Powder blue on quarantine

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Hi,

I've bought a powder blue and its in quarantine for 24h, observing only with no meds. It sometimes scratches around the pipes but most of the time he is surfing the glass like in the video.
No visual white spots yet. He is not eating well but eats some ocasionally. I would say lack of appetite.
I'm afraid of some kind of gills disease thats not showing on his skin.
Should I start copper asap?
My plan is to do copper plus prazipro treatment regardless, but normally I would wait the fish to eat first for one or two days.
The quarantine is cycled and with no ammonia.
My local store does fresh water dips for 10-30 minutes to remove parasites Fluke. Ich. Etc

I’ve seen him do it for fluke and it’s amazing effective and the fish do very well.
 

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My local store does fresh water dips for 10-30 minutes to remove parasites Fluke. Ich. Etc

I’ve seen him do it for fluke and it’s amazing effective and the fish do very well.
That is just a quick fix and not a long term solution.
 

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