Quarantine New Fish With Copper?

[njphin]

I have a clown fish in a quarantine tank right now. He currently has no signs of any diseases but after battling Ich in the past I am paranoid and I would like as a preventative matter to dose QT with Copper. Will that hurt or kill the fish if it ends up being it had no diseases to begin with?

 

[Innovator]

No, you should be fine. I believe the therapeutic dose for copper sulfate is 0.15mg/L, but double check that. Cupramine is a recommended product. Hypo is good for ich alone, but won't affect other diseases that are more rampant like copper will. Don't forget to redose accordingly after water changes.

 

[njphin]

Ok Thanks. I think I notice 1 white grain of salt looking thing on the white part of the clown. I don't want to misdiagnose like I did last time which did not end good. So I will do copper just to be safe since it won't hurt either way.