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10/04/2004, 11:00 PM
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Is CopperSafe effective?
I bought 3 fish and put them in quarantine. The fish have tiny white dots (smaller than salt) and the skin is a bit slimy/peeling off.
I have added QuICK Cure by Aquarium Products (formaline + m.g.) for 2 days in a row (to eliminate possiblilty of Brooklynella). Then I took water to 15 ppm of salinity, but the dots on fish have actually gotten worse. I have then added (without raising salinity) Coppersafe + Maracyn Two as I suspected Amyloodinium (velvet). It's been 2 days, but the dots on the fish did not disappear. Is Coppersafe effective at all ? Is it more stable in water than Cupramine or ionic copper ? Can it be removed with carbon ? I also added some AmQuel as I suspected that bio filter might become weakened, I hope the AmQuel will not reduce copper and MaracynTwo to any inactive levels or compounds? BTW, the reason why I haven't used Cupramine is because with Cupramine I lost 2 dwarf angels and 2 clowns before....so I thought that Coppersafe might me safer :-) Thank you. Luke
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