michael_cb_125
New member
Hello Everyone.
I am looking into using different medications to treat both Ick, and Interal/external parasites.
If ick is ever introduced into a DT, there are only a few ways of eliminating it. Hypo, Copper, or allowing the tank to remain fallow for X amount of time.
Personally the idea of keeping the tank fishless to eliminate ick, seems to risky for me. My luck, the ick would go dormant, and come back twice as strong.
So it comes down to hypo or copper. Providing I remove all (or as many) of the inverts as I can (shrimp, snails, crabs, etc) should I be overly concerned with dosing copper to the DT?
Cupramine states that it does not disturb the filter bed, does this include the sand bed and LR?
So many sources state that copper is absorbed by calcium carbonate substrates. But is Cupramine different? I know that some here have used it in their DTS.
I am just looking into this, to be safe.
Thanks for any help
~Michael
I am looking into using different medications to treat both Ick, and Interal/external parasites.
If ick is ever introduced into a DT, there are only a few ways of eliminating it. Hypo, Copper, or allowing the tank to remain fallow for X amount of time.
Personally the idea of keeping the tank fishless to eliminate ick, seems to risky for me. My luck, the ick would go dormant, and come back twice as strong.
So it comes down to hypo or copper. Providing I remove all (or as many) of the inverts as I can (shrimp, snails, crabs, etc) should I be overly concerned with dosing copper to the DT?
Cupramine states that it does not disturb the filter bed, does this include the sand bed and LR?
So many sources state that copper is absorbed by calcium carbonate substrates. But is Cupramine different? I know that some here have used it in their DTS.
I am just looking into this, to be safe.
Thanks for any help
~Michael