Coral problems

[leighnorton]

I know I have titled this coral problems but there are a couple of other things I need to ask about also...

I have recently had whitespot on my clownfish which I treated with cuprazin (which the fish shop bloke said was ok to use with corals) now I've been told corals aren't too keen on this... As I have seen my yellow polyps have sunk in and not come out for a few days so far... Also my toadstool mushrooms are starting to become yellowy - green on the stalks of the coral... Is this normal or are they dying? I am doing daily small water changes with RO water and I have put a new carbon bag in the tank today hoping this will clear the treatment from the water. Is there anything else I can do to help this along? I also put some snails in the other day 6 of them and they are all shrivelled into their shells and do not move... Are they dead or are they getting used to the tank? I took my water to be tested at my LFS and they said its perfectly fine.

Thanks =)

 

[Lotus]

Assuming Cuprazin is a copper-based medication, it may kill off all your corals and snails. Does the bottle say it's reef-safe? Usually, you need to treat the fish outside the main tank, in a hospital tank, and leave the main tank without fish for 6 to 8 weeks.

 

[leighnorton]

I knew I should of come on here before I used this stuff.... Well yeh the bottle did say reef safe for corals and everything.. The thing is the 6 snails that I put in my tank are lifeless but there was already 3 in there which are still fine so I dont know if this changes anything? I don't have enough money for a hospital tank =( Is there no other ways than the ones I've mentioned to help the corals along?

 

[TRe]

if it was infact copper that you treated with than you might not ever be able to keep corals in that tank again

 

[leighnorton]

Well the majority of my corals are fine, my yellow polyps also are coming out more now than they were last week. I'm going to let the carbon pad I have in my tank filter through for a week or so and then put a fresh one in.

 

[Lotus]

Carbon won't remove copper. You can try something like Poly Filter or a similar product.

 

[leighnorton]

Thank you... I shall buy that as soon as I can!