14 days of Cupramine and then a transfer

[Giovanni]

Would treating for 14 days of cupramine at 0.5 mg/l then a single transfer be enough to cure ich?

 

[Dmorty217]

Not sure you could just TT for 2 wks every third morning and it will be taken care of. I read of people dosing for wks, like 4-6 wks with copper. Make sure not to mix anything with the cupramine

 

[jjk_reef00]

I use to treat for 2 weeks and then into the DT. It seemed to work. Now that I realize fish can handle it I treat for 4 weeks. To answer your question you need to understand the lifecycyle of ich and then decide for yourself.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1992196

If you are treating hardy fish I would just leave them in there for longer.

 

[Giovanni]

I understand the ich life cycle. I know two weeks should take care of the ich assuming that the copper kills the Trophonts when they drop off the fish and kills the theronts before they can attach to the fish. Just not sure if copper is that efficient or needs a full cycle to kill. Either way I would think if the copper keeps the fish from becoming reinfected, after two weeks I should be able to do a transfer to a clean tank and be good to go.

I hate to say it but I got Ich and maybe velvet also, Not sure about the velvet. It almost wiped my tank completely out. I setup a 50g HT/QT and removed all my fish from the DT. My wrasses did not tolerate the cupramine and so I removed them and started TT with them. TT was easy with them but the other fish are much bigger and so I left them in cupramine. Now I have about finished the TT and want to put them all back together in a clean QT that has cycled/(no more water quality issues like in the tank with cupramine). Anyway, how I understand it, the longer they are in copper the harder it is on the fish.

 

[coral_lagoon]

Your talking 14 days not including the time needed to raise/ramp up the Cupramine dosage(.5) correct?

 

[Giovanni]

yes 14 days of =>0.5mg/L. In fact mine has been closer to 0.6 mg/L most of the time. It is so hard to tell with the seachem test kit. I even dosed and tested water change water before putting it in the HT. No signs or symptoms of ich since day 7 and my fish were covered up. The annularis was not eating and was listless on the bottom. He has fully recovered.

 

[coral_lagoon]

yes 14 days of =>0.5mg/L. In fact mine has been closer to 0.6 mg/L most of the time. It is so hard to tell with the seachem test kit. I even dosed and tested water change water before putting it in the HT. No signs or symptoms of ich since day 7 and my fish were covered up. The annularis was not eating and was listless on the bottom. He has fully recovered.

Good to hear your fish have recovered. Why the rush though? I would add an additional week just to be on the safe side..

 

[Giovanni]

I want to remove the trigger who has a fin that is starting to fray so I can treat it. Most meds have negative interactions with copper soooo.

 

[HumbleFish]

I want to remove the trigger who has a fin that is starting to fray so I can treat it. Most meds have negative interactions with copper soooo.

You can use most antibiotics in conjunction with copper. I've done it with erythromycin (Maracyn), minocycline (Maracyn 2); as well as nitrofurazone and furazolidone (Furan-2).

 

[tson]

I did 2 weeks and my hippo tang is free of ich now.