scubasteve
Distinguished Member
- Joined
- May 4, 2014
- Location
- Cambridge, Ontario
just fill it with saltwater and add a powerhead for circulation and an airpump hooked to an airstone. a couple peices of egg crate leaned against the side in a couple spots helps ease some stress by giving a hiding place but not everyone does that i just figure it helps a bit. i keep my med tank a lil lower temp even tho reef is 80 my qt i keep around 76-77 again helps to relax fish for many reasons but not necessarily needed. You will need a good copper test kit which every lfs should have around somewhere. I use cupramine and add 2 drops per every gallon then wait a full 48 hrs to mix before testing water or forget about accuracy at this point lol it should then read 0.5 mg/l acclimate him into it as it is a bit of a shocker for them. this level only provided relief and did not get rid of them barely at all.after the first week i raised it 2 drops on each weds and each friday on a 55 gal volume so depending on size of your qt tank you can adjust to match the rate of increase. stuff falls off each freshwater dip as well but only a few and copper seems to keep it away. You can keep raising slowly but if you notice fin rot starting or body sores or very odd behaviour stop raising as its stressing it too much and will most definately kill him.... best part is carbon will remove the copper from the water and quite fast i may add just make sure that water dont make it somehow to your tank any more than a splash can wreck havoc on inverts and corals as copper levels are toxic to most things that high.
I also do a methylene blue dip at the mid point and at end of treatment before i let sit in clean saltwater it helps in recovery and prevention big time and is even used in hospitals for certain things just follow bottle directions 5 teaspoons (not table spoons) per 3 gal of water let fish sit in it for 10 seconds then dip quick in freshwater to remove methylene and put back in tank. This stuff will not come out so dont get it on clothes or spouse will be as pissed as mine was
if you dip in methylene blue it will dye areas of fishes skin blue but only where slime coat is lacking and fades after a week or so but is very handy stuff and even tho seachems cupramin says dont mix with other meds it is safe to use in conjunction with kordons methylene blue as stated by seachem in an email to me in response when i asked.... any other company woulda said NO BUY OUR PRODUCT, just goes to show seachems dedication to successful reefers
I also do a methylene blue dip at the mid point and at end of treatment before i let sit in clean saltwater it helps in recovery and prevention big time and is even used in hospitals for certain things just follow bottle directions 5 teaspoons (not table spoons) per 3 gal of water let fish sit in it for 10 seconds then dip quick in freshwater to remove methylene and put back in tank. This stuff will not come out so dont get it on clothes or spouse will be as pissed as mine was
if you dip in methylene blue it will dye areas of fishes skin blue but only where slime coat is lacking and fades after a week or so but is very handy stuff and even tho seachems cupramin says dont mix with other meds it is safe to use in conjunction with kordons methylene blue as stated by seachem in an email to me in response when i asked.... any other company woulda said NO BUY OUR PRODUCT, just goes to show seachems dedication to successful reefers
