Opinions on Coppersafe

[Frank Castle]

Self-explanatory.....I'd like to know what people have to say about it. I have a big bottle of it and I used it for ich last year when I had Trout, and I just started using it again. Tell me what you guys have used it for and does it do more than just what the bottle says it does?

 

[Charney]

it is a great t drug when used appropriately and with fish not overly sensitive to it. It really is a poor chose for ich

 

[krichardson]

I have used it to treat minnows(for parasites) that I have cought to use as feeders.

 

[Frank Castle]

it is a great t drug when used appropriately and with fish not overly sensitive to it. It really is a poor chose for ich

It worked on my Trout just fine, and have used it to treat Ich in Tropicals before as well. Why do you say this?

I have used it to treat minnows(for parasites) that I have cought to use as feeders.

Does it take care of internal parasites as well?

 

[tiger15]

I much prefer using organic based than heavy metal based ick treatment. Organic based remedy such as malachite green or formalin biodegrade quickly after treatment. Copper stays in the system for a long time even after WC by absorption into the substrate. Organic based remedy also works more effectively, but some fish, such as loaches and tetra, are ultrasensitive to malachte green. But if you use it to treat cichlid, it should be fine.

 

[RD.]

I used Coppersafe for many years, without issue. IMHO, very effective at treating ich, and also IMO in many cases safer than using salt, and high temps. No osmoregulatory stress on fish, that can often be associated with high temps/salt. This is in hard water (220 ppm), and pH of 8.2 Under those conditions, safe for the vast majority of species, including clown loaches. I would NOT use copper of any kind in soft water.

I can no longer get Coppersafe locally (they sold the product line a few years back) and I have since used Seachem Cupramine to treat extoparasites, including ich. Easily removed via water changes, Seachem Cuprasorb, and even carbon. Only downside is one can't use Prime/Safe with Cupramine, you have to use a sodium thiosulphate based water conditioner.

HTH

 

[Deadliestviper7]

I would not treat feeders with this on a regular basis,this leads to a score of problems,I'm also reluctant to use these chemicals,as they often lead to more problems than solutions.