beglely
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Well the flashing of my platy's continued and now i am positive its velvet since there is a gold dusting clearly visible on 2 of the 3 fish. Im starting to treat it by raising the temperature of the tank (should I combine this with a ich-medicine that also treats other parasites?). But I was curious as to how this happened? I understand that these bacteria always exist in the tank regardless but usually only affect fish when they are stressed or poor water quality? My ammonia and nitrite are 0 and nitrate is 10ppm so my water is good and my other fish dont seem to be showing any signs of the disease either and all fish are behaving normal (no sporadic behavior, normal (almost ridiculous) appetite). Just wondering what could have caused this to happen in the tank (fish are about a week old)