Tang with spots on it

[Humblefish]

I feel like maybe we should be more proactive on following a TTM procedure while ramping up copper in cases of emergency even if we eventually find that the lifecycle is too unpredictable for good success with TTM alone. The reduction of new attachments must be hugely beneficial for the fish.

From my POV, one of the main advantages to TTM is being able to treat the fish in a non-chemical environment. If copper is used, it must be ramped up to full therapeutic as subtherapeutic can mask symptoms of velvet. Which then comes back to bite you in the butt up to a month later.

 

[Areseebee]

Yeah it wouldn't be a replacement just a temporary relief while you more slowly increase copper concentration. I feel like we always are faced with the difficult choice of dumping a fish straight into therapeutic copper (possibly killing it) or slowly ramping up while the infection gets worse. I feel like even we can't totally eliminate velvet through TTM it could be an excellent stop gap to actually bring the infection down a little while you more gently ramp the copper.