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I can't comment on the butterfly and trigger, but I would certainly be looking to use Chloroquine (Phosphate) CP from an online pharmacy (you can state you are headed to the Dominican republic for a few weeks if needed).
I've just come out of the back of a velvet outbreak which lost 40% of my stock including my favourites.
Personally I would get the largest QT tank you can and treat in there, using formalin baths as suggested. I have successfully treated your other fish with CP for velvet, although there are CP resistant strains (lets hope it's not one of these).
You will need to get some sort of biological filtration going as ammonia is going to be your enemy. CP is nice and simple and also means that you can treat with your current salinity.
Do not use copper with the current levels as others have pointed out, it will be toxic.
If you are running hypo in the display tank, have already removed inverts, algae etc, then I have seen people dose CP into the display - but it's NOT something I would recommend and you will have significant ammonia problems.
Another advantage of CP at this stage is that you can use Prime, Ammo lock or similar to help with the ammonia levels - something you must not use with copper as it will turn toxic.
Good luck and hope you can bring the rest through
Here's is a link to what fish can be treated with which method https://www.*********.com/threads/fish-and-treatment-guidelines-with-chart.283450/ your going to have to add enough cupramine to get your tank at a thereputic level right away here's the math for cupramine.
.381x (cu concentration)x(actual water volume)=mgs to dose. So here's you equation to get .35 cu which is thereputic for cupramine
.381x.35x actual water volume in your tank =mgs to dose
Get a syringe from your pharmacy and use it it's the more accurate way to dose cu also you will need a cu test kit for cupramine use seachem or salifert and test daily also don't be surprised if you dose the cu and 24 hrs later it reads low that is common you will have to test daily at minimum to keep levels thereputic
.381x (cu concentration)x(actual water volume)=mgs to dose. So here's you equation to get .35 cu which is thereputic for cupramine
.381x.35x actual water volume in your tank =mgs to dose
Get a syringe from your pharmacy and use it it's the more accurate way to dose cu also you will need a cu test kit for cupramine use seachem or salifert and test daily also don't be surprised if you dose the cu and 24 hrs later it reads low that is common you will have to test daily at minimum to keep levels thereputic
Hi everyone! I think and I hope the crisis is behind me. My two tank become infected because they are close. As a result I lost a lot of fish. The remaining fish are my raccoon butterfly, my foxface, my blue hippo tang and my zebra eel, in my other tank.
I have a few questions. Do you think the survivor fish will become healthy carrier? What can I do with my tank? I traited my main tank with Cupramine but I have removed my LR before. What can I do with my contaminated rock? Thank you!
I have a few questions. Do you think the survivor fish will become healthy carrier? What can I do with my tank? I traited my main tank with Cupramine but I have removed my LR before. What can I do with my contaminated rock? Thank you!
If I'm understanding your questions correctly.
1- as long as you treated the fish for 30 days and it was done correctly then no your fish will not be carriers.
2- your DT will be contaminated with copper the sand the rock. I think you should let the tank sit fallow for 6 weeks min as Justinm suggested and during the time I would run cuprasorb or carbon during the fallow period to remove all copper from the sand.
3- it might be best to replace your rock And sand and beings you treated the fish in the DT this concerns me about how effective the copper treatment will be.
Did you keep the copper levels thereputic for 30 days and confirm it was therapeutic with a copper test? It is very difficult to keep copper thereputic in the presence of sand and rock.
1- as long as you treated the fish for 30 days and it was done correctly then no your fish will not be carriers.
2- your DT will be contaminated with copper the sand the rock. I think you should let the tank sit fallow for 6 weeks min as Justinm suggested and during the time I would run cuprasorb or carbon during the fallow period to remove all copper from the sand.
3- it might be best to replace your rock And sand and beings you treated the fish in the DT this concerns me about how effective the copper treatment will be.
Did you keep the copper levels thereputic for 30 days and confirm it was therapeutic with a copper test? It is very difficult to keep copper thereputic in the presence of sand and rock.
