What dose are you using for the metro? It should be o.k. if you are using the label instructions.
Jay
Jay
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I was dosing and completed 2 weeks of Metro at the recommended 2 level spoons per gallon of tank water at the same time I ended my last round of Copper. My understanding is Metro is more for treating Brooklynellosis, which is the reason I was quarantining them in the first place. They're not showing signs of Brook, so trying to decide if the better approach is to observe now while treating for Velvet, and if necessary, start dosing Metro.What dose are you using for the metro? It should be o.k. if you are using the label instructions.
Jay
Metronidazole is an old school antiprotozoal, will work to some degree on all of these, though I’ve not had good luck treating Cryptocaryon/ich in the past. I’d be inclined to just go with copper now....I was dosing and completed 2 weeks of Metro at the recommended 2 level spoons per gallon of tank water at the same time I ended my last round of Copper. My understanding is Metro is more for treating Brooklynellosis, which is the reason I was quarantining them in the first place. They're not showing signs of Brook, so trying to decide if the better approach is to observe now while treating for Velvet, and if necessary, start dosing Metro.
It's been about 68hrs (Monday evening around 7pm EST) that I dosed 2.0ppm Copper Power into the Sailfin and Purple's QT tank to address Velvet. They're still alive and ate a little this morning. They're predominantly swimming into the current now and breathing very heavily; the Purple is sometimes scratching on the PVC. I have not attempted to treat for any infections, but, can you take a look at the videos and see what you think regarding whether I should be giving medicine for infection?Metronidazole is an old school antiprotozoal, will work to some degree on all of these, though I’ve not had good luck treating Cryptocaryon/ich in the past. I’d be inclined to just go with copper now....
Jay
I've never had to deal with a fish that had marine velvet nor a bacterial infection. Does the reddish snout indicate as such? Or is that part of the Velvet?Ah, I’m still at work, so can’t see the videos on my phone. I have a late night event, so won’t be home for another five hours, so I’ll defer to the others, I don’t want to delay things!
Jay
Regarding potential for flukes unfortunately the bucket I was using was white, but, I did see some "stuff" in the bucket, so it's possible.Just avoid using carbon in tanks with HLLE sensitive species, or if you have to, use pelleted carbon and rinse it well.
Did you see anything fall off in the dip that could have been a fluke?
The post-dip shots are showing more general body discoloration, did that go away or does it still look like that?
Jay
Hanna checker is out for delivery today!Get the Hanna checker. I also had HLLE develop on my purple tang from copper power qt. My fish did not make it. However my yellow and sail fin did. Good luck you will see results in a few more days.
Actually, he came out of the tank a month ago for Brook. He went through 14 days Cu treatment, and on the other end he got Velvet. I'm just going to go with the full 30 days of Cu now...Also..jesus surviving a battle with velvet for this long.. lol
But I also had a Sailfin do the same thing. Crazyness
So I verified Cu levels with the Hanna checker I just received, first test 1.82ppm, second 1.80ppm. Looks like either my calculations were low to begin with OR I'm dealing with some absorption (although I do not have any rock or sand in the tank). Or can the presence of the antibiotic making the water yellowish skew the results?
This goes back to WHAT is considered therapeutic levels? Do I need to bump this up to 2.0ppm and then restart my 30 day window?
Seeing as these fish are already stressed and not eating, do I risk bumping it up to 2.0ppm like I originally was shooting for?
Hanna checker is out for delivery today!
Do you know what your Purple Tang succumbed to? Infection? Asphyxiation? Starvation?