Preventative Treatments

[byrdman81]

Just wondering how many or any of you out there do preventative treatments against ich or flukes. I got 2 fish in QT tank and was trying to decide whether or not to treat them with prazipro once and then cupramine in a couple weeks or just do either of them only if the fish show signs of the diseases. Just trying to get input and see what everyone else does.

 

[scuzy]

i did a prazi and cupramine treatment in qt for any new fishes.

 

[byrdman81]

I have heard couple people say only treat if you see the disease and others say treat them to be safe so i dunno. Seems i hear people say LFS run copper in there system to minimize ich in their fo tanks.

 

[biger]

I treat all new fish in QT with Prazipro for 2 weeks and Cupramine for 3 to 4 weeks reguardless as to if I see any disease or not. The only exception would be if I notice an adverse affect to the medication. Then I would discontue treatment but would leave in QT longer.

Has worked well for me.

 

[byrdman81]

Cool was thinking about treating for preventative measures, wasnt for sure how much stress the copper put the fish under.

 

[limitdown]

I now treat every single incoming fish with Cupramine and Prazi-Pro regardless of any symptoms. Just way too many issues in the past with "hidden" diseases.

 

[discusone]

+1 on the prazipro right off the bat.Then,because i keep butterflys,i tend to hold off on the cupramine until i have them eating well,and careful observation for the next 3 weeks.
Generally,at 4 weeks,you are going to know if you need to treat for other problems.But there is nothing wrong with treating both meds from the start.

 

[jc16]

how about hypo works just as good as copper?

 

[byrdman81]

Is it ok to use stuff like Prime for ammonia removal while using prazipro?

 

[discusone]

jc16-you asking this will open a major debate.Some swear by hypo,others believe its major B.S.Its been debated on RC for years.I,personally fall in the later.Believe that copper is the best effort in combating ich/velvet.


byrdman81-good question,as i use RO/DI water in all my tanks.BUT,i did manage to kill both a beautiful C.Mesoleucos,and a C.Flavirostris,by adding water treatments and meds together.The combination escapes me,as this was years ago.The thing is,if you treat with any meds in a HT,try to use RO/DI water only.

Actually,i think i used Clout and Prime when i wiped out my butterflys!

 

[scarysdad]

Just browsing and saw this topic.....you can never use Copper containing meds and Prime at the same time.....this comes from a tech at Seachem as I mailed them on the subject...

 

[John Dawe]

I use a forumlin bath, prazipro, metronidazole, copper and hypo on most new fish.
Better safe than sorry.