Hello all,
I am currently running a fallow period in my display tank for 76 days because I had a very bad Ich outbreak in it. I'm also currently quarantining my fish (sailfin tang and melanarus wrasse) in copper. They are at day 18 and it has been at therapeutic levels every day (2.5 ppm using copper safe). All of the cysts on the tang have gone away and both fish have been eating very well the entire time. However today, the tang has been scratching itself on the bottom glass. I've read on the forums that I can set up another QT tank and move the fish into this new tank and immediately begin dosing with Prazipro. My only worry with that is that I don't want a chance to cross contaminated if the tang is scratching because of Ich and not internal parasites/flukes. Would you rather keep the fish in the copper treated QT for the full 30 days or immediately switch them into a brand new QT and begin treating with Prazipro?
Thank you for your advice
I am currently running a fallow period in my display tank for 76 days because I had a very bad Ich outbreak in it. I'm also currently quarantining my fish (sailfin tang and melanarus wrasse) in copper. They are at day 18 and it has been at therapeutic levels every day (2.5 ppm using copper safe). All of the cysts on the tang have gone away and both fish have been eating very well the entire time. However today, the tang has been scratching itself on the bottom glass. I've read on the forums that I can set up another QT tank and move the fish into this new tank and immediately begin dosing with Prazipro. My only worry with that is that I don't want a chance to cross contaminated if the tang is scratching because of Ich and not internal parasites/flukes. Would you rather keep the fish in the copper treated QT for the full 30 days or immediately switch them into a brand new QT and begin treating with Prazipro?
Thank you for your advice