I have been adding cupramine slowly to my QT tank. My yellow-fin fairy wrasse broke out with Velvet. My Salifert Test-Kit read .5 mg/L after adding 5 drops a day for a few days...
Yesterday I went to do a 5-gallon water change because my QT tank is uncycled and nitrites were rising. When I went to do this water change I dosed 20 drops of cupramine in premixed saltwater with a salinity of 1.021. Which in theory should raise the copper level just under .5 mg/L.
I decided to test the water first. And the copper level is reading much higher... It is testing between .5 mg/L and 1.0 mg/L. Closer to 1.0 mg/L...
So was my copper level in my tank lower this whole time? If I follow cupramines instructions to a "T" do I have anything to worry about? Do I even need to test?
BOTH TEST KIT AND CUPRAMINE ARE BRAND NEW WITH A 2021 EXP DATE.
Yesterday I went to do a 5-gallon water change because my QT tank is uncycled and nitrites were rising. When I went to do this water change I dosed 20 drops of cupramine in premixed saltwater with a salinity of 1.021. Which in theory should raise the copper level just under .5 mg/L.
I decided to test the water first. And the copper level is reading much higher... It is testing between .5 mg/L and 1.0 mg/L. Closer to 1.0 mg/L...
So was my copper level in my tank lower this whole time? If I follow cupramines instructions to a "T" do I have anything to worry about? Do I even need to test?
BOTH TEST KIT AND CUPRAMINE ARE BRAND NEW WITH A 2021 EXP DATE.