Ok, so my fish had ich so I did hypo twice (haven't seen a spot since 1st treatment) but afterwords they continued to scratch so I did Cupramine. I maintained just below .5 for 3 weeks. I stopped the treatment one week ago today and today I'm watching my fish and my Kole and my blennie are flashing again. I'm going to lose my mind, I don't see any white spots on them and I haven't in some time. The ich iwas probably cured after first hypo, but they must have had something else with it.
Here are some other facts about what I have seen:
When I did the Cupramine treatment all of the fish started flashing like crazy, almost as soon as it hit the water for the first dose (copper level is back to 0 now though).
The fish scratch and twitch every few minutes, and my Kole darts around a lot again, my clownfish don't really seem affected though.
I don't see any outward signs of problems such as excess mucus, or any white spots, fin damage or anything like that.
My blenny and Kole seem to be breathing heavier again.
Kole is def. stressed, he is starting to get HLLE again (it went away after first hypo), I know that some of this is because he's only in a 55 gal.
All the fish eat like pigs, this is still a good thing.
Here are QT tank parameters as of 15 minutes ago:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0 (I do a 30% WC every three days)
SG 1.025
PH 8.0
Could it be another parasite, if so how should I treat, or could it possibly be bacterial? I'm about to lose my mind, they have been in QT since Sep. and I can't seem to get them to stop scratching. The hypo worked, the cupramine seemed to work, but about a week after all the treatments they started scratching again.
Cupramine Thread
Cupramine Treatment Mystery
Original Thread From Sep.
I have Ich
Please help
