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I mean wouldnt the tap water- full of chlorine etc and the cold temp actually kill a bunch of the velvet on contact? The cold water should kill them too?
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The tap water is unlikely to have enough chlorine to a disinfectant at this point. If it did, we wouldn't bother with spray disinfectants!I mean wouldnt the tap water- full of chlorine etc and the cold temp actually kill a bunch of the velvet on contact? The cold water should kill them too?
If your ammonia spikes high enough to do that you would likely need to evacuate your house due to the fumes! ;DoctorIf my tank is going to cycle and
Spike ammonia at some point will that be also enough to kill the velvet on the rocks?
Velvet is a dinoflagellate. Very similar to a bacteria. What you need to think of is approaching disinfectant levels which are much higher than what a fish or coral can survive. We don't use cold water or slightly chlorinated tap water to wash our counters after handling raw meat (at least I hope we don't!). We use scalding hot water or fairly concentrated bleach or vinegar to sanitize counters after we are done. That is the type of treatment we need to use on Velvet if we don't wait and let it starve itself out.I mean I do use ammonia to cycle tanks. that stuff will kill fish and coral- also velvet?
I soaked the rocks in bleach last night... Ill let them air dry this weekend and add them to the tank.
Cold tap water, cold air temps, bleach and now getting doses of ammonia i hope does the trick. If not, this is not a parasite but a super parasite
+1 on this!Do not bake the rocks. Bleach is enough. You never know where your rocks been it contains.
Does anyone know if freezing temperature will kill velvet and/or ich? I have had some sand stored outside for a few weeks now. It has frozen a few times. The sand is damp but not wet. Also it's been rained on. I want to use it in a new tank set-up. What process can I do to be certain it's free of ich/velvet. Dry it?