Leopard wrasse and copper

Rene2br · Apr 12, 2024

I'm about to run a fallow period on my tank. I've got some species of fish like my leopard wrasse (chaoti) that I am really worried will do poorly or die due to its sensitivity to copper. Can anyone give me their experience regarding these fish and copper treatment. Most likely I will be running fallow for 4 to 6 months. I'm going to run prolonged dose so it will be less concentrated.

jmichaelh7 · Apr 12, 2024

Rene2br said:
I'm about to run a fallow period on my tank. I've got some species of fish like my leopard wrasse (chaoti) that I am really worried will do poorly or die due to its sensitivity to copper. Can anyone give me their experience regarding these fish and copper treatment. Most likely I will be running fallow for 4 to 6 months. I'm going to run prolonged dose so it will be less concentrated.

I had 6+ wrasse this type

Guarantee it will die

Some will tell you do it but dang I had bad luck with copper power and that’s the safest **** they have

SocalReefer760 · Apr 12, 2024

My buddy puts all his leopards thru copper and didn’t have a problem with his chaote. The only wrasse he’s had a hard time with is the yellowtail tamarin.

SoFlo Reef · Apr 18, 2024

I've never had a problem with leopards in copper, though I've never dealt with a choati. I've put multiple blue star and normal leopards through copper power at 2-2.5 ppm without issue, just ramp it up slowly over 3 or 4 days (unless its showing signs of ich/velvet). When they're in good shape I haven't found them to be particularly sensitive, I think they are just poor shippers and sometimes come in with internal parasites which is why they get that reputation.

Rene2br · Apr 19, 2024

SoFlo Reef said:
I've never had a problem with leopards in copper, though I've never dealt with a choati. I've put multiple blue star and normal leopards through copper power at 2-2.5 ppm without issue, just ramp it up slowly over 3 or 4 days (unless its showing signs of ich/velvet). When they're in good shape I haven't found them to be particularly sensitive, I think they are just poor shippers and sometimes come in with internal parasites which is why they get that reputation.

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