Marine Velvet vs Ich: Similarities, Differences, Causes & Treatment

Marine Velvet Disease and Ich are some of the most common diseases that affect aquarium fish. Scroll through any online aquarium forum and you'll find tons of users posting pictures of their affected fish, often asking whether or not what they are witnessing is Ich or Marine Velvet.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://light.fish/blog/marine-velvet-vs-ich
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Hello, congratulations on the well-explained topic. I would like to hear your comments on whether a UV Sterilizer can prevent or reduce Velvet, as I understand it can with Ich.