Aloha from Hawaii New here, been lurking but love you guys already!! I run my system on a DSB and it keeps water params pretty stable. But recently I made the mistake of bringing in too many fish from the wild in without QT and some got frosted with what looked like velvet.
Normally I'm fin but I got a couple puffers from a murky lagoon and I should've known better!
Just wanted to share my success treating Velvet with hypo and Cupramine at .35ppm. I know it's frowned upon by some but Seachem themsleves suggest it here: https://forum.seachem.com/forum/general-discussion/2385-cupramine-and-salinity
Here' how they are doin gin QT fir a few weeks and I'm going to drip them back up over a few days to 1.025.
I know that's controversial as well but It's very interesting the studies that have been done, cited over at Wet Web Media on how quickly one can drop into Hypo.
I mean even doing a FW dip, then going straight into hypo!
I HAVE made the mistake in the past of trying to drip TOO SLOWLY transferring from the DT to QT in a bucket, even over a couple days, with an airstone and had the fish emerge disoriented- most liekly due to rapid PH change.
Has anyone here tried going straight from a FW dip to hyo with success?
Some pics from QT tank week 3:
(I will be separating into different systems once /if the clownfish pair but worse case I have 4 separate areas to put them. I don;t want to gample that this might be the unicorn Clownfish Harem of different colored CF Lol.
Normally I'm fin but I got a couple puffers from a murky lagoon and I should've known better!
Just wanted to share my success treating Velvet with hypo and Cupramine at .35ppm. I know it's frowned upon by some but Seachem themsleves suggest it here: https://forum.seachem.com/forum/general-discussion/2385-cupramine-and-salinity
With that salinity level, I would definitely lower the Cupramine concentration to around 0.35-0.4 mg/L. Continue to keep a close eye on all of the fish to ensure they are able to tolerate the treatment. The nice thing about Cupramine is that it is still very effective as low as 0.25-0.3mg/L.
Here' how they are doin gin QT fir a few weeks and I'm going to drip them back up over a few days to 1.025.
I know that's controversial as well but It's very interesting the studies that have been done, cited over at Wet Web Media on how quickly one can drop into Hypo.
I mean even doing a FW dip, then going straight into hypo!
I HAVE made the mistake in the past of trying to drip TOO SLOWLY transferring from the DT to QT in a bucket, even over a couple days, with an airstone and had the fish emerge disoriented- most liekly due to rapid PH change.
Has anyone here tried going straight from a FW dip to hyo with success?
Some pics from QT tank week 3:
(I will be separating into different systems once /if the clownfish pair but worse case I have 4 separate areas to put them. I don;t want to gample that this might be the unicorn Clownfish Harem of different colored CF Lol.
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