Extended time in copper

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All my fish are done with 30 days copper qt and looking good . I still have another 3 weeks to go on fallow tank. I changed out about half the water and haven’t tested but copper is probably sitting around 1. Is there any reason I need to worry about getting copper down to zero or is leaving them in a little longer at a low dose ok?
 

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All my fish are done with 30 days copper qt and looking good . I still have another 3 weeks to go on fallow tank. I changed out about half the water and haven’t tested but copper is probably sitting around 1. Is there any reason I need to worry about getting copper down to zero or is leaving them in a little longer at a low dose ok?
You can change water and take an extra step and treat with prazi pro which will be another 17 days
 

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All my fish are done with 30 days copper qt and looking good . I still have another 3 weeks to go on fallow tank. I changed out about half the water and haven’t tested but copper is probably sitting around 1. Is there any reason I need to worry about getting copper down to zero or is leaving them in a little longer at a low dose ok?

Assuming you are using coppersafe or copper power, 1 ppm is fine for an extended period.

As @vetteguy53081 said, you could take this time to run a prazi treatment if you think there is any chance that the fish could have flukes.

Jay
 

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