Cupramine or coppersafe
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I've used both, and I guess they work about the same (although I sorta seem to change my mind below 
). If anything, Coppersafe may be a little easier to see using API copper test kit. It can be difficult figuring out what your Cu level is with Cupramine, using Seachem or Salifert copper test kit.
So I guess I'm not one of the "Cupramine is superior/safer to Coppersafe" advocates. If you happen to encounter a fish that's sensitive to copper, then it's likely you'll encounter problems trying to use either product on the fish IMO. In fact, I keep reading about all these people saying their fish look terrible in Cupramine, and I think to myself, "I don't remember my fish ever looking that way with Coppersafe." But maybe I'm just not remembering clearly. I rarely use copper now that I've found CP & TT.
). If anything, Coppersafe may be a little easier to see using API copper test kit. It can be difficult figuring out what your Cu level is with Cupramine, using Seachem or Salifert copper test kit.So I guess I'm not one of the "Cupramine is superior/safer to Coppersafe" advocates. If you happen to encounter a fish that's sensitive to copper, then it's likely you'll encounter problems trying to use either product on the fish IMO. In fact, I keep reading about all these people saying their fish look terrible in Cupramine, and I think to myself, "I don't remember my fish ever looking that way with Coppersafe." But maybe I'm just not remembering clearly. I rarely use copper now that I've found CP & TT.
Dmorty217
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I have used coppersafe years ago and more recently cupramine but like humble fish mentioned it can be difficult to accurately read the cupramine levels with the seachem and salifert tests. I have more recently started using chloroquine phosphate because I find it easier to use and the product works about 4xs quicker than copper or cupramine (10 day treatment) followed by 4 wks of observation
It's still considered a theoretical treatment by many of "the experts". And I don't know of any case studies on it regarding fish (it's main use is to treat malaria in humans).
Nevertheless; many of us have had success using it to treat parasitic infections in fish, and our anecdotal accounts can (mostly) be found here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2136214
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