General copper treatment question

[dealseer]

I’ve just acquired a borbonius, so the stakes are high.

Trying to decide on a course of treatment. My question: while ramping up copper, if copper is done correctly and if the fish keeps eating, what is the mortality rate caused by copper treatment? I.e. is the fish more likely to die in the coming months from latent organ failure attributable to copper treatment.

 

[Humblefish]

It's been many years since I've read the study, but the test subjects had been exposed to extremely high copper levels for several months.

Just take it slow, raise the Cu very slowly over a week's time and you should be fine. After the fish has been in therapeutic copper (very important) for 2 weeks, transfer him into a non-medicated QT (at least 10 feet away) if you wanna be extra cautious. This will limit the exposure time he is in copper.

 

[4FordFamily]

It's been many years since I've read the study, but the test subjects had been exposed to extremely high copper levels for several months.

Just take it slow, raise the Cu very slowly over a week's time and you should be fine. After the fish has been in therapeutic copper (very important) for 2 weeks, transfer him into a non-medicated QT (at least 10 feet away) if you wanna be extra cautious. This will limit the exposure time he is in copper.

Agree. Important to note, two weeks is not enough time if you do not transfer to a fully sterile quarantine 10 feet away. If the fish will remain in the same tank after the two weeks, 30 days in fully therapeutic copper is necessary.