Help!!!!

[soggywaffles]

I need some help! I have a fowlr 125 DT tank that is now infected with Ich and I think velvet... I have the below fish in it... how do I get this to go away? I am treating with coppersafe right now but I’m hearing that it will always be in the water... there is no way I can squeeze all my fish in a QT and have the 125 go fallow for 90 days as they are nice size fish.. has anybody else had this happen??

1 kole tang
1 blue hippo
1 powder blue
1 niger trigger
1 fox face
1 6 line
1 pink chromis
1 wardley wrasse
1 red wrasse
1 black clown.

 

[Jedi Knghit]

I haven't put copper in a DT, but there is a thread where someone did it and documented their experience.

Dosing copper to your DT...the documented journey.

In the short time I've been in this hobby, there have been three categories for copper dosing as it relates to the DT. Yes, copper will kill corals and inverts, that is not debatable. Make no mistake. I do not intend to bash anyone who falls into any of the categories. My goal is to try to...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[soggywaffles]

Thanks. I’ll have to see if I can find it

 

[Thespammailaccount]

I haven't put copper in a DT, but there is a thread where someone did it and documented their experience.

Dosing copper to your DT...the documented journey.

In the short time I've been in this hobby, there have been three categories for copper dosing as it relates to the DT. Yes, copper will kill corals and inverts, that is not debatable. Make no mistake. I do not intend to bash anyone who falls into any of the categories. My goal is to try to...

www.reef2reef.com

It not only will kill inverts and corals but will get absorbed into the rock and make the rock useless and will continue to kill corals thus useless

 

[soggywaffles]

Yeah I only have sand and rock in there right now. But I did read that since it’s chelated copper I can get it out by running carbon and something else ( I forgot the name of it) for like 30 days after. But worst case scenario I’ll just get new rock . Or use the rock I have in another DT tank and toss out the other .

 

[ichthyogeek]

Y'know....a lot of the agriculture stores like Tractor Supply Co sell large "watering tubs" for horses and such. You could easily buy some that are 6' wide and fill appropriately for usage as a quarantine tank.