Hyposalt or copper

[charliethetuna88]

Tomorrow im taking my 12o gal apart to catch the fish so i can treat them for the ich they have i will be setting up a 40 gallon for the fish and im wondering what the best treatment should i use the copper power i have or should i do hyposalt ?i dont have a refractmeter so i dont know how hypo would work with a regular cheap meter ,also i am not going to put the fish back into the main display for im guessing around 6 weeks right would this be enough time to make sure the ich starved out with no hosts ?and one mor question can i leave the fish in the 40 gallon with the copper for the full 6 weeks or do i need to rmove them from the copper

 

[marrone]

If you can take the fish out, and treat them in a separate tank, it's better to treat with copper, especially if you don't have a refactormeter to measure the SG. 6 to 8 weeks should kill the ich. As for leaving the fish in the tank with copper for the full 6 weeks, that shouldn't be a problem. You just need to make sure you don't over feed and do water changes. Also when you do water changes make sure you bring the copper back to correct level.

 

[KathyC]

Use the Copper Power. I'm assuming your fish are well infested at this point since we've been discussing this for a week or two.


Minimum treatment time with the copper is 21 days, I'd prefer to see you go 28 at this point.

Yes, 6 FULL weeks to leave your display tank fallow. If you do it tomorrow - your return date will be April 25th

Be SURE to add an air pump and airstone to the QT tank - they need as much oxygen as possible during treatment!!!!!!!!!!!

Best of luck to you!

 

[charliethetuna88]

Thanks kathy and marrone i def doing it tomorrow everything is almost set up i was gonna do it today but i got called to work so def tomorrow i will leave the tank empty and use the copper power the whole time thanks i shouldda listened in the bigining lol anyone wanna buy a few bottles of kick ich lol

 

[KathyC]

Thanks kathy and marrone i def doing it tomorrow everything is almost set up i was gonna do it today but i got called to work so def tomorrow i will leave the tank empty and use the copper power the whole time thanks i shouldda listened in the bigining lol anyone wanna buy a few bottles of kick ich lol

Yeah, well, live & learn

...and :smash:, tho I'm sure you have done it to yourself enough already.

I sent you my # - call me if you need to!

 

[JavyJaverson]

if you're setting up the qt just now, i would worry about ammonia creeping up at some point. If you feel like the ich is not as bad, i would wait a week or two until the qt has established a bit. It's not rare for people to end up killing their ich infested fish in qt because of ammonia.

 

[charliethetuna88]

I'm gonna use my main display tank to fill it and this willprovide me with a nice water change on my ds tank then when I need to do a water change on th qt ill make fresh new salt water and change maybe 10 gallons a week or maybe 5 I have a hippo blue throat * pair of sebae clowns and a royal gamma

 

[pecan2phat]

Careful, without an established biological filter in the QT tank, you will need to perform a partial water change every other day and keeping the copper at medicinal levels will be a chore.
As Lucid stated, your ammonia will consistently creep up. Starting the QT tank with water from the main tank will do nothing for the bacterial bed.

 

[reefman]

here's a good source on your battle ahead. good luck charlie.

http://atj.net.au/marineaquaria/cupramine.html

 

[charliethetuna88]

So should I use the cupeirmiine or stick with the copper power I have already I want the easyest one that will def kill the. Ich

 

[KathyC]

Copper Power is fine

 

[charliethetuna88]

Iaght thanks kathy