Dosing Copper?

[Diazreeflife]

I'm currently in quarantine process for a new fish male blue throat trigger. I'm dosing prazipro just to be safe. I was told to also dose copper which I have cupramine, I haven't dosed this yet. I wanted to hear ur thoughts on dosing copper for no apparent illness and just because it's a new fish? Also if u do dose cupramine during Quarantining of a new fish what's ur regimen?

David

 

[Marshall O]

I do not prophylactically treat with Cupramine (or anything else, besides Prazi-pro). I just keep the new fish in QT for 6-8 weeks. I do two rounds of Prazi-pro usually 2 weeks after the fish has been in QT (make sure they are eating well before, as people have noticed Prazi can reduce a fishes appetite; not IME, but worth noting). Otherwise, I just monitor for other diseases daily and only treat when necessary.

 

[Diazreeflife]

I do not prophylactically treat with Cupramine (or anything else, besides Prazi-pro). I just keep the new fish in QT for 6-8 weeks. I do two rounds of Prazi-pro usually 2 weeks after the fish has been in QT (make sure they are eating well before, as people have noticed Prazi can reduce a fishes appetite; not IME, but worth noting). Otherwise, I just monitor for other diseases daily and only treat when necessary.

What do u do if ur ammonia goes up a little?

 

[Marshall O]

What do u do if ur ammonia goes up a little?

I have never had this happen honestly. I mostly use a 46 gal tank that has live rock & sand for my QT, and then either a barebottom 10 gal or 55 gal (depending on the size of the fish) for when I need to treat for Ich or anything else (besides flukes). I keep a sponge filter in my DT at all times and then move this over to the HT a couple days before I plan to add a fish to the tank. I also dose bacteria (can't remember which brand, but you can't find it at Petco or any LFS) per the instructions to help seed the tank further. Doing this, and using a Seachem Ammonia Alert badge, I have never seen ammonia rise over .02.