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Hypo after the safety stop dips really seems to be the easiest to accomplish, and probably the cheapest as well.
A hyposalinity 10g qt with weekly safety stop dips, during which the qt could be fully cleaned will probably be a great option and simple. I'm sure there's a few fish who would not handle the safety stop, which in that case that step can be skipped, but still an easy cheap alternative to the copper and chloroquine treatments.
Copper is not safe for a few species, and chloroquine has that same issue. Luckily most of the time, the fish that are sensitive to one are not sensitive to the other.It's not that it's hard to test, its the fact that you need to test at all... It takes at least 2 tests to get the copper levels where it needs to be. You guess how much copper it takes to get to 2.5ppm, right out the get you're at 2.2ppm, add a little more then test again, dang now I'm at 2.4, add a little more and test again to ensure that you're at 2.5. Same thing when you make a water change batch, test, off a bit, add more, test again, test again... This is an expensive endeavor as the regent refill kits are expensive.
The mg/L(gal) with CP is absolute, no testing required whatsoever. It's faster, treats a wider range of parasites and is less lethal to fish... A win across the board other than the fact that it is more expensive and harder to get than copper.
I don't mind paying $150 for a lifetime supply of the stuff.
Hypo after the safety stop dips really seems to be the easiest to accomplish, and probably the cheapest as well.
A hyposalinity 10g qt with weekly safety stop dips, during which the qt could be fully cleaned will probably be a great option and simple. I'm sure there's a few fish who would not handle the safety stop, which in that case that step can be skipped, but still an easy cheap alternative to the copper and chloroquine treatments.