New regal angel staight to cuprimine?

[3yellowtangs]

Picking up a regal angel that was shipped straight from bali tomorrow Is this advisable to put right in cuprimine ?

 

[ThRoewer]

I personally would consider that a very bad idea.
Regal angels are very sensitive (in the psychological sense) so I would always try first to acclimate them well and get them to eat before starting any prophylactic treatment (other than short dips on arrival against things like brook and velvet).

For such a fish I would have also prepared a QT that more resembles a display tank with live rocks and lots of algae.
I had several of them, some even in pairs and diseases were never the primary issue with them but rather getting them to eat and feel at home. A naked QT - let alone copper treatment - doesn't do you much good with them.

In general I would avoid copper with angels and butterflies and rather do TTM or hyposalinity to fight ich.

 

[Spar]

I personally would consider that a very bad idea.
Regal angels are very sensitive (in the psychological sense) so I would always try first to acclimate them well and get them to eat before starting any prophylactic treatment (other than short dips on arrival against things like brook and velvet).

For such a fish I would have also prepared a QT that more resembles a display tank with live rocks and lots of algae.
I had several of them, some even in pairs and diseases were never the primary issue with them but rather getting them to eat and feel at home. A naked QT - let alone copper treatment - doesn't do you much good with them.

In general I would avoid copper with angels and butterflies and rather do TTM or hyposalinity to fight ich.

+1 - i have had bad luck with copper + angels. TTM has always worked well for me (for the two angels i have anyway).

i have even kept angels in a bare QT after TTM just fine... just had PVC for hiding places. but, if you can welcome him with some rock, etc, post-treatment, all the better for him.

 

[3FordFamily]

No on cupramine. Angels very sensitive to it

 

[Dmorty217]

Angels are sensitive to cupramine like mentioned above and I killed a Red Sea regal in CP within 2 days... I would suggest TTM and observation. They really need a reef tank to acclimate properly

 

[Deinonych]

angels are sensitive to cupramine like mentioned above and i killed a red sea regal in cp within 2 days... I would suggest ttm and observation. They really need a reef tank to acclimate properly

+1

 

[snorvich]

angels are sensitive to cupramine like mentioned above and i killed a red sea regal in cp within 2 days... I would suggest ttm and observation. They really need a reef tank to acclimate properly

+2

 

[ThRoewer]

They really need a reef tank to acclimate properly

That has been my observation as well. I actually put a 15cm Maldives Pygoplites in a 60x35x35cm³ acclimatization tank that was filled with live rock and caulerpa algae and he did well and started eating of the algae right away and Mysis the next day.

 

[3yellowtangs]

Thanks everyone. So i have a 55 that runs cupramine and a 180 dt with tangs and others. The tangs are a bit aggressive to new comers. I am down to between one and two parts for cupramine. Where should the angel go?

 

[alprazo]

Just had a regal go through CP. Posted about it last month. I've actually personally put two through CP with no issues.

 

[3yellowtangs]

Just had a regal go through CP. Posted about it last month. I've actually personally put two through CP with no issues.

Whats level do you usually start them at?

 

[alprazo]

All fish go through the same treatment. 10mg/l * 30 days. If they can't make it through the treatment, they don't belong with the other fish.

 

[Dmorty217]

All fish go through the same treatment. 10mg/l * 30 days. If they can't make it through the treatment, they don't belong with the other fish.

This is sounds adivse, difficult to spend 250-350$ on a fish to possibly kill it but none the less basically the same thing the owner of New Life Spectrum told me