Yesterday at 3pm PST my 55 gallon began it's 76 day fallow period. The fish were removed and put into 20g tanks and tonight their copper treatments started. One tank will be called the Clown Tank (CT) and the other will be The Tang Tank (TT).
Each 20g tank received 5mL (1tsp) of Coppersafe (CS) and a capful of Stability.
It was after I added the copper that realized that I can't add any more to TT until I catch my long nosed hawkfish. He's a wiley little devil.
Tomorrow night when I get home I'll test the copper level and add the next dose.
If I were to follow the instructions on the bottle of 5mL/4gallons then to reach the "therapeutic" copper(Cu) level I would need to add 25mL of the CS. So I'm splitting up the dose to go over the next 3-5 days. I'll keep going until I reach the therapeutic level of 1.5-2mg/L recommended.
Unfortunately, the temp on the CT was 80F when I got home so I turned down the temp right away. I want to get it down to about 75F. The TT is already at 75F
While at work I was given access to VIN (Veterinary Information Network) by one of the vets I work for and I was able to find some pretty interesting stuff. Google "SRAC publication 4705 July 2011" there's a pretty good article regarding Amyloodinium ocellatum.
Well!! I just caught the hawkfish! YAY! One of the peppermint shrimp was in the darn trap and so when I got him out I thought, what the heck I'll give it one more shot. LOL So now the 29g can start its fallow period, too. I'm glad it'll only be a day behind the 55g.
That's it for now. I'm getting a headache and I need to be to work in about 10 hours. I should have more time tomorrow night since I won't be trying to catch a hawkfish.
Each 20g tank received 5mL (1tsp) of Coppersafe (CS) and a capful of Stability.
It was after I added the copper that realized that I can't add any more to TT until I catch my long nosed hawkfish. He's a wiley little devil.
Tomorrow night when I get home I'll test the copper level and add the next dose.
If I were to follow the instructions on the bottle of 5mL/4gallons then to reach the "therapeutic" copper(Cu) level I would need to add 25mL of the CS. So I'm splitting up the dose to go over the next 3-5 days. I'll keep going until I reach the therapeutic level of 1.5-2mg/L recommended.
Unfortunately, the temp on the CT was 80F when I got home so I turned down the temp right away. I want to get it down to about 75F. The TT is already at 75F
While at work I was given access to VIN (Veterinary Information Network) by one of the vets I work for and I was able to find some pretty interesting stuff. Google "SRAC publication 4705 July 2011" there's a pretty good article regarding Amyloodinium ocellatum.
Well!! I just caught the hawkfish! YAY! One of the peppermint shrimp was in the darn trap and so when I got him out I thought, what the heck I'll give it one more shot. LOL So now the 29g can start its fallow period, too. I'm glad it'll only be a day behind the 55g.
That's it for now. I'm getting a headache and I need to be to work in about 10 hours. I should have more time tomorrow night since I won't be trying to catch a hawkfish.