Copper levels

sean rand · Feb 1, 2019

Hi, I am using cupermine as my choice of treatment. I was wondering what a therapeutic level for copper is. My QT tank is showing 05-.06 and I have a angel in there. I was wondering if that's a good level or should I raise it. I looked on all other threads and I cannot find this info.

ngoodermuth · Feb 1, 2019

.5 is therapeutic for cupramine. It’s pretty important you don’t let it go higher than it is now for your fish’s sake, but you also do not want it to drop below .4 and restart the treatment clock.

Crabs McJones · Feb 1, 2019

Therapeutic level for Cupermine is .5ppm best checked with a Seachem or Salifert test kit

sean rand · Feb 1, 2019

Thanks guys for the quick response

sean rand · Feb 1, 2019

I forgot to mention that I have some live rock (not alot) in there. Would that affect the testing at ll?

Crabs McJones · Feb 1, 2019

sean rand said:
I forgot to mention that I have some live rock (not alot) in there. Would that affect the testing at ll?

Yes. I would remove the live rock. Rock is porus and can absorb copper potentially dropping your levels out of therapeutic range.

NoobReeefer · Feb 1, 2019

sean rand said:
I forgot to mention that I have some live rock (not alot) in there. Would that affect the testing at ll?

the rock could absorb some of the copper. its best to have no rock, no sand, no carbon, no polly filter or anything else that can absorb copper

Brew12 · Feb 1, 2019

Crabs Mcjones said:
Therapeutic level for Cupermine is .5ppm best checked with a Seachem or Salifert test kit

Those will work. I highly recommend anyone treating with copper to invest in a Hanna copper checker with plenty of refills. Your fish will appreciate it!

sean rand · Feb 1, 2019

Brew12 said:
Those will work. I highly recommend anyone treating with copper to invest in a Hanna copper checker with plenty of refills. Your fish will appreciate it!

Is this the hanna tester your referring to?

Brew12 · Feb 1, 2019

sean rand said:
Is this the hanna tester your referring to?

Yup, that is the one.

Crabs McJones · Feb 1, 2019

sean rand said:
Is this the hanna tester your referring to?

Correct

NoobReeefer · Feb 1, 2019

i highly recommend the hanna checkers, i use to use cupramine and regular test kits and always felt like i was guessing and then add the tight window of therapeutic levels of cupramine on top of that and i was basically just hoping for the best and keeping the levels a little high just to make sure. Once i got the hanna checker and switched to copper power i feel a lot more confident in what im doing