Which Copper

[CoralsAddiction]

Cryptocaryon is in my experience usually more of a nuisance than a serious thread, and if it gets out oh hand and I have to treat it, I prefer hyposalinity or TTM.

I've had great results with hyposalinity especially as a prophylactic treatment for newly acquired fish. However, there are instances when crypto is far too advanced for hypo to be effective. I've tried TTM once on a pair of clowns but I lost the battle. They might have had velvet which made me think that had I used copper I could have saved them. On the flip side, I've been able to save quite a few fishes in near death situations using Coppersafe which is where my reasoning here for its use comes from.

 

[tassod]

i've had great results with copper. I've stuck with one medication (coppersafe) and have learned the ideal levels to effectively treat my livestock. Its use should not be discouraged. It saved many of my fishes. It gave them a second chance at life. That's the most important thing. Some of the things said about copper are not always true.
For example, if i am not mistaken it was joyce wilkerson in her book "clownfishes" who wrote that copper caused infertility in clowns. I've treated my breeding of pair of true percula clownfishes with copper and they are still laying eggs.

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