You can use Seachem Cupramine to help treat Freshwater Ich (Ichthyophthirius), Saltwater Ich (Cryptocaryon), Freshwater Velvet (Piscinoodinium) and Saltwater Velvet (Amyloodinium).
Once you are done with treating your fish, Seachem highly recommends that you remove this solution from your tank water. Otherwise, long term exposure to copper may end up causing health issues for the inhabitants in your aquarium.
You can take a look at this tutorial to see how you can remove Cupramine from your aquarium water after treatment.
Quick Summary
The best way to get rid of Cupramine in your tank water is to add Seachem Cuprisorb to your filtration. By also doing daily water changes, you should be able to quickly remove the solution from your aquarium.
Although not as effective, you can also use activated carbon instead to trap the Cupramine present in your tank water.
In order to detect whether or not copper is still in the aquarium water, we suggest using the Seachem MultiTest Copper Test Kit.
How to remove Cupramine from your fish tank water after treatment
In order to get rid of Cupramine from your fish tank water after you are done treating your fish, you can take the following steps:
1. To start off, we recommend adding activated carbon or another chemical filter media that is capable of absorbing copper.
Fortunately, Seachem does have a product made specifically for getting rid of copper with the Cuprisorb. 100 mL of this product is capable of absorbing 3,000 mg (or 12 ppm) of copper from 60 gallons or 240 liters of tank water.
Keep Cuprisorb in your filtration for at least 2 weeks. If you see the beads of this filter media turn deep blue or deep black, then you need to replace the media as this indicates that the beads have been fully exhausted.
If you are interested, you can purchase the Seachem Cuprisorb on Amazon with this link. (#CommissionsEarned)
2. While not as effective, you can also use activated carbon. The microscopic pores of this material will trap impurities, which include Cupramine, from your fish tank water.
Seachem has their own branded carbon filter media with the Matrix Carbon. 500 mL of this product is good enough to clear 200 gallons (or 800 liters) of tank waters for several months.
You can purchase this filter media, if you are interested, on Amazon with this link. (#CommissionsEarned)
3. One last method you can use is to do daily water changes.
We recommend swapping out no more than 20% of tank water at a time. This is because your fish can get easily stressed out if the water parameters change too quickly and wildly.
Each successive water change will further dilute Cupramine from your aquarium water.
The fastest way to get rid of this solution is to use Seachem Cuprisorb and pair it with daily water changes.
How to tell if there is no more Cupramine in your tank water
In order to tell that Cupramine is no longer mixed into your tank water, we recommend using a copper test kit like the Seachem MultiTest Copper Test Kit (which you can find on Amazon with this link). (#CommissionsEarned)
If the testing kit shows that copper is still present, then you need still have work to do. If the test kit isn’t showing any presence of copper in your tank water, then you should be in the clear.
