falconut
Active Member
A while back, I had to remove all my fish & treat with Cupramine & let my tank go fallow for 76 days. I used to just qt new fish, but not treat unless I saw something during this time. Unfortunated, since I wasn' treating, parasites must have gotten into the system. I'm going to avoid that again at all costs.
Now every new fish has been getting treated with Cupramine & prazipro. It's been working fine, exept for large angels.
Try 1: I purchased a majestic angel from a LFS that qt & treated with copersafe for a month. He wasn't eating at the store but was assured by them that he was. Long story short, never ate & he flesh started peeling off, antibitics were used by died within 10 days.
Try 2: Another majestic purchased online. Placed in qt, ate day 1, never with gusto, but was eating. After about week, started Cupramine. Raising slowly (about 5 days to 0.4). Still eating the same. 5 days later just stopped eating and next day was on his side. I removed to a tank without copper, but next day was dead. Butterfly & anthias in treated tank were & still are fine.
I use the seachem ammonia alert & a cycled tank for my treatments, so no levels are jumping. I test cu with the seachem kit.
I treated my established flame angel in my original treatment of all fish & he did fine. Was I just unlucky that the 2nd was just possibly doomed? I'd like to get a juvenile empire this time, but don't want to kill another.
Now every new fish has been getting treated with Cupramine & prazipro. It's been working fine, exept for large angels.
Try 1: I purchased a majestic angel from a LFS that qt & treated with copersafe for a month. He wasn't eating at the store but was assured by them that he was. Long story short, never ate & he flesh started peeling off, antibitics were used by died within 10 days.
Try 2: Another majestic purchased online. Placed in qt, ate day 1, never with gusto, but was eating. After about week, started Cupramine. Raising slowly (about 5 days to 0.4). Still eating the same. 5 days later just stopped eating and next day was on his side. I removed to a tank without copper, but next day was dead. Butterfly & anthias in treated tank were & still are fine.
I use the seachem ammonia alert & a cycled tank for my treatments, so no levels are jumping. I test cu with the seachem kit.
I treated my established flame angel in my original treatment of all fish & he did fine. Was I just unlucky that the 2nd was just possibly doomed? I'd like to get a juvenile empire this time, but don't want to kill another.
