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How do you do it?? ive read all over that it cant be done, cupramine will go toxic, thats what they say..
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That's just a thread full of peoples' opinions. I don't know what to tell you. I do it all the time.
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I do the recommended dose, and wait 4-5 days before a water change to remove it.
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@SD what happened to your reef tank?\ if you do not mind asking?
Showed my wife your yt video, she is in love with your tank
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06/13/2013, 04:00 PM | #111 |
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Not sure. Anything I didn't remove died (even mushrooms) so I'm just starting over
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There are some roomers that prazi is less effective when dosed with cupramine but I've never experienced that. I personally try to admister them seprately (prazi then cupramine) unless a special circumstance comes up.
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Sorry, I should have said I agree with this . Obviously mixing meds isn't the best, so if you can avoid it, please do so.
That said, I've used prazi and cupramine without issue, and I've used NGP and cupramine without issue.
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What's NGP
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06/13/2013, 07:29 PM | #115 |
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Nitrofuracin green powder from national fish pharmacy.
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What's that treat? Never heard of it
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06/13/2013, 07:45 PM | #117 |
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It's a broad spectrum anti bacterial treatment. Works great on those random red sores and such on butterflies during QT.
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Good to know, luckily I am done with butterfly's so I won't need it I hope
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OK, so the semilarvatus has been in the trap for a week now. The trap actually sits where all the food falls, so he's had to endure all the other butterflies, including the falcula, swimming right next to him every day. Do I release him yet? Will he go back to his terrorizing ways? If I'm going to keep him out longer, I'll transfer him to the fuge...
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Does he look like he wants to attack in the box? If not it might be worth a release if you don't think it will be too much trouble to catch him again. I've very curious to see how this turns out.
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Peter - sorry if you've answered this elsewhere, but how big was the rock beauty when you got it? Did you have any trouble getting it to eat?
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