Think it was 2ml/gallon followed the velvet post here.... I can get a pic of test in just a few minutes... and dosed the recommended level to the gallon at beginning for a benchmark color.
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It’s the picture... it is a bit darker than 2 but def not 4... thank you for your help!Man hopefully some others will be online soon, to make sure I am looking at this correctly. It could just be the lighting or camera. But to me, it looks way dark (Closer to 4, than 2). If you are sure you dosed 2ml per gallon, it very well could be. Id start mixing water for a WC.
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I’m 15 days in now... at what point could I expect to see improvement? Or will the skin not heal until the fish reccovers from the copper stress?The spots you see are not the velvet parasite; rather they are the mucus spots that appear at each location of the velvet parasite's attachment to your fish. The mucus can take days to fall off the fish. And all the while the fish is still being attacked until the cycles have been stopped by the copper in the free swimming stage. Nasty little buggers velvet. Relentless.
The wounds will slowly heal. This is where the bath in Ruby Reef Rally can help prevent a secondary infection in the fish's weakened condition. It has both antiseptic and antibiotic qualities that really help. Do you have the antibiotics Kanaplex, Metroplex and Furan2? It's the go to for bacterial infections. I'd dose either Kanaplex or Furan2 for a week or so while still soaking in copper, and if necessary go to the all three as a last measure.
Thanks to you both! Kannaplex and furan 2 should arrive tomorrow. Copper level has never dropped. Have done one water changed but dosed the jug with copper. I’ll start antibiotics as soon as they arrive. Manufacturers suggestion or alternate? And I do have metroplex in the form of general cure on hand.This is what I suspect as well. Unless you let the copper level drop (even for a minute during a water change or whatever) during those 15 days, the fish should be clear of the actual parasite at this point. Bacterial infections are one of the most dangerous parts of velvet though. If can, I'd suggest doing a tank transfer into a sterile QT with no copper in it and all new, clean equipment. Then you can start dosing the antibiotics as suggested above.
Thanks to you both! Kannaplex and furan 2 should arrive tomorrow. Copper level has never dropped. Have done one water changed but dosed the jug with copper. I’ll start antibiotics as soon as they arrive. Manufacturers suggestion or alternate? And I do have metroplex in the form of general cure on hand.