fish breathing heavy in qt

[dominic]

I have a floweri tang and mystery wrasse in a 55 with 2 hob filter and 2 power heads ,and 2 heaters incase one fails.
I have put a lot of fish through this qt and I just dosed my 2nd round of prazi last night now this morning they are breathing heavy .
I did put a power head across he top of the water .
I don't want to jump and add copper yet because they were fine before the 2nd round of prazi , they are eating but very rapid breathing .
any people have this happen with prazi?

 

[dominic]

so should I treat with copper or no ? what would you guys do?

 

[Newsmyrna80]

If breathing hard I would not add copper just yet unless they are showing signs of disease. The heavy breathing could be stress or the Prazi. Prazi stays in the water for 72 hours so the breathing should subside by then if it is the cause.

 

[dominic]

ok I will wait it out thanks