Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
No that makes sense. Ive had these fish for a long time and never seen ich . They've been under copper 2 weeks now. I dont have another tank to move into except the display. Do I still need to go 30 days? under copper
OK you talked me into it. My display has been 4 months without fish! Ive been dosing nitrate and phosphate. I really really want to see how the fish like their new digs!You will hear different recommendations. To me the 30 days are not required and do not guarantee additional safety given Tomonts may remain encysted for longer and re infect the fish.
If you have had them for 14 days at therapeutic level (if you did water changes you should have doses the new water with copper before adding to the tank, otherwise during that bread moment where you are adding the new water the levels drop below therapeautic and the clock re starts)I would say you should be good to go.
Yes I did the prazi. I reached copper .055 16 days ago and tested every day with hanna checker. Anywy its a done deal now. Fish are in the display and seem happy .How long have you had them in QT? Sorry if I missed it. Also, I presume you have already treated for flukes.
So they can harbor the parasite without showing symptoms for a long while or? And l've read copper is hard on wrasse, that's why I avoided Cupramine to begin withI can tell you this much... Gobies and wrasse are going to be amongst the top of the list for fish that can harbor a parasite without symptoms.
TTM is not likely to erradicate velvet anyway. You would need copper or CP. Since you have a wrasse I'd choose copper.
So they can harbor the parasite without showing symptoms for a long while or? And l've read copper is hard on wrasse, that's why I avoided Cupramine to begin with
I would do a second round of gc and feed food that has been mixed with gc and focus to eliminate the cause of stringy poop. I would only add antibiotics if there are external symptoms that would indicate a need.Looks like some recommendations have changed. I read and followed the start of the thread sticky. After Ich appeared on 3 of my fish. I bought and set up two 40 gal hospital tanks. I tore apart my 245 tank to net all fish and treated them with copper for 30 days. After all copper was out I treated all fish with GC per the box instructions. Did a freshwater dip on a few fish that definitely had flukes before hand. There where also a lot of dead flukes in the bottom of the hospital tank during GC treatment. Did another water change and added carbon. Should I treat all fish with a antibiotic? Another round of GC ? ...since there where so many dead flukes and white stringy pop. Tank will be empty till DEC 19 anyway. My Desjardinii developed HLLE from the copper. Really sucks. He’s eaten like a pig throughout the whole process. PE pellets and seaweed extreme soaked in selcon. Did I miss anything in my treatment?
Looks like some recommendations have changed. I read and followed the start of the thread sticky. After Ich appeared on 3 of my fish. I bought and set up two 40 gal hospital tanks. I tore apart my 245 tank to net all fish and treated them with copper for 30 days. After all copper was out I treated all fish with GC per the box instructions. Did a freshwater dip on a few fish that definitely had flukes before hand. There where also a lot of dead flukes in the bottom of the hospital tank during GC treatment. Did another water change and added carbon. Should I treat all fish with a antibiotic? Another round of GC ? ...since there where so many dead flukes and white stringy pop. Tank will be empty till DEC 19 anyway. My Desjardinii developed HLLE from the copper. Really sucks. He’s eaten like a pig throughout the whole process. PE pellets and seaweed extreme soaked in selcon. Did I miss anything in my treatment?
I also have prazipro but General cure has the same medicine plus another for intestinal worms if I read it right.I never used GC but always had success using Prazipro for flukes.
The meds will be much more effective against internal pathogens with food. I was hesitant to try this, but recently have and it worked great and is easy. One scoop of focus ( provided in bottle), with an equivalent amount of gc, mixed with a tablespoon of food. You can keep it refrigerated several days if needed. I would not do antibiotics unless needed. All meds have their downsides. I would not use anything unnecessary. Let’s see if @HotRocks has any comments.dwest..I was thinking it couldn’t hurt. I’ll do a 50% water change in a few days and start it. Wouldn’t the pellets have GC in them from the water already? I just don’t want to ever have to net all the fish out again. Could the antibiotics hurt anything if I just treated all fish ?
I agree with everything here^^^. You need to mix GC + Focus with food to treat intestinal parasites/worms. Treat for at least 14 days. You can treat for 21 days if still seeing white stringy poop at the 14 day mark.The meds will be much more effective against internal pathogens with food. I was hesitant to try this, but recently have and it worked great and is easy. One scoop of focus ( provided in bottle), with an equivalent amount of gc, mixed with a tablespoon of food. You can keep it refrigerated several days if needed. I would not do antibiotics unless needed. All meds have their downsides. I would not use anything unnecessary. Let’s see if @HotRocks has any comments.