How is velvet disease treated?
Raise water temperature. Dim lights for several days. Add aquarium salt. Treat with copper sulfate for ten days. Discontinue carbon filtration during treatment. What causes velvet disease in fish? In freshwater fish, Velvet is caused by either Oödinium pilularis or Oödinium limneticum. In marine fish, the species is Oödinium ocellatum and causes Coral Fish Disease….