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OOOooooooo geeeeeeeeeeshhhhhhh..... I feel bad I moved away, this happens and wasn't there for you girl. *SUPER HUGS* to you and Steve.

This is always the turning point in the hobby and an eye opener for all about QT. You guys were having a good run too. I was worried it was going to catch up to you. I'm so sorry it did. Been there in the past too. It’s a very hurtful experience I would never wish on anyone. *Super hugs* for all the pain you have been going through. I think its GREAT that you posted your experience. Give yourself a pat on that back cause your gonna get through this.

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K... lets get to the treatment...

You did the best thing with treating with Cupermine. It’s the more stable copper treatment (if dosed & tested regularly) in my experiences.

Make sure the treatment tank is dark? No, seriously... make sure it is. Besides light helps the parasite swim to light, find fish (host). The parasite doesn't die until it directly fall off the host into the copper water. Another reason to keep the lights off is this will also calm the fish, ease stress from crowding in a QT tank. Where they’re used to having a big tank.

***You were asking about the open wounds. There are two really good treatments... Melafix can be treated with saltwater and works GREAT! And fast! I am a big fan of more natural treatments and this is one of them. Example... I had a porcupine puffer (scaleless fish - which are very sensitive to any treatment) He was small and got sucked up into the powerhead. His gill and side of head was ripped open. I thought for sure he was a goner. I was so upset. I put him in a QT Tank and treated with Melafix. After two weeks, his blood red wound was healing. Let me look to see if I still have pictures I can show you how bad shape he was in. He made a complete recovery, which was amazing to me. He was a strong bugger and that is the puffer you met and had for a bit before the transfer. When you treat with Melafix in your QT tank it will fill with the aroma of vicks! Melafix will color your tank a bit yellow, but it works great.

Another med to use is SeaChem Kanaplex (kanamycin based) is a good treatment for infections. It also works well and can even be soaked in the food to administer. You can pick up a small tube of that at A.I or Big Al's for like $10 bucks.

Make sure not to treat with any of these until the copper treatment is completely done and tested gone. Make sure there is no more remaining copper in the QT tank before starting other treatments. I think in your case, because of the open wounds, Melafix would be your best option.


Best of luck to all the survivors. You will pull through this disaster. I promise. *superhugs*