The Puffer Forum

I have been calling vets all morning trying to find out how much piperazine to use in the food while he did not know the answer to this and said it would cause nerve damage he told me that i should use copper to resolve the ick issue the puffer is still having. This poor lil puffer has got life bad right now. I cant seem to treat him with anything and it work fisrt issue i had him in freshwater wich was wrong got him into brakish but not before the white spot he had on his side fell off giving everyone in the fw ick they are all healed up now but the puffer still has it now i am sure he has wormes as his poo is white now also i have meds that are said to cure this but cant figure out how to give them to him and now i am being told to put copper in his tank to rid him of ick wich i thought was a big no no.

If used properly (in QT, while checking copper levels closely), it will work well, against ich. Very dangerous chemical & really should only be used as a last resort, for FW/BW puffers. May be the only recourse, for SW puffers.

There are several different copper remedies out there. I used copper power with my porc and he's fine. Pay attention to the copper levels though, 2ppm is enough to kill the parasite - so dont exceed that.

The problem I had was getting rid of the copper in the tank. It took me a month using Poly Filter, Cuprasorb, and three large water changes to get it out of my main tank. Use a QT tank if at all possible!!!

MP