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Noticed discoloration yesterday just looked a little off, woke today to white spots all over
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The powder blue I believe is who brought the ich, though it appears much more prevalent on purple today then anything I’ve seen on powder. When I introduced powder he didn’t eat readily, then had some stuff on skin. He then looked better and started eating so I thought he had just been stressed
Copper works better/faster than hypo does, but as mentioned, copper will contaminate your rocks, making it more difficult to use those rocks in tanks with invertebrates in the future.Thank you for that. I have standard BRS refractometer, can I start hypo now and get it super low in couple days when I have ability to measure or am I better off getting copper?
I pulled rock, inverts, and couple corals out so its just glass bottomed. My lfs had Copper Power and I just treated it.
I guess the gameplan is to treat fish for two weeks(and pray for the best). Will bake the rock in the sun and wash thoroughly before returning. My inverts are in with corals which are attached to super tiny fragments of rock. How long should I wait after removing copper from water before returning to the tank?
Well, you now know first hand why people call the powder tangs "ich magnets." Almost all the Acanthurus deserve this name in my opinion.Thank you for the info, will do. It’s crazy, I kept a fish only for four years then a reef for 7 and never had to deal with this. I guess if it’s going to happen better now then down the line
That will do it, but you'll have some challenges.I pulled rock, inverts, and couple corals out so its just glass bottomed. My lfs had Copper Power and I just treated it.
Standard practice is 30 days. I would go a couple weeks beyond that. If there is any rock left, I would measure copper concentration with a test kitI guess the gameplan is to treat fish for two weeks(and pray for the best).
There isn't a need to do that. As long as the rocks are fishless for 45+ days, any ich will have died without a host.Will bake the rock in the sun and wash thoroughly before returning.
Your 2 goals are to treat all fish for at least 30 days, and to make sure any hard surfaces in tanks without copper to be fishless long enough for ich to die off without a host.How long should I wait after removing copper from water before returning to the tank?