Prophylactic Treatment: CP vs. Copper

[sundog101]

What's your vote for a prophylactic ich/velvet treatment?

 

[HotRocks]

What's your vote for a prophylactic ich/velvet treatment?

CP is the best for most species. Much harder to get as it requires a script from a vet. So it makes it difficult to obtain, and some Wrasse, anthias, blue hippos etc don't do well in it...

So copper is more readily available and seems to be used more.

I would recommend chelated copper (copper power).

 

[Tft12]

I will always prefer copper for ich and velvet because I can measure it to make sure that I'm in the therapeutic range.

 

[blkhwkz]

CP is so much easier than copper, though with the Hanna checker copper is definitely a lot easier than before. Any fish that can go through CP does, the rest get copper power.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Cp for me, no question about it.

 

[Huff747]

Copper appears to be my only option. I called some vets local to me, including the vet we take our 3 dogs to, and nobody was even willing to listen much. Once I said fish, they said they don't deal with fish. Maybe the next time I take one of the dogs in I'll ask the actual vet since I was talking to receptionists over the phone.

 

[HotRocks]

Copper appears to be my only option. I called some vets local to me, including the vet we take our 3 dogs to, and nobody was even willing to listen much. Once I said fish, they said they don't deal with fish. Maybe the next time I take one of the dogs in I'll ask the actual vet since I was talking to receptionists over the phone.

Same problem here. I have tried 3 different vets. No luck.

I have seen some threads where people were able to convince their vet to write a script by printing some of @Humblefish's Write ups in to "educate" the vet.

 

[Rispa]

Copper appears to be my only option. I called some vets local to me, including the vet we take our 3 dogs to, and nobody was even willing to listen much. Once I said fish, they said they don't deal with fish. Maybe the next time I take one of the dogs in I'll ask the actual vet since I was talking to receptionists over the phone.

Contact your local zoo for a recommendation

 

[Huff747]

Same problem here. I have tried 3 different vets. No luck.

I have seen some threads where people were able to convince their vet to write a script by printing some of @Humblefish's Write ups in to "educate" the vet.

Perhaps the next time the dogs are in for their yearly checks I'll bring some of that material. I think the actual vets may be more open, or at least let me finish. The receptionists at the places I called pretty much cut me off as soon as I said the word "fish". After they heard that they were just trying to get me off the phone.