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X2Start with the copper for 30 days. Then you may want to run an antibiotic like kanaplex for any bacterial infections that will probably result from this. The first priority is to get the fish through the copper treatment and get rid of the velvet.
Doubtful. Although velvet's life cycle is quicker than ich it will take awhile to see vast improvement. I have a zombie Achilles tang that came down with velvet so bad it laid on the bottom of the tank for 2.5 days. I thought it was dead many times as it did not move other than its gills.As bad as he is i would think you would see improvement tommorrow.
Gotcha.Doubtful. Although velvet's life cycle is quicker than ich it will take awhile to see vast improvement. I have a zombie Achilles tang that came down with velvet so bad it laid on the bottom of the tank for 2.5 days. 7 days later he looks like crap still but is swimming and nipping at nori and acting 80% normal. Still looks horrible though.
Seachem recommends 2 weeks but I've seen a lot of people going 3 weeksOkay got all tanks set up and ready to go. Coppers in just have to grt the fish and put them in! Any tips on how long till they clear up or get better?
not under at .5 but not over .6 it would potentially kill your fish at those levels. You will not need to do daily water changes, however you should monitor your parameters twice a day for the first week then do W/C accordinglyUpdate! I got all my fish out of the tank. I have the emperor and cleaner wrasse in the 36 gal. And fairy wrasse, valenti puffer, and niger in the 10gal. That being said tank is empty copper is doing its thing and taking it from here so I will see what it looks like in the morning. Thank you all for your help pics below. They been in qt for about a hour and half. And are looking well swimming around. Trigger is shaking back and forth like its trying to throw off the ich but I think it might be normal he wasn't infected that bad and eats and swims good and acting normal. I will get a copper test kit in am and keep it under .5 right? And every day water changes. How long to keep tank empty and fishes in qt?
glad you were able to get it going, one thing I would add to the tanks is a black film you can purchase at home depot and make both sides and back black to reduce stress on the fishes. WTG /cheersHere they are. I know he looks rough but I'll tell you what he was breathing hard in dt and now that he's in here he's swimming normal and breathing normal. He just looks rough lol he had it bad but I think he will be okay.
Like I said earlier, it's recommended to keep temperatures at 80-82 to speed up the process. My fishes never showed at stress under those temperatures only downside is the water evaporation, you will have to top it off a lot more often.I'm going to paint it just never had a chance to yet lol and I have to keep them in this tank till my dt is clear. Should I heat up the dt to speed it up or do anything to dt to speed up the process
You could use Con-tact adhesive film instead of painting since you are already running them and have fishes inside the tank. Here's the linkI'm going to paint it just never had a chance to yet lol and I have to keep them in this tank till my dt is clear. Should I heat up the dt to speed it up or do anything to dt to speed up the process
You should definately raise the temp to 82 during fallow period and no, do not use any med in your DT.No I'm talking about my disply tank. Not the qt. Because the disply has to be empty for 8 weeks to become clean right? Can I pit ich med in my disply since there's no host to speed up things? Or anything else. I'm not talking about the qt lol