Dont want to kill my fish, what do i do?

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ofortuna08

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ok so this is my problem... a few days ago i got a tang from my LFS and he went right into my DT (i will never do that again) two days later i found a few white spots on him (ick). after a few hours of researching meds, i decided to go with cupermine by seachem.... it looked like the best option. anywho i set up the hospital tank for the tang and clown (thought it would be best to treat both). i also got the seachem test kit so i could monitor the copper levels. the first test i got didnt work, so i went back to the store and the second one didnt work either. the only other test kit that was recommended is not available at any stores. in the mean time the fish look like crap from the move to the QT and are not eating. my question is should i move them back to the DT until i can get the test kit and can complete the treatment, or leave them in QT and hope they dont starve before i cant finish treatment?
 

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just moved them back to DT an hour ago and they are eating and looking much better. i just ordered the test kit, im sure i will need it in the future.
 

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Question, how is your QT tank setup? Why size tank, type of filtration, any live rock, sand? Also how much cupramine did you use? I always error on the side of caution and go real slow with copper to ramp it up over the coarse of a week until i site proper levels .25-.30.. or is it .025.. If a fish is super infected with ich, copper at full stregth will probably do the fish in before the copper can work, the stress from the copper + ich is really bad on a heavy infestation. In those cases, I would recommend doing a FW dip (ph/temp adjusted) for 3-5 minutes to get the majority of the ich you see off the fish, then place in QT with lower levels of copper and ramp up slowly. Either way is stressful on the fish, but I think a FW dip is the lesser of the 2 evils when trying to save a super infested fish... but it sounds like yours wasn't that bad yet.

A good copper kit, as you already know, is extremely important, so I do think you did the right thing for now, putting them back in the display until you can verify the copper readings in the QT tank.
 
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OP..please start new thread.
 
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