I have a Valentini puffer who has ick and I put him in a QT tank and I’m using copper power it it 2.5 ppm, should he be fine? just curious because I heard that puffer fish are sensitive to copper, he’s in a 5.5 gallon tank.
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They dont do well in higher levels. You can treat at 2.0- 2.2 and add aeration via air stone. This is technically a freshwater specimen converted to salt. Best source is coppersafe but they tolerate chloroquine phosphate a little betterI have a Valentini puffer who has ick and I put him in a QT tank and I’m using copper power it it 2.5 ppm, should he be fine? just curious because I heard that puffer fish are sensitive to copper, he’s in a 5.5 gallon tank.
They dont do well in higher levels. You can treat at 2.0- 2.2 and add aeration via air stone. This is technically a freshwater specimen converted to salt. Best source is coppersafe but they tolerate chloroquine phosphate a little better
Brackish and often from the indian ocean. I sold freshwater version as well as figure 8, saddleback and other canthigaster and over the years, valentini and toby puffers have been sold exclusively as saltwater and now found in red seaand given a salinity range of 1.019-1.024.A valentini? Freshwater?
SaltBrackish and often from the indian ocean. I sold freshwater version as well as figure 8, saddleback and other canthigaster and over the years, valentini and toby puffers have been sold exclusively as saltwater and now found in red seaand given a salinity range of 1.019-1.024.
Im off to sleep but of you google, should be able to find data on freshwater valentini.
here is one exerp. . . .
Agree saltwater, Saying, decades ago, these were found in freshwater tanksSalt
I would use copper power at 2.25 ppm. Puffers are sensitive to ionic copper, not amine chelated copper like this.I have a Valentini puffer who has ick and I put him in a QT tank and I’m using copper power it it 2.5 ppm, should he be fine? just curious because I heard that puffer fish are sensitive to copper, he’s in a 5.5 gallon tank.
Really, I never knew that.Agree saltwater, Saying, decades ago, these were found in freshwater tanks