Cupramine instructions confusion

[dsfireman]

From what I am reading on the back of the bottle, after 48 hours, I am redoing the tank. Does this mean that I am going over .5 or does it dissipate over the 48 hours?

 

[keithhays]

You should test. If you accidentally doubled the first dose and went .5 the first day then you can not add it again 48 hours later. You are better off testing to be sure.

 

[HumbleFish]

You should test. If you accidentally doubled the first dose and went .5 the first day then you can not add it again 48 hours later. You are better off testing to be sure.

+1 to testing to be sure; but if you follow the directions you should get a reading of (around) 0.5 mg/L after the 2nd dose (48 hours later). I don't think Cupramine is lethal until you hit 0.6 mg/L, so you do have a little wiggle room.

 

[mchammer]

I just started cupramine yesterday and the instructions are to put two drops per gallon and wait 48 hours and add an additional two drops per gallon and then monitor the copper level. The concentration should be .5 mg/l after second dose. From what I've read in does not become lethal until .8 mg/l of copper. Also someone stated that when you do a water change you should add the cupramine to the fresh saltwater before you add to tank as apposed to adding fresh saltwater and then adjusting for copper level.

 

[MrTuskfish]

I just started cupramine yesterday and the instructions are to put two drops per gallon and wait 48 hours and add an additional two drops per gallon and then monitor the copper level. The concentration should be .5 mg/l after second dose. From what I've read in does not become lethal until .8 mg/l of copper. Also someone stated that when you do a water change you should add the cupramine to the fresh saltwater before you add to tank as apposed to adding fresh saltwater and then adjusting for copper level.

Cupramine is lethal to most FISH at .8ppm. Cupramine at .35-.45 or so works very well. I've used this dosage with well over 100 fish with great results. Give SeaChem tech support a call on dosages; they know a lower level is extremism effective. (1-888-seachem I think. Also; be sure your copper test kit is comparable with Cupramine. SeaChem, Salifert, and Red sea are; most others aren't. Here's some vital info, read the FAQ.http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Cupramine.html

 

[keithhays]

I just started cupramine yesterday and the instructions are to put two drops per gallon and wait 48 hours and add an additional two drops per gallon and then monitor the copper level. The concentration should be .5 mg/l after second dose. From what I've read in does not become lethal until .8 mg/l of copper. Also someone stated that when you do a water change you should add the cupramine to the fresh saltwater before you add to tank as apposed to adding fresh saltwater and then adjusting for copper level.

You should add it to the fresh saltwater. The reason is that if the medication, really any medication used this way, drops below its target level for killing the species you are targeting during the treatment you very likely will have invalidated the entire treatment and will need to begin the timing again.