Not sure if this has been posted before but I've only got a few minutes before leaving for work. Can I use cupramine in my dt if I take all crabs snails, shrimp etc out?
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Not sure if this has been posted before but I've only got a few minutes before leaving for work. Can I use cupramine in my dt if I take all crabs snails, shrimp etc out?
Not sure if this has been posted before but I've only got a few minutes before leaving for work. Can I use cupramine in my dt if I take all crabs snails, shrimp etc out?
@Lori LeBlanc That's a fairly heavy QT stocklist, but a 55 should do. DT water won't really help control the ammonia, but a large HOB filter (Aquaclear 70 or 110) and a bottle of nitrifying bacteria (Seachem Stability or Dr. Tim's) will.
The good news is all of your fish are good candidates for copper treatment, provided you raise it slowly on them.
Don't worry about your ability to do it. Just go slow, one step at a time and check everything off the list as you do. We'll be here to help you out if you run into a problem or need a pep talk. I'm sure you've seen humble's sticky on how to quarantine. If you haven't give it it a read and make a check list of equipment and things to watch out for like ammonia (ammonia alert badge for that). Keep saltwater made for water changes since they will be frequent at first. Make sure you have a siphon or hose to use to get the left over food off the bottom of the tank. Go slow raising the copper levels and test often. As often as you need to feel comfortable with it. You'll do fineI'll be honest, this is scaring the heck out of me as I don't feel confident enough in my knowledge or experience.
I dont have access to Dr. Tims or Seachem Stability. Would Nutrifin Cycle work.@Lori LeBlanc That's a fairly heavy QT stocklist, but a 55 should do. DT water won't really help control the ammonia, but a large HOB filter (Aquaclear 70 or 110) and a bottle of nitrifying bacteria (Seachem Stability or Dr. Tim's) will.
The good news is all of your fish are good candidates for copper treatment, provided you raise it slowly on them.
Once I get all the fish out of dt, there would only be shrimp, crabs, snails and corals. Will the ich still die off if leaving the tank fallow for 76 days?
Thank you @melypr1985 . Do you think it would be ok to use my smaller canister filter on the 55g. I would take out the carbon of course but could I use the other media in it to stop the tank from cycling as it already has a bio load.Yes. Without fish ich will starve out and die. 76 days without fish and it will be safe.
Thank you @melypr1985 . Do you think it would be ok to use my smaller canister filter on the 55g. I would take out the carbon of course but could I use the other media in it to stop the tank from cycling as it already has a bio load.
I agree. I've done it successfully but it's exponentially easier to use a qt/hospital tank.Technically yes; but it will not be easy. For starters, you will struggle to maintain a stable Cu level in the very beginning due to the rocks/sand absorbing most of the copper. Then even once it stabilizes, you will need to test it daily to ensure therapeutic levels are being maintained. And then post treatment, getting it all out so you can safely put corals/inverts back in your system is a long, tedious task.
@melypr1985 @Humblefish I have everything except my cleaner wrasse and choris wrasse out of dt. Once they are out, will ich or velvet survive on hermit crabs, cleaner shrimp, rock, corals or snails. I will be leaving my tank fallow except for those things. I am contemplating changing out my sand to fresh clean sand in the process.
Crypto (ich) can only infect fish, so leaving invertebrates in the tank during the fallow period is fine.