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Jaws	05-09-2014 03:03 PM

Velvet or stress from a new tank?

I picked up this fish from an established tank in Vancouver. Looked fine when I got him but a couple weeks later he's started to develop white blotches. Because it was an established tank I wasn't concerned about velvet or anything but maybe I should have been. Can anyone tell me if this is normal for an emperor under stress of a new tank or if I'm looking at velvet here? http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/09/ygy3ajuz.jpg

George

05-09-2014 05:15 PM

Those are stress marks.

albert_dao

05-09-2014 09:52 PM

Yup, stress. Super common on Emperors for some reason.

Jaws	05-09-2014 10:35 PM

100% sure or is there any chance it could be the early signs of velvet?

albert_dao

05-10-2014 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaws (Post 896332)

100% sure or is there any chance it could be the early signs of velvet?

There's nothing I'd call an early sign of velvet. You either have it or you don't. It gives little warning and hits hard really fast.

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