I picked up two Clowns from my LFS yesterday and put them in my QT (DT still empty and awaiting it's first fish). Very little, though no doubt some, of the water from LFS made it's way into the QT. After some time acclimating, I dumped them into a bucket, grabbed them with a net and put them in the 20g QT.
Just for kicks, and to try out my new Hanna Copper meter I tested the QT water this morning and it came up at .06. I know that's too low to be therapeutic and I'm assuming it's from the LFS. My question is, should I worry about doing a some water changes to lower that or just leave it be and let it go down on it's own as I do regular water changes while they're in the QT.
I have yet to check the source water or my DT (in case something in there did something to the water and that's where I had my filters until the QT was ready), mainly since I assume it's from the LFS and also because I didn't realize the Hanna copper meter only came with 10 tests (have more coming though).
My gut says just leave it and it'll come down on it's own with regular water changes, but I also believe I've read that copper interferes with other meds. I guess that means I could add some copper power and get it up to theraputic levels instead of running it down to zero. At least the copper part of the QT will be done with. OTOH, it's looking like they were in copper at the LFS, so do they really need more?
One thing of note, when the guy got them for me, he filled the bag with water from a different tank. I have no idea if all their tanks (or at least those two) are plumbed together, so it's possible the fish haven't been in copper until they were bagged.
Just for kicks, and to try out my new Hanna Copper meter I tested the QT water this morning and it came up at .06. I know that's too low to be therapeutic and I'm assuming it's from the LFS. My question is, should I worry about doing a some water changes to lower that or just leave it be and let it go down on it's own as I do regular water changes while they're in the QT.
I have yet to check the source water or my DT (in case something in there did something to the water and that's where I had my filters until the QT was ready), mainly since I assume it's from the LFS and also because I didn't realize the Hanna copper meter only came with 10 tests (have more coming though).
My gut says just leave it and it'll come down on it's own with regular water changes, but I also believe I've read that copper interferes with other meds. I guess that means I could add some copper power and get it up to theraputic levels instead of running it down to zero. At least the copper part of the QT will be done with. OTOH, it's looking like they were in copper at the LFS, so do they really need more?
One thing of note, when the guy got them for me, he filled the bag with water from a different tank. I have no idea if all their tanks (or at least those two) are plumbed together, so it's possible the fish haven't been in copper until they were bagged.