Will ceramic aquarium decorations absorb chloroquine?

[Tikosyn]

So it appears I have velvet. The quickest I can get chloroquine is tomorrow afternoon, hopefully my fish survive until then. My question is related to chloroquine phosphate and absorption. I have a bunch of ceramic decorative caves from when I was doing freshwater called cichlid stones. They are great because they give all the fish somewhere to hide, I have used them in QT before but am not sure if they would cause problems with chloroquine dosing? Thanks for any info

 

[Gareth elliott]

I had the same stones i cant remember if there was a glazing or not. If not they will absorb some from the water no idea how much but since cant test cp best not to try

 

[Flippers4pups]

So it appears I have velvet. The quickest I can get chloroquine is tomorrow afternoon, hopefully my fish survive until then. My question is related to chloroquine phosphate and absorption. I have a bunch of ceramic decorative caves from when I was doing freshwater called cichlid stones. They are great because they give all the fish somewhere to hide, I have used them in QT before but am not sure if they would cause problems with chloroquine dosing? Thanks for any info

Not sure. Ceramics and pottery that's not "glazed" and are porous potentially could absorb meds.

#reefsquad.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I belive they will be fine.

 

[Dr. Reef Verified Sponsor]

Pure ceramic media or ornaments will not absorb CP or Copper.
Likewise pure silica sand wont either.

 

[Big G]

My wife is a ceramicist. She says that it depends upon how the clay pieces are fired in the kiln. If they are "high fired" then the absorption will be incredibly small. If how ever it was "low fired" it will absorb more. And then there is a potential problem with the glaze used. In freshwater it's not so much of a problem; in saltwater, if the glaze was also "low fired" you could have some small issues with leaching of chemicals into the tank water. Especially if they are glazes with lead or any other heavy metals that are commonly used in low cost ceramics made overseas. Because of all of this, I won't use any ceramics in my tanks unless I know for sure how they were made. It's not worth the headache.

 

[brwaldbaum]

These?

https://www.bigalspets.com/underwater-galleries-cichlid-stones.html

It says they're high-fired.

 

[Tikosyn]

Yup that is them, ok I am going to try them. I am so not looking forward to trying to catch 15 fish, I am not even sure it is velvet but I suspect it.