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Why would not a freshwater dip, or a series of same be as effective as a full blown copper treatment in curing ich or velvet for marine fish?

April 26, 2017blown Copper curing dip effective freshwater ich SERIES treatment velvet

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Why would not a freshwater dip, or a series of same be as effective as a full blown copper treatment in curing ich or velvet for marine fish?

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It is stated many places that a fresh water dip kills such parasites and virtually rids the host of them. I’m sure there must be a reason, but was wondering, is it that one is treating the system water and not just the fish. If this is so maybe the best way to think of copper is as an environmental treatment as opposed to a treatment of the host itself. If that is the case why remove the host and treat with copper as opposed to removing the host, treating with a dip and then using copper in the t