Fish in QT dying

[amy]

Thanks for the advice, I didnt buy these from a LFS which is why I felt I should play it safe. The LFS that sold me the cupramine told me it was perfectly safe and the bottle label led me to believe it as well. It says moat fish can tolerate levels at .8, but the recommendation is .6. Mine was .4 I really thought I was being safe.

[Wayne]

Just because they come from somewhere other than a LFS doesn't mean that the fish arn't heathly. In fact a lot of the time at the LFS the fish are stressed or in poorer condition (60 clowns in a 30G for example).

Copper treatment is a last resort treatment and as Denny said that tank shouldn't be used for anything else other than copper treatments. The copper is a poision that can leach out and affect other fish/inverts in the future.

Sorry for the loss, its never fun.