Copper in quarantine tank?

[$mooth]

i was wondering what ppm should i keep my QT? i using coppersafe by Mardel and i'm quarantining a blue tang, flame angel and a wrasse in a 20 gal tank because of ich. I will leave them in the QT for eight weeks so my display tank can have the ich die off. my LFS said to maintain the copper level and 2ppm. is that ok??? don't want to kill my fishes. thanks

 

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i was wondering what ppm should i keep my QT? i using coppersafe by Mardel and i'm quarantining a blue tang, flame angel and a wrasse in a 20 gal tank because of ich. I will leave them in the QT for eight weeks so my display tank can have the ich die off. my LFS said to maintain the copper level and 2ppm. is that ok??? don't want to kill my fishes. thanks

I've successfully used Coppersafe on Flame Angels, but I've also read some people have had difficulties using copper on angels, especially Flames. The other two fish should be fine. With Coppersafe, the minimum effective concentration is 1.5 ppm. You'll need a chelated or total copper test kit to accurately measure Coppersafe. I use API; Salifert's doesn't work with Coppersafe, only Cupramine.

Also, bring your copper up slowly. Don't do it all in one dose as the directions say. Take 2 or 3 days to get it up to 1.5 and then see how the fish are reacting to it. Make sure they're eating.