Copper treatment and cloudy water?

[Raoul5Duke]

I am in the second week of copper treatment for a one spot foxface. I took the filtration offline and I have been testing to keep copper at the correct level, although I find the copper test tough to read exactly just like any other color dependent test. The water in my QT has gotten pretty cloudy and green as there is no filtration & I have been trying to feed fairly heavy so the fish can fatten up and be nice and healthy when it finally gets to the DT. I'm just wondering if this seems normal. I have an ammonia badge monitoring the tank and continue to do 5-10 gallon weekly water changes. The QT is a 40 breeder, with a powerhead, ATO and some LED spotlights that I had laying around. The fish seems fine, but as I said the tank visually appears pretty dirty. I plan on running carbon and doing some large water changes after the fish has been in the copper solution for 2 full weeks. I also did a round of Prazipro first.

 

[Zane24]

You can still run filtration during copper treatment, just not chemical, IE Carbon. With a non cycled QT during treatment in my 20L its normal for me to change at least 25% daily. During which i clean the glass and siphon anything else out. I'd change the water more frequently. Just dose the new water before putting it in the tank to the same level of copper.

 

[Raoul5Duke]

So I assume you just test the makeup water to ensure the copper concentration is correct? I guess common sense could have been employed on my part......

 

[Mishri]

you can run filtration with copper. mechanical. such as a canister or hang on the back style. use sponges (no carbon) could also be a bacterial out break, you can run UV.