First off hello all I'm new to this site so go easy, this will be my first post.
I work in my local fish store and have done so on and off for the past 8 years, (the marine side of things being my area) recently a new manager has started working there and he has started doing things that I do not agree with but because I am not sure of my thoughts and he has sooooo many year experiences it hard to fight.
As it is, the place has always been poorly run and is always having problems with its fish, white spot being a big problem.
Now the normal practice is to move any sick fish into quarantine, but the problem is that all those tanks are full, so often treatment must be given to the fish on the shop floor.
One of my main problems is that this new manager has come in and said "right what we are going to do is start dosing the shop floor tanks with copper" as i have said marines is my area so my alarm bells started to go off knowing what i know about its use on saltwater fish.
So I spoke with him and said that although I could not comment on how effective it would be regards its use on freshwater fish, I have concerns about it being used on the shop floor where customers would be buying fish and taking water with copper in it home, his reply concerned me even more it was along the lines of, we are only dosing half the recommended does if that ( so not testing! re marines its .25ppm freshwater? ) and i am the manager so we will be doing things my way ( his body langue and behavior suggested he was thinking the following ) you simply monkey.
I also said that in salt water copper is toxic for the invert and corals, he walked me to a tank with freshwater shrimp in it and said they look fine don't they!
I would be very great full if anyone can point me to some information re copper and its use in tropical fresh water fish tanks ( ive look on the net but with out much luck everything always talks about its use on saltwater )
Thank you for bearing with my lack of skill with the written word and I look forward to your reply's
I work in my local fish store and have done so on and off for the past 8 years, (the marine side of things being my area) recently a new manager has started working there and he has started doing things that I do not agree with but because I am not sure of my thoughts and he has sooooo many year experiences it hard to fight.
As it is, the place has always been poorly run and is always having problems with its fish, white spot being a big problem.
Now the normal practice is to move any sick fish into quarantine, but the problem is that all those tanks are full, so often treatment must be given to the fish on the shop floor.
One of my main problems is that this new manager has come in and said "right what we are going to do is start dosing the shop floor tanks with copper" as i have said marines is my area so my alarm bells started to go off knowing what i know about its use on saltwater fish.
So I spoke with him and said that although I could not comment on how effective it would be regards its use on freshwater fish, I have concerns about it being used on the shop floor where customers would be buying fish and taking water with copper in it home, his reply concerned me even more it was along the lines of, we are only dosing half the recommended does if that ( so not testing! re marines its .25ppm freshwater? ) and i am the manager so we will be doing things my way ( his body langue and behavior suggested he was thinking the following ) you simply monkey.
I also said that in salt water copper is toxic for the invert and corals, he walked me to a tank with freshwater shrimp in it and said they look fine don't they!
I would be very great full if anyone can point me to some information re copper and its use in tropical fresh water fish tanks ( ive look on the net but with out much luck everything always talks about its use on saltwater )
Thank you for bearing with my lack of skill with the written word and I look forward to your reply's