Bad for prolonged use of copper?

[Jgro1413]

Is it bad to have a fish in copper for more than a month and half to two months? Originally the tank had issues with the Copper level swinging because of the rock / sand in there but it kept dropping below the therapeutic range , hence my fish has been in QT for a while now. Is this bad for my fish ? I know its not good but I just recently got a hanna copper tester so I can monitor it more accurately now and finally keep it at 0.5 without the swings.

 

[Jgro1413]

Anyone think I should just remove the copper ASAP, and let my fish fight it off naturally ?

 

[4FordFamily]

Copper in DT is fret with these problems. Prolonged exposure is not good but now that they’ve had exposure and their immune system is weakened, fighting it off is even less advisable. In truth, the vast majority of fish cannot fight off virulent parasites like velvet anyway.

I’d carry the course properly in a QT so as not to have the same thing happen again. We recently had velvet survive 1.75PPM copper so I’d shoot for 2.0 with Hanna checker.

 

[Jgro1413]

Copper in DT is fret with these problems. Prolonged exposure is not good but now that they’ve had exposure and their immune system is weakened, fighting it off is even less advisable. In truth, the vast majority of fish cannot fight off virulent parasites like velvet anyway.

I’d carry the course properly in a QT so as not to have the same thing happen again. We recently had velvet survive 1.75PPM copper so I’d shoot for 2.0 with Hanna checker.

Thanks I appreciate the advice, And I'm using ionic copper not cheated. I feel bad for the fish but at this point ill just carry out the treatment for 2 weeks and then get it out of the water.

 

[4FordFamily]

Thanks I appreciate the advice, And I'm using ionic copper not cheated. I feel bad for the fish but at this point ill just carry out the treatment for 2 weeks and then get it out of the water.

They need 30 days in fully therapeutic levels. For Ionic copper, that's .5 - .55. If you aren't using a Hanna Checker, shoot for .6.

2 weeks is only sufficient if you transfer the fish to a completely new sterile quarantine sharing no equipment with the first.

You are quite welcome. When you remove copper, here's a thread I made on the subject!

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-remove-copper-from-dt.326316/

 

[Jgro1413]

They need 30 days in fully therapeutic levels. For Ionic copper, that's .5 - .55. If you aren't using a Hanna Checker, shoot for .6.

2 weeks is only sufficient if you transfer the fish to a completely new sterile quarantine sharing no equipment with the first.

You are quite welcome. When you remove copper, here's a thread I made on the subject!
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-remove-copper-from-dt.326316/

Oh wow okay I didn't know that, is another month of copper going to be dangerous for the fish? That's going to put them around 2 months of exposure time. Sorry for all the questions, I appreciate your help though.

 

[4FordFamily]

Oh wow okay I didn't know that, is another month of copper going to be dangerous for the fish? That's going to put them around 2 months of exposure time. Sorry for all the questions, I appreciate your help though.

I mean it’s not ideal but nor is using copper in a DT (as the result you’re dealing with now is about standard for the reasons you’ve discovered).

But again it’s the lesser of two evils. Remove it now and the parasites are likely to come roaring back big time with the fish in a weakened immune state.