Cupramine and a noob to quarantine.

Agraves77 · Feb 19, 2018

So I was hoping you guys could help me with a few things. I have a nuvo 30L that is sitting around and I’m turning it into a quarantine tank for my bigger one. So questions:

1: what is the appropriate range for curpamine?

2: can you quarantine different species at the same time in the same tank? Ex. Chromis, wrasse, and a tang?

3: what species do I need to avoid with copper?

Greenstreet.1 · Feb 19, 2018

Copper treatment
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/Copper-treatment.193343/

Crabs McJones · Feb 19, 2018

Agraves77 said:
So I was hoping you guys could help me with a few things. I have a nuvo 30L that is sitting around and I’m turning it into a quarantine tank for my bigger one. So questions:

1: what is the appropriate range for curpamine?

2: can you quarantine different species at the same time in the same tank? Ex. Chromis, wrasse, and a tang?

3: what species do I need to avoid with copper?

From Humblefish: How To Treat - First, it is important to know what kind of copper you are using. Cupramine is fully charged (ionic) copper, and has a therapeutic range of 0.4-0.5 mg/L or ppm. You would use a Seachem or Salifert copper test kit for Cupramine, as those are capable of reading copper in the low range. Coppersafe, on the other hand, is chelated copper. It has a much higher therapeutic range of 1.5-2.0 mg/L or ppm. As such, you need a “total copper test kit” such as API’s to measure Coppersafe.
You can quarantine different species within reason...and what I mean by that is you don't want to quarantine a lionfish with a bunch a little fish..make sense?
As far as I know the only thing you cannot run with copper is going to be inverts and corals. We'll see if @Humblefish would like to add or correct anything i've put, he's the resident expert ;)

Maritimer · Feb 19, 2018

There are some fish widely regarded as being more sensitive to copper than others. I've found that with angelfish and wrasses, bringing the copper levels up v-e-r-y slowly helps them to adjust. (I use Coppersafe)

If you're QT-ing multiple species, be prepared for the needs of each - Chromis are more likely to come down with Uronema. Wrasses very likely to jump out of the tank. Tangs will want a bigger tank, with some flow and a vegetable component to their foods.

~Bruce

Agraves77 · Feb 19, 2018

Maritimer said:
There are some fish widely regarded as being more sensitive to copper than others. I've found that with angelfish and wrasses, bringing the copper levels up v-e-r-y slowly helps them to adjust. (I use Coppersafe)

If you're QT-ing multiple species, be prepared for the needs of each - Chromis are more likely to come down with Uronema. Wrasses very likely to jump out of the tank. Tangs will want a bigger tank, with some flow and a vegetable component to their foods.

~Bruce

What is uronema?