r.reefer
Community Member
Hi everyone, I’ve been posting on here a few times about my fish who are sick. I’m suspicious of velvet now, and am planning on setting up a 10 gallon QT tomorrow to begin copper treatment. I’m just posting on here to clear up a few things going forward.
The tank will have a heater, ammonia badge, air stone, and HOB filter in it. I’m planning on monitoring the ammonia levels and doing WC every day/every other day depending on the ammonia levels.
I’m also planning on treating with Cupramine. Can someone explain how to use this? I know the copper levels must be at a therapeutic level, and I also know that this takes a couple days ideally. In this emergent case, how can I quickly get the copper levels up to a therapeutic level? When I perform WC on the QT, do I add Cupramine to the new water and then add it, or add the water and THEN the Cupramine?
When the treatment period is over, is there a way I can sterilize the same QT to then be used as an observation/holding tank until the 76 fallow period is up? And, when I can eventually add my fish back into the main tank, do I just leave the QT running or only fill it up when I plan on adding new fish?
Thanks in advance for the help. This is my first SW tank I’ve ever had, and I’ve had it set up almost 3 years. Being as it’s my first, lots of issues have come up due to me not doing things at the beginning that would have been preventative. I feel terrible at this hobby sometimes, but I guess this is how you learn.
The tank will have a heater, ammonia badge, air stone, and HOB filter in it. I’m planning on monitoring the ammonia levels and doing WC every day/every other day depending on the ammonia levels.
I’m also planning on treating with Cupramine. Can someone explain how to use this? I know the copper levels must be at a therapeutic level, and I also know that this takes a couple days ideally. In this emergent case, how can I quickly get the copper levels up to a therapeutic level? When I perform WC on the QT, do I add Cupramine to the new water and then add it, or add the water and THEN the Cupramine?
When the treatment period is over, is there a way I can sterilize the same QT to then be used as an observation/holding tank until the 76 fallow period is up? And, when I can eventually add my fish back into the main tank, do I just leave the QT running or only fill it up when I plan on adding new fish?
Thanks in advance for the help. This is my first SW tank I’ve ever had, and I’ve had it set up almost 3 years. Being as it’s my first, lots of issues have come up due to me not doing things at the beginning that would have been preventative. I feel terrible at this hobby sometimes, but I guess this is how you learn.
