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I just tested the copper level that my QT tank is at, to see if the fish are ready to come out, and for over the 14day period it's been at 1.10ppm, and when I converted it to mg/L(how the medicine refers to the levels), its 1.1, which is almost twice the recommended dose, and still WAY over the apparent maximum safe dose on .8 mg/L! Can this be right? I have relatively sensitive fish in it, and they have all been happy and healthy the entire time--Bangaii cardinals, firefish, cleaner wrasse, green chromis(by the way, why are they so extremely delicate these days? They used to be crazy hardy!). I'm using cupramine, and the dose I'm going by is on the bottle, so Its definitely referring to the correct type of copper. this is similar to before when I was treating my main tank after the oodinium or brooklynella event last year, and when I got the Hanna copper test kit, it turned out just following the directions put the level over 1.5, with angels, tangs, and a butterfly, which I can't imagine would have all survived if the level was truly twice the maximum safe level. Whats the deal here, there's gotta be some mistake somewhere. Are the numbers and dose info all correct and my fish are just all from krypton, or are the number/dose info off, and im not treating with a high enough dose?
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I'm doing an introduction 2month copper treatment after finally adding my new angels, but I want to be 100% sure it's effective enough--what are the ideal copper levels? I'm using cupramine. I remember there's a "standard" medication level, and i was told that some people double it, which I did after the oodinium or brooklynella murders, but I can't remember now(it's been the better part of a year, i think...maybe around 9+ months?). I think ideal/double was 50/100, but I don't want to end up having done 2 months of innefective treatment, and still be at serious risk. I got the API, and seachem copper tests, which are always off from each other by about .50ppm I believe, so I'm never 100% sure where I'm ever actually at, so I try to keep in mind I could be anywhere within that range. Of course I'm never totally sure anyway, cause the API instructions don't say if ur supposed to use the color visible while holding the vial in the air above the card(I believe that's correct), or against the card, which makes a significant difference(maybe from shadow/no shadow?), and the seachem test assumes you can eyeball the result from along a fading color scale where probably only a computer could differenciate anything within .50ppm!
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While treating oodinium(velvet?), or brooklynella, I'm not 100% sure which, luckily it doesn't matter for treatment, do the white spots show up again, through out treatment? I've never dealt with this stuff before. Every few days or so, I'll see a few white spots on someone, and i thought the treatment was supposed to interrupt the process, keeping them from reaching that stage, meaning my copper levels should be higher. They're already supposedly sufficiently high, so it's making me wonder if it's just not working, or if the parasites continue going through the stages, at least for a time. Does anyone have experience treating these jerks, and can give me an idea of what I'm seeing going on/what to expect/signs of successful and/or unsuccessful care?
