Coppersafe and Prazipro

Magic031707 · Feb 5, 2024

Hello,

I just got done with 30 days of coppersafe @2.5 and did a 95% water change and added curpisorb on day 32. Day 33, copper reading was .32ppm and I did another 5% water change. Day 34, test was .24ppm. It is okay to dose prazipro or copper has to be 0ppm? If it needs to be 0ppm, do I continue with water changes or add more curpisorb?

Thanks,

MnFish1 · Feb 5, 2024

Magic031707 said:
Hello,

I just got done with 30 days of coppersafe @2.5 and did a 95% water change and added curpisorb on day 32. Day 33, copper reading was .32ppm and I did another 5% water change. Day 34, test was .24ppm. It is okay to dose prazipro or copper has to be 0ppm? If it needs to be 0ppm, do I continue with water changes or add more curpisorb?

Thanks,

It's ok to dose. A water change would be best (a bigger water change) - But congrats for getting through the 30 days

vetteguy53081 · Feb 5, 2024

Magic031707 said:
Hello,

I just got done with 30 days of coppersafe @2.5 and did a 95% water change and added curpisorb on day 32. Day 33, copper reading was .32ppm and I did another 5% water change. Day 34, test was .24ppm. It is okay to dose prazipro or copper has to be 0ppm? If it needs to be 0ppm, do I continue with water changes or add more curpisorb?

Thanks,

You can proceed and to be safe ,dose at 85% of recommended and apply initial dosage known as an interval for 8 days, do a water change and do one more 8 day dose interval
Use airstone with prazi as it does reduce both oxygen and appetite. If running a skimmer, leave cup off first 24 hrs as skimmer will go nuts from the glycol solution in Prazi

Jay Hemdal · Feb 6, 2024

Just to clarify - the 85% of the full dose is if you don't know how much water your tank actually holds in "net gallons". A 100 gallon tank actually holds only about 85 gallons when you subtract displacement fromt the rocks, etc. If you know the net volume, just dose exactly for that.

Jay