Ick Update- need more feedback

[Shaw]

Thanks to those who tried to help me last week, Recap had ick all over my 130 G saltwater tank with corals. No hospital Tank. Lost 3 fish , powder blue, clown trigger & Gobbie. I removed corals - gave to a friend, Treated tank with 2 doses Cupermine. It is Amazing. all remaining fish look great including my Hippo ,that was the first to get the ick & had it badly all over. After 2 weeks I plan to remove Cupermine with charcoal & cupermine media remover that comes in bags, to put in my sump. How long do i have to wait to try inverts again & corals. will keep testing copper till I get Zero reading.

 

[cmcoker]

Thanks to those who tried to help me last week, Recap had ick all over my 130 G saltwater tank with corals. No hospital Tank. Lost 3 fish , powder blue, clown trigger & Gobbie. I removed corals - gave to a friend, Treated tank with 2 doses Cupermine. It is Amazing. all remaining fish look great including my Hippo ,that was the first to get the ick & had it badly all over. After 2 weeks I plan to remove Cupermine with charcoal & cupermine media remover that comes in bags, to put in my sump. How long do i have to wait to try inverts again & corals. will keep testing copper till I get Zero reading.

Personally, I would wait at least a month after the copper is at zero, just in case you end up needing to treat again...

 

[Shaw]

Someone told me , that once u put copper in tank u are finished with corals and inverts Forever !!What is opinion? thx

 

[3dees]

I was told that the sand and live rock will absorb the copper and inverts and coral will not live in the tank again. this is the reason rock and sand are not added to a qt.

 

[cmcoker]

Someone told me , that once u put copper in tank u are finished with corals and inverts Forever !!What is opinion? thx

So, I have read of treating display and striping the copper out after. It is not best practice for sure, but doable I believe. Maybe @Humblefish knows something about this..

 

[den75]

I think you may have nuked your tank as far as inverts and corals go. Rock and sand can absorb the cupramime and continually release it in small amounts for quite some time. That's why it's never recommended to treat your display even with the fish removed.

 

[cmcoker]

Knew I read it here somewhere and from someone that I respect their experiences. Check out this threadhttps://www.reef2reef.com/threads/treating-with-copper.210520/

 

[Humblefish]

Try to reintroduce corals/inverts into a DT that has been treated with copper is tricky at best. The problem is copper gets absorbed by the rock/sand, then leaches it back out, absorbs it again. Rinse & repeat. Some have had success running a poly filter for several months until they are confident the copper is all out. If you ever decide to break down the tank, it can be made coral/invert safe again by soaking all the rock in muriatic acid.

 

[Shaw]

can anyone tell me , after i put the Cupramine in take TINY white -looks like mini worms - came out of live rock, What is It?

 

[Humblefish]

can anyone tell me , after i put the Cupramine in take TINY white -looks like mini worms - came out of live rock, What is It?

Can you post a pic? Could be so many things.

 

[Sgt Jonny]

Wait, you treated your display tank with copper? I think that's a big mistake. You want to put the fish in quarantine tank. and leave the display tank fishless for 8 to 10 weeks. The Ick parasite will starve to death as they cant feed on inverts and corals. Treat the fish in the QT with the copper. Your rocks are going to leach copper for a long time and you are going to have problems. Watch this video, it may help.