lagatbezan
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what's the lowest salinity you can while treating with copper power?
Copper and salinity
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Dr. Reef
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I try not to mix 2 different methods to treat a symptom but if you wanna try it you can go hypo and copper which is 1.009
But I again warn against as both methods bring a lot of stress to fish and I would rather stick to 1.
If your fish are being shipped at lower salinity which most shipper are around 1.018ish you can keep it the same and treat with copper.
But I again warn against as both methods bring a lot of stress to fish and I would rather stick to 1.
If your fish are being shipped at lower salinity which most shipper are around 1.018ish you can keep it the same and treat with copper.
^^ I concur only use one method for treatment.
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lagatbezan
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Thanks for the replies. I'm not trying to run Copper with hypo. Just looking for min safe salinity so to make water changes a little more efficient during treatment with copper. Would 1.015-1.018 range be okay?
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Dr. Reef
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Hypo is 1.009
You are not doing anything to rid parasites at 1.018 or up. That's not hypo. Its simply low salinity which has no effect on parasites like ich.
You are not doing anything to rid parasites at 1.018 or up. That's not hypo. Its simply low salinity which has no effect on parasites like ich.
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lagatbezan
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Sorry was a typo meant to say not trying to run hypo with copper.
Dr. Reef
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No problem on typo.
If your qt is at 1.015- 1.018, there is no harm in running copper at those levels. But do keep pH in check. Lower salinity will drop pH.
If your qt is at 1.015- 1.018, there is no harm in running copper at those levels. But do keep pH in check. Lower salinity will drop pH.
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lagatbezan
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Great, thank you! I really appreciate it.
