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If a marine fish got some sort of white slime/patches covering parts of the body and some red patches, is that a symptom of Marine velvet?

If so what are the best treats?

I've never dealt with marine velvet, but I hope that this link will get you started on which direction you need to go with your fish:

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Good Luck, Week End..

Thanks for the link!

well they are not my fish but I just been asked for suggestions/help which I am not 100% sure of what it is..

Here is some information. Hope it helps.

http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/disease/p/velvet.htm

Dan

thanks again for the info, I have a chance to check his water today, zero ammonia but a reading of 0.9mg/l of nitrite and more than 40ppm of nitrate (didn't have enough time to get the exact figure).

The instruction on my test kid (Sera) saids that 0.9 of nitrite is within tolerable level and no need for special actions. But will this slight nitrite actually affect the fish to cause such symptom of fish body turning pale and sort of like in patches? Perhaps an environmental cause instead of a disease cause?

I have asked him to do a 30% water change and double dosage of New Improved Cycle

If your tank is still in it's cycle, this will effect teh fish. The water is changing very fast, and fish don't like that. Watch your nitrites, the fish may get better after the water stabalizes.



Dan