Velvet Disease - Fish disease caused by the protozoan parasite (Piscinoodinium). Also called Gold Dust. The main symptom of infection is dusty or velvety patches on the skin ranging in color from grey to a rusty yellowish-red.
Oodinium or Velvet disease - Oodinium is a parasitic disease. Infestation causes a velvety texture all over the fish, or just in small patches.
Oodinium: See Velvet Disease.
Operculum: A hard, bony plate which covers the gills.
Optimal Foraging Theory: A theory designed to predict the foraging behavior that maximizes food intake per unit time.
Body slime, clouded eyes, fin and tail rot, shimmies, are all visible external signs, as are spots, blisters or cysts of any type or colour, which can include white spot and a yellow looking spot that could be Velvet disease, ...
What it is: it is called coral fish disease, white spot disease, velvet disease or saltwater ick. It is is caused by an organism called amyloodinium ocellatum. Treatment: Treatment should begin with a freshwater bath for the infected fish.
sera Oodinopur A reliably combats fresh and salt water Oodinium (velvet disease). It contains copper and must therefore not be used in saltwater aquariums with invertebrates. We recommend treating the fish in a quarantine aquarium.
oodinium - Known as velvet disease, similar to ich but more deadly.
pectoral fins - The anterior or dorsalmost paired fins of fishes. They correspond to the anterior limbs of the higher vertebrates.
Diet/Food & Feeding Habits
This fish is somewhat susceptible to velvet disease and Ich. This fish is sensitive to water conditions. Does not usually live more than five years. Requires frequent partial water changes.
Species is reported to be particularly e to Marine Velvet disease when not in optimum health. A fish best left to the dedicated and experienced aquarist, with the time and the funds to care for this species diligently.
Velvet attacks all fish and will even affect fry that are only a few days old. Anabantoids, Danios, Goldfish, Zebras, and Killifish are particularly susceptible to velvet disease.
Treatment:
Raise water temperature ...
Their ease of keeping and breeding, beauty, price and broad availability may all contribute to their popularity. However, they are susceptible to Oodinium, or Velvet disease, Microsporidia (Pseudoloma neurophilia),and mycobacterium species.
The key is very small but very frequent water changes.
Nothobranchius are especially prone to getting Velvet disease. This can be controlled by keeping the water clean and adding 1 teaspoon of rock salt per gallon to their water.
With constant water changes, fry growth is uneven, reaching adulthood at 5 months of age. They are not prone to velvet disease.
R: Under unsatisfactory conditions, this fish may be colorless besides being susceptible to velvet disease.
DC: 5. This species requires frequent partial water changes, and tends to susceptible to disease.
 See also: Velvet, Fish, Water, Aquarium, Temperature
  
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