Salinity and Copper Power

[Puffer Lover]

Is it okay to lower my salinity level while treating with Copper Power, or should I keep it at 1.023?

 

[ReeferPat]

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Is it okay to lower my salinity level while treating with Copper Power, or should I keep it at 1.023?

I’m not an expert, but I’ve heard that hyposalinity (low salinity) helps when treating fish. That being said, I treated a powder brown tang in copper and low salinity. He did great...until I put him back in the display.

 

[Puffer Lover]

Oh no...I’m doing the same but treating in my display tank since I don’t have any other fish in there.

 

[Big G]

From a previous post by Humblefish:

"However, I wouldn't dose copper + metro until you hit at least 1.017-18 SG. Both are more toxic in lower salinity. Actually, I think it's the lower pH normally associated with hyposalinity that's the real problem with copper toxicity."

 

[Puffer Lover]

I’m at 1.014 and just noticed the thing constantly shoving it’s sides into the ground...he was doing great until two days following the water change