Cupramine and Prazipro

[HLand]

My fish just completed a 30 day long treatment of Cupramine at 0.5ppm last week. I have added Cuprisorb and Carbon in the tank to try to absorb as much copper as possible. I have also been doing more frequent water changes. The quarantine tank is 150 gallons so I am not able to do an extremely large water change all at once. I usually do about 25 gallons at a time. Currently the Cupramine is at 0.16ppm after a week. I was just wondering when I could add my Prazipro treatment? Should I wait until the copper is lower or would it be fine to start Prazipro now?

 

[besskurz]

This post may answer all your questions.

Combination of cupramine and prazi in QT?

I've read humblefish's excellent post on how to quarantine and consider it my base resource for QT questions. However, I see so many reports that prazi and cupramine work together without issue (although there do seem to be scattered reports of problems). It seems like if you can combine them...

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Why don't you put this fish in a bucket for some days? He should be fine and it would be way less water to manage.

 

[HLand]

This post may answer all your questions.

Combination of cupramine and prazi in QT?

I've read humblefish's excellent post on how to quarantine and consider it my base resource for QT questions. However, I see so many reports that prazi and cupramine work together without issue (although there do seem to be scattered reports of problems). It seems like if you can combine them...

www.reef2reef.com

Why don't you put this fish in a bucket for some days? He should be fine and it would be way less water to manage.

There's multiple fish that I quarantined at the same time so I didn't want to have all those separate tanks.

 

[MnFish1]

There's multiple fish that I quarantined at the same time so I didn't want to have all those separate tanks.

Also remember that the copper levels in your tank are far below the 'theraputic' - thus any risks should be lessened. Most of the time, though, it's recommended not to mix medications.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

My fish just completed a 30 day long treatment of Cupramine at 0.5ppm last week. I have added Cuprisorb and Carbon in the tank to try to absorb as much copper as possible. I have also been doing more frequent water changes. The quarantine tank is 150 gallons so I am not able to do an extremely large water change all at once. I usually do about 25 gallons at a time. Currently the Cupramine is at 0.16ppm after a week. I was just wondering when I could add my Prazipro treatment? Should I wait until the copper is lower or would it be fine to start Prazipro now?

That's low enough to run Prazipro. You do need to dose Prazipro properly - have good aeration, no carbon or UV, run the skimmer, but don't collect the skimmate and then redose it about 8 days later.

Jay