Copperband In QT

[Harris3005]

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice on a copperband I currently have in QT.

I bought it on the 11th of September and 18 days into its QT I noticed a few white spots on its tail. I started copper treatment on the 27th of September. I used cupramine and followed the instructions so the therapeutic level was not reached until the the 29th of September.

It has been at 0.5 mg/l for 11 days now and i test daily with a salifert copper test kit but the spots on its tail look exactly the same, the pic below shows them quite well.

The fish looks really healthy and is eating Mysis RS Liquid Feed, Frozen Brine Shrimp with Garlic and frozen Copepods. It will eat as much as I give it and I'm feeding 3 times a day.

Just worried that I'm coming to the end of the two weeks of cupramine but don't seem to see any sign of the spots on its tail disappearing?

This is the first time I've QT'd a fish after learning the hard way!

 

[HotRocks]

Could possibly just be lymphocytes.

 

[Big G]

+1 on this ^^^ Just remember brine shrimp has very little nutritional value. Some live black or white worms, or frozen then thawed clams, etc. to give the CBB some real protein, etc. would be a great addition to help relieve the lympho condition.

 

[Harris3005]

Thanks to you both. So what's the best way to treat it? Should I let the copper run it's full course before doing anything else?

 

[miyags]

I'd finish the cooper treatment.When I treat fish I also treat for flukes with prazipro. My CB loves raw shrimp cut up in little pieces.

 

[Harris3005]

I'd finish the cooper treatment.When I treat fish I also treat for flukes with prazipro. My CB loves raw shrimp cut up in little pieces.

I'll try some raw shrimp, thanks! I wasn't too worried about it's eating, I had hoped the mysis and copepods would make up for the brine shrimps lack of good stuff. I forgot to mention it loves masstick too so I though it would be getting enough nutrition.

 

[HotRocks]

Finish copper. This is common with butterfly and angel fish. Add selcon or vitachem to your frozen foods and try to keep pristine water. This is a virus and will go away on its own.

 

[Harris3005]

Finish copper. This is common with butterfly and angel fish. Add selcon or vitachem to your frozen foods and try to keep pristine water. This is a virus and will go away on its own.

Ok Thanks very much for all your help, I've just ordered some Vitachem along with some live foods.

 

[Big G]

Angel Lixir is a real good vitamin for angels.

 

[Harris3005]

So the vitachem arrived and I'm wondering if I can use it to make up some masstick? I'm thinking instead of water I'll use the vita chem to moisten the masstick? Anyone ever done this?