Would you do a water change of about 25% and gradually add the salt in by doing water changes daily to help treat velvet or add it straight to your tank? Also, I have a pleco so half doses of the intended amount right?
How to salt treatment for velvet
- Thread starter Brooke Owens
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Haven't treated for velvet before but when I treated for ick I premixed the salt in a 5 gallon bucket of tank water. I initially dosed at a ratio of 1 teaspoon salt per gallon, waited about 8 hours then dosed again to bring the ratio up to 2 teaspoons of salt per gallon. Did a water change about every 3 days replacing the amount of salt for only the replacement water. Continued this course of treatment for about 10 days with good success. Again, this was to treat ick. I've never had to treat for velvet so not sure if the treatment would be the same.
I would repost this in the disease section as you obviously have a fish you believe to be infected with velvet. I've never treated for velvet before, and wish I could provide more useful information.