I will be picking up a flame angel and a blue spot puffer this weekend and I would like to do a 21+ day medicated quarantine 30+ day total QT with both of them.
I have read that angels and puffers can be sensitive to copper but much less so than something like a wrasse of mandarin.
Does anybody have any tips to improve my probability of success here and/or any modifications I should make to my proposed schedule?
-water changes as necessary. 15ml Microbacter7 for biological filter. 5ml daily for 5 days.
1. Acclimate to my 29g biocube QT system. Float 15 min, adjust salinity if necessary, drop in.
2. Observe for 2 days or when eating well, whichever comes second.
3. Add 1/3 required Copper Power daily for 3 days. If either stops eating, stopping adding until eating resumes. If multiple days without eating cuprisorb back to no copper.
4. Hold copper at 2.5ppm only for 7 days.
5. Add Prazipro and aerate with airstone for at least 24 hours. Hold copper steady for 7 more days.
6. Add second dose of Prazipro. Hold copper steady 7 more days.
7. If all well, net fish and move to display (salinity, pH, and temp matched ahead of time, so no concern for acclimating).
I have read that angels and puffers can be sensitive to copper but much less so than something like a wrasse of mandarin.
Does anybody have any tips to improve my probability of success here and/or any modifications I should make to my proposed schedule?
-water changes as necessary. 15ml Microbacter7 for biological filter. 5ml daily for 5 days.
1. Acclimate to my 29g biocube QT system. Float 15 min, adjust salinity if necessary, drop in.
2. Observe for 2 days or when eating well, whichever comes second.
3. Add 1/3 required Copper Power daily for 3 days. If either stops eating, stopping adding until eating resumes. If multiple days without eating cuprisorb back to no copper.
4. Hold copper at 2.5ppm only for 7 days.
5. Add Prazipro and aerate with airstone for at least 24 hours. Hold copper steady for 7 more days.
6. Add second dose of Prazipro. Hold copper steady 7 more days.
7. If all well, net fish and move to display (salinity, pH, and temp matched ahead of time, so no concern for acclimating).