Hello all,
I recently bought a sailfin tang, watchman goby, and 3 anthias (not sure which breed, they were pink and orange). QTing them in a 40 breeder. I have had them about 3 weeks, and have gone through treating them with Metroplex. About a week ago, I dosed my first dose of copper power (1/2 ounce) to raise copper to .5 (Henna tester). I gave it about 3 days, then dosed another 1/2 ounce to bring to 1 ppm. Everything had looked fine, behaving normally, etc. About 2 days later, I dosed another 1/2 ounce to bring to 1.5, and within 24 hours, 2 of the anthias have died, and the 3rd isn't looking so good. I looked at the treatment guide, and it looks like anthias should be ok with Copper Power. The fish that have died have mouths that looked wide open. Any ideas what might have killed them? Did I raise copper too fast? Ammonia badge is yellow (0), I have plenty of bacteria I had been dumping in. I did dose 1 capful of Prime, but I read that was safe with copper power. Not sure what else might have done it, though. Would like to make sure I don't do it again.
I recently bought a sailfin tang, watchman goby, and 3 anthias (not sure which breed, they were pink and orange). QTing them in a 40 breeder. I have had them about 3 weeks, and have gone through treating them with Metroplex. About a week ago, I dosed my first dose of copper power (1/2 ounce) to raise copper to .5 (Henna tester). I gave it about 3 days, then dosed another 1/2 ounce to bring to 1 ppm. Everything had looked fine, behaving normally, etc. About 2 days later, I dosed another 1/2 ounce to bring to 1.5, and within 24 hours, 2 of the anthias have died, and the 3rd isn't looking so good. I looked at the treatment guide, and it looks like anthias should be ok with Copper Power. The fish that have died have mouths that looked wide open. Any ideas what might have killed them? Did I raise copper too fast? Ammonia badge is yellow (0), I have plenty of bacteria I had been dumping in. I did dose 1 capful of Prime, but I read that was safe with copper power. Not sure what else might have done it, though. Would like to make sure I don't do it again.