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02-11-2005, 09:39 PM
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Ich Treatment
I'm setting up a 10 gallon Hospitial tank to treat my Hippo with the case of Ich. What is the best copper treatment? I have SeaCure Copper. It that any good or is there better?
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02-11-2005, 10:28 PM
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Seachems cupramine is suppose to be the least harsh of the coppers - just make sure you have a copper test kit that can read cupramine - Seachem, Red Sea, and the more recent Salifert copper test kits can read cupramine. |
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02-12-2005, 12:06 AM
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MY hIPPO BREAKS OUT EVERY SO OFTEN, KEEP HIM WELL FEED,dont forget the garlic. It seems to come and go. I wonder if you can ever really get rid of it. Once you put him back in the tank he can get it again, I think.
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02-12-2005, 12:57 AM
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Got Crabs?
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02-12-2005, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevin1000
Seachems cupramine is suppose to be the least harsh of the coppers - just make sure you have a copper test kit that can read cupramine - Seachem, Red Sea, and the more recent Salifert copper test kits can read cupramine.
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So is SeaCure any good or should I go with the SeaChems copper? How long should I leave the Hippo in the Hositial tank? That is after I dont see it anymore.
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02-12-2005, 10:17 AM
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Got Crabs?
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You can just treat the hippo in a hospital but when he returns to the display the ich will still be in the display tank and he will eventually get infected. You must move all fish to a hospital tank and treat them all their and let the display tank run fishless for 6 weeks. Without fish the ich parasite will starve to death with no fish to host on. I am going through the same thing right now and have 2 weeks to go. I used cupramine with hyposalinity and the ich was off the fish in 3-4 days and has not returned. The important thing is to rid the display of ich and letting it sit fishless is the only way proven way to do it.
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02-12-2005, 10:38 AM
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Im Just Going to look!!!!
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im going through the same thing as well the main tank has been fishless for 4 weeks now and that is 28 days for ich life cycle but to be on the safe side i am going to leave them out for another week or two. Thats the only way to get that stuff out of there.
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