Treating Velvet with Cupramine

Chiefmaster30 · Jun 9, 2016

Currently Treating with Cupramine in quarantine tank using SeaChem copper test kit. What level of copper should I maintain for the 2 week period? I just tested and read a level of 0.5.

Alanc425 · Jun 10, 2016

Maintain it at 0.5, and I would recommend going at least 3-4 weeks.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/copper-treatment.193343/

Chiefmaster30 · Jun 10, 2016

Ok thanks

Diesel · Jun 10, 2016

Copper will bring a lot of stress to fish.
What is wrong with your fish??

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4FordFamily · Jun 10, 2016

Chiefmaster30 said:
Currently Treating with Cupramine in quarantine tank using SeaChem copper test kit. What level of copper should I maintain for the 2 week period? I just tested and read a level of 0.5.

First of all, at least 4 weeks are required. I've kept mine at .5-.6 without issue.

melypr1985 · Jun 10, 2016

Agreed with the rest... .5 for 30 days

Chiefmaster30 · Jun 10, 2016

I'm pretty sure I brought a fish home from lfs that had marine velvet and wiped out half of my stock. Out of about 8 fish I have 2 clowns and a blue spotted watchman goby left. This happened a week and half ago. Since then I have established a qt tank and saved these 3. The others died with 2 days of me noticing any symptoms.

Chiefmaster30 · Jun 10, 2016

This is a few pics I got of the infected fish the day before they passed away. I've been told from good sources on the blog it was definitely marine velvet and possibly Brooklynella also!