Cupramine - Treatment - Icy

[Fernando Parra]

Good morning guys,

I need your help, I have 2 fishes (Naso Tang and Blue Tang) on my display that have been in storage for a few days already. I want to treat them with Cupramine in a small aquarium hospital, my doubts are:

- Can I use the water from my main aquarium in this small hospital to start treatment?
"If I have to make new water, would not I have to cycle this new water?" So what would be the point of cycling an aquarium before inserting the fish?
- Can I put the fish with ictio the same time I put the cupramine in the water or should I expect to stabilize the copper level in 3 days to insert the fish?
- Should I put all the fish that are in this main display in the hospital and start the treatment together, considering that I have ichthus in this tank and that will contaminate all?
"How long do I have to keep in the hospital and put CU in that tank?" Do I have to be dosed every 3 or 4 days with cupramine to maintain 0.5mg?
- How long should I leave the fish under treatment before returning to the main tank?
- What equipment do I need to have in this hospital to maintain oxygenation, filtration, heater, etc?

Sorry for so many questions, because I really do not understand this treatment, and the more I read the more I doubt it, I'll stay.

Thank you!
Fernando Parra

 

[lmforbis]

All fish need to be treated. Add the fish to the hospital tank before adding cupramine. It is fine to use tank water. Slowly over 4 days raise the copper to the therapeutic level. The instructions say 2 but 4 days is better. Make sure you have a compatible copper test kit. I know the SeaChem test kit is compatible with Cupramine. You also will want to purchase a Seachem ammonia badge. Many ammonia tests will give you a false result with cupramine. The ammonia badge is fine with cupramine. Be prepared to do frequent water changes if ammonia is detected.
It is very important to treat all your fish. The display tank is still infected. You will need to keep that fishless for minimum of 6 weeks but the literature indicates 72 days is safer. That will allow the parisite to die off in the display.

 

[beth]

Its risky to treat fish with medications in an uncycled tank which it looks like your hospital tank is going to be set up rather than already set up, cycled and ready to go? Are the 2 tangs the only fish you have? By storage, do you mean they are already in a separate tank?