Cupramine & Puffers?

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Anyone treated puffer before with Cupramine?

What was your experiences?


I dosed first time with Cupramine last night, only half a dose 0.25. Tested 4 times already with Seachem test kit and shady color test but just less then 0.25. I was going to wait 48hrs before dosing the last 0.25 to reach a total of 0.5 as directed on the bottle.

My tangs seem o.k. But my puffers.... not good. Porcupine puffer keeps puffing up full size up and down, goes on wild spurts! Is this normal while treatment at first?

The dogface puffer, was ill (Velvet & looks like flukes) before I got him but now seems worst after copper dose. He lays on bottom of QT in the erate (bubbles). Also doesn't use one gill, closed. The one gill he uses is blood red and open wide. Also I notice his eye is a little red. Is this normal with treatment with Cupramine?

I went home to check on them at lunch. The puffers both ate aggressively once I droped krill in. so hopefully thats a good sign that they are eating still but they both seemed like they were having a hard time keeping it down.

Does anyone have any suggestion or come acrosss this before. Is this normal puffers while in Cupramine treatment. I don't think they would do good with the next dose of 0.25 tomorrow night. I'm wondering if I should stop treatment.

Also I read once but now can't find that normal ammonia test kits dont work on Cupramine. Will give false reading? Does anyone know if this os true?

Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated as I have never used copper before.

thanks a bunch in advance.