Has anyone used Kordon Acriflavine for oodium/velvet successfully?

[sugartooth]

I can't determine if there may be ich or velvet or brook on these baby clowns. It's very hard to tell because:

- the clowns are so small, about 1 to 1 1/2 inch total length
- the color of the clowns makes it hard to see if there is discoloration, or white stripe color developing.


Whitish dots have appeared and gone now a couple of times. They are currently in hypo and I have been giving formalin baths every other day to treat for brook.

If it's velvet, can I treat with acriflavine? I'm hesitant to use copper because these are very young fish.

I honestly can't tell what's going on with them. Out of 5, 1 had very labored breathing for days before it died. It survived 2 formalin baths before succumbing. This one also lost his appetite almost 5 days before death.

The remaining 4 are eating and active. I have also been gut loading bbs with selcon and beta glucan. I am also adding beta glucan to their tank water. This is in addition to Rod's food.

Today I saw some small specks on one baby, near it's head. These dots I see are so small and kind of faded or hazy. If it was ich, would it be much larger in relation to the baby?

At what point do I say that hypo is not working, therefore it must be velvet? I want to catch this while they are still strong enough to deal with treatment.

I've also been doing daily 25% water changes. They are in a bare bottom nursery tank.

Thanks very much in advance for help. Also, Happy New Year to all.

[sugartooth]

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[tmz]

If it were me, I'd go to copper sulfate

[Puffer Queen]

Acriflavine is not effective against velvet.

Copper is the treatment for velvet. SeaChem cupramine is a safe copper for even the most sensitive fishes. Make sure to have the appropriate test kit for this type of copper.

[LisaD]

I agree, acriflavine is not effective. I don't use copper, as I have many fish that I fear would be quite copper sensitive. I have had reasonable success with quinine sulfate, and also with chloroquine phosphate. You need to catch it early though. With more advanced cases, I have treated a tank with quinine, but taken the fish out daily for 1-hour formalin dips, and had good success. You can get quinine sulfate from National Fish Pharmaceuticals, http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/about_us.html.