Treating with copper & quarantine

Davar93 · Mar 6, 2021

Hey guys just to make sure I am doing this right and got my mass right as I do not want to kill any fish. I am using this for a quarantine tank that I have set up for some new fish that I got who look good but Wanna qt still.

I am looking to treat 7 gallons and want to read 2ppm? So 70 drops? Or what level should I treat if anyone recommends what ppm they aim for.

the product is Cuprion.
Thanks!

Jay Hemdal · Mar 6, 2021

No - Cuprion is evidently copper sulfate/citric acid. It needs to be dosed at 0.20 ppm, using a good low dose copper test kit to monitor the dose, as this product doesn't stay in solution as well as organically bound copper products do.

Jay

Davar93 · Mar 6, 2021

Jay Hemdal said:
No - Cuprion is evidently copper sulfate/citric acid. It needs to be dosed at 0.20 ppm, using a good low dose copper test kit to monitor the dose, as this product doesn't stay in solution as well as organically bound copper products do.

Jay

Oh did not know this, does this mean that I will have to dose more after the initial dose since it has a hard time staying in the water? Also thanks, I did not know this. Definitely getting another copper treatment for future.