I heed your advice and am continuing Cupramine in the DP until the end of the 14 day period. So far, all the fish have rebounded and are doing well. Thanks mate......
Help Help Help!!!
- Thread starter grouper25
- Start date
MrTuskfish
Team RC
Prazi-Pro is an excellent de-wormer. I use it on all new fish. It is very easy on the fish too---IMO. The mfg of PP suggests that it not be used with copper, because the PP is less effective. However, using PP and copper at the same time is very common. IMO, the situation with this fish is pretty desperate and you may not be able to follow all the "rules". Fish not eating is often a sign that the fish is reacting to copper; but its also a sign of deteriorating health. Even though most Angels need special care with copper,; IME, most tolerate .25ppm of Cupramine very well. To further complicate things, .25 is not an effective dose of Cupramine. I think .35 is probably minimal. I see no benefit to keeping the Cupramine at the .25 level. Removing the copper may help the fish, temporarily, but then the ich is free to ravage this very weak fish. Nothing positive in my post; but just trying to provide info that may help you with options. If I were treating this fish (and I'm not), I'd remove the copper with carbon or Cuprisorb and WCs, dose with PP, and see if the fish will start eating and gain some strength...then gradually re-introduce the Cupramine to .35. Hypo or tank-transfer are options for the ich too; especially with a fish that seems to be having trouble with copper. The one thing this fish needs is a whole lot of luck. Unfortunately, IMO&IME, the outlook for this fish is not very good. But sometimes, fish that seem lost do bounce back; I hope this is one of them
Update
Update
Well, I guess miracles do happen afterall.
After some 15 days of being blind, in a QT and not eating,,,,,, yesterday my large Scribbled allowed me to hand feed her some 5 pieces of fresh clam with a long tweezer. It was amazing for sure. Her sight is gradually coming back as she now flinches when I place a stick in front of her.
I am planning to monitor her progress very closely and hoping to get her back to the 220 asap which is still under Curpamine at 20mg/L.
I expect to do a larger water change this weekend and start adding carbon to bring down the copper.
She is not out of the woods yet but yesterdays food intake after 15 days of no food was quite a relief.
My sincere thanks to those who showed concern and offered help.It is much appreciated for sure. It was amazing to see a large angel be hand fed with a tweezer.
Regards,
Update
Well, I guess miracles do happen afterall.
After some 15 days of being blind, in a QT and not eating,,,,,, yesterday my large Scribbled allowed me to hand feed her some 5 pieces of fresh clam with a long tweezer. It was amazing for sure. Her sight is gradually coming back as she now flinches when I place a stick in front of her.
I am planning to monitor her progress very closely and hoping to get her back to the 220 asap which is still under Curpamine at 20mg/L.
I expect to do a larger water change this weekend and start adding carbon to bring down the copper.
She is not out of the woods yet but yesterdays food intake after 15 days of no food was quite a relief.
My sincere thanks to those who showed concern and offered help.It is much appreciated for sure. It was amazing to see a large angel be hand fed with a tweezer.
Regards,
Similar threads
