Prime and Copper

[sscg]

Hello, yesterday I used prime on my qt after using bottle bacteria. Today I got some fish from liveaquaria and they have ich. How long should I wait before starting copper treatment another 24 hours? I'm going to use copper powder.

by the way today the ammonia badges are yellow, I used half bottle of biospira and I plan to add a little bit more everyday.

 

[lagatbezan]

My guess would be about 48 hours. you can also do a water change and that will help with the ammonia as well.
I usually take a small sponge and put it into a plastic cup and pour some biospira on it and let it sit for about 12-24 hours and then place it into the power filter. This will help the bacteria establish better into the filter and be more effective.

 

[Big G]

I soak the foam pad from my HOB overnight and add a mesh bag with BioMax to the filter, that have both either been soaked in BioSpira, Seachem Stability . . . or that have been soaking for 30 days or so in my DT sump. And I add a foam bubble filter with the foam treated the same as the HOB foam, ceramic media. Never have ammonia problems when doing these steps in my QT.

 

[sscg]

another question. I have 2 clowns and 2 angels. Angels have ich and clowns brook. Can I dose metroplex and copper powder at the same time?

 

[ReefHog]

I soak the foam pad from my HOB overnight and add a mesh bag with BioMax to the filter, that have both either been soaked in BioSpira, Seachem Stability . . . or that have been soaking for 30 days or so in my DT sump. And I add a foam bubble filter with the foam treated the same as the HOB foam, ceramic media. Never have ammonia problems when doing these steps in my QT.

do you mix bio Spira with tank water to completely cover sponge? I would think it would take a lot of bio Spira to cover both sponges on its own.

 

[Big G]

do you mix bio Spira with tank water to completely cover sponge? I would think it would take a lot of bio Spira to cover both sponges on its own.

I pour the BioSpira into a bowl. Soak both the HOB sponge and the bubble filter sponge for 24 hours min. When done, pour the remaining liquid BioSpira into the tank.

 

[ReefHog]

I pour the BioSpira into a bowl. Soak both the HOB sponge and the bubble filter sponge for 24 hours min. When done, pour the remaining liquid BioSpira into the tank.

thank you for the clarification.