After Copper Observation Period

[krzyphsygy]

My African Yellow Belly Hippo Tang finished Cupramine treatment 10 days ago after being diagnosed with ICH. I treated him with Cupramine for 30 days at 5ppm. So now I am wondering how long I should wait before putting him the display. He has shown no signs of the disease since copper treatment started.

 

[MrTuskfish]

No magic formula, I always wait 2 weeks after copper, assuming there's no leftover symptoms of ich and he's eating well.

 

[krzyphsygy]

Very nervouse about adding her. Have you ever treated with copper and added the fish only to find out the fish still had ich? This is what worries me. I did know this going in though. I knew most hippos would need copper and tried to prepare for that.

 

[HumbleFish]

Very nervouse about adding her. Have you ever treated with copper and added the fish only to find out the fish still had ich? This is what worries me. I did know this going in though. I knew most hippos would need copper and tried to prepare for that.

Has all the copper been removed from the QT? Having him in 100% copper free water for the next 2 weeks will increase the likelihood of you seeing symptoms (if he still has Ich).

 

[krzyphsygy]

I still have small reading of copper . I did 2x 50 percent water changes and changed the filter pad but its still showing a reading. I ran carbon for a week and still showing. I figured a light reading could help more than Hirt I guess. But copper kills a 3.5ppm so I don't know. Thoughts?

 

[MrTuskfish]

A regular filter pad won't remove carbon. The specific brand Poly-Filter" will. Good carbon will eliminate it, cheap carbon wont. Good carbon has a uniform size and dull appearance; cheap carbon is shiny and irregular shaped. All that said; I really like Cuprisorb, does a great job on copper, tells you when its exhausted, and is easily re-charged. I assume you don't have rock or substrate in the QT; they will absorb & release copper. But with the WCs, you almost have to be below .30 ppm of copper.

 

[krzyphsygy]

Yea, I am around .015. Gonna change out some more water tonight. I dont think I can get a zero reading till I take the tank down and rinse it out.
Also, how do you recommend transferring the fish to the DT with out getting a little bit of copper water in the DT. This seems a bit hairy

 

[MrTuskfish]

Yea, I am around .015. Gonna change out some more water tonight. I dont think I can get a zero reading till I take the tank down and rinse it out.
Also, how do you recommend transferring the fish to the DT with out getting a little bit of copper water in the DT. This seems a bit hairy

A few drops of water with copper at .015 isn't going to hurt anything. I.O., and I assume all salt mixes have a bit of copper. Rinse the fish in the net with DT water if you need too. I know
some corals are sensitive to almost any level of copper; but these tiny numbers are really insignificant, don't worry about a few drops of water.

 

[Dr. Reef]

copper in natural seawater is 0.25 ppb, running carbon or product like cuprisorb can take any amount of copper out of the system but few drops is not at all a concern to me.

 

[krzyphsygy]

So my hippo has been in observation for almost 3 weeks now and I would like to add him to the DT. However my copper levels is qt are still detectable at about .15 . The fish has no spots since May 21 when treatment started. I feel it has been successful in eradicating ich from him. Do you think it's safe to add him even though I can't get the copper levels down? Can a very low copper reading show false treatment results?