are safe (IchAttack by Kordon comes to mind). Dosage for scaleless and fragile fish is generally considered to be half the dosage for regular fish (most fish store employees are unlikely to know that).

And speaking of those medications, it should be noted in the profile that Velvet is a protozoan infection very similar to Ich, so the treatment for Velvet is pretty much identical to that of Ich.

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Agreed, not enough info. Another thing which could be added is a distinction between the freshwater and marine versions of velvet, as well as information on the life cycle of the parasite.

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