Treatment Do's

• Immediately remove dead or dying fish and or corals, to prevent fouling of tank.
• Isolate fish for treatment outside the main tank, never use medications in a reef tank.
• Identify the problem before treatment, you can cause more damage than good by using medications that are not for that disease.
• Change water in the treatment tank every two or three days, check all water parameters and adjust to treatment tank.
• Keep the bottom of the treatment tank as clean as you can.
• Provide shelter for the fish in the treatment tank to reduce stress.
• Keep the light levels low in the treatment tank to reduce stress and calm the fish.
• Keep track of ammonia and nitrite levels if the treatment tank has a biological filter.
• Keep fish isolated until the cure is complete, do not rush to add the fish back to the tank.
• Use medications only as directed, the "one more drop for good luck" does not work here.
• Monitor copper levels in the treatment water every day, if test kit reads wrong adding more medication could cause a toxic tank syndrome, and kill the fish.
• Rinse any external filters with freshwater and change the media to prevent reinfection of the tank after treatment is complete.
• Clean equipment used for treatment with potassium permanganate to sterilize them.
• KEEP AQAURIUM MEDICATIONS OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN !!!

• Use medications unless absolutely necessary.
• Continue to add copper without testing the current copper levels.
• Exceed 0.3 ppm copper. No more than 0.25 ppm copper for three weeks is all that should be necessary.
• Use antibiotics in a tank with a biological filter.
• Use an activated carbon filter with any type of medication unless the object is to quickly remove the medication from the water.
• Use a UV filter with any type of medication
• DON'T FLUSH LIVE OR DEAD FISH IN LOCAL WATERS. BAG THEM AND PLACE IN TRASH CONTAINER.