Copper Sulfate added to water

[Akrnaf2]

To put it another way, 3/4 teaspoon to a gallon of water or 1 ml to every liter.

Not always! I think that they where talking about powder(=100% active ingredient ), and if it is a solution the percentage of the CS in it should be taken in consideration! 1 ml of 50% CS is not equal to 1 ml of 25% solution.

 

[Jacquieh]

You need to add "one thousand " =1/1000 from your total drinking water. If you give a gallon of water it should be 999/1000 of a gallon water and 1/1000 of the gallon acidifide Cooper sulfate.

Lol....wow, that didn't help! Again, I understand what it's saying, but I can not figure out how I decide an amount to use? So if I use 3/4 of a Teaspoon how do I figure out how much water? I get that it says ' one part to every 1000 parts. This is what I can't figure out? I'm sure I'm stupid for not understanding this, but I just can't get it! Lol

 

[TwoCrows]

I use 1/4 teaspoon Acidified Copper Sulfate per one gallon of water.

www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/acidified_copper_sulfate.html

 

[Jacquieh]

I use 1/4 teaspoon Acidified Copper Sulfate per one gallon of water.

www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/acidified_copper_sulfate.html

Thank you!
Now i just need to figure out how to ALWAYS figure out the ratio....lol...

 

[aart]

I used this 'recipe'...using pure copper sulfate crystals from the plumbing department.

Make a Solution with 2 TBS CS in quart (or 1 TBS CS in pint) of hot water with splash of vinegar.
2 TBS of the Solution in a gallon of water for 7-10 days

 

[Akrnaf2]

Lol....wow, that didn't help! Again, I understand what it's saying, but I can not figure out how I decide an amount to use? So if I use 3/4 of a Teaspoon how do I figure out how much water? I get that it says ' one part to every 1000 parts. This is what I can't figure out? I'm sure I'm stupid for not understanding this, but I just can't get it! Lol

Put one gallon of water (what ever "gallon " is) on your kitchen scale, you will get a reading (in ounces, quarts, bushels , stone what ever you are using there. ever tried to change to grams? It will make the world much easier! ) take the reading divide it in 1000. And from there you know what to do. "3/4 of TBS" IS not a saitificaly accurate measurement , and when you are using medicine you should be accurate.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Melissa, copper turns things blue so yes, I'd guess that is a normal natural reaction. Reading up on it copper sulfate is sometimes used to turn fireworks blue.

OHLD copper sulfate is a fungicide, algaecide, and herbicide. I knew copper was used in sprays for fruit trees and such but I didn't know what chemical form it took without research. In certain dosages it can be toxic to humans and I'd guess other animals and if you get it in your eyes you are in trouble. My guess is that Melissa is using it to treat the water to prevent algae growth. I could be wrong, it could be used to maybe stop the growth if mosquito wigglers. Or maybe something else. I haven't heard of using it for either and I don't know the correct dosage but it wouldn't surprise me if she read about it on this forum.

I handle algae growth by washing the water containers in a mild bleach solution when they start to turn green. I handle mosquito wigglers by totally dumping the water out of the waterers every couple of days before they have time to turn into mosquitoes. But my watering system is just bowls. If you have some type of automatic watering system such as nipples or some type of big vacuum tank where you store water for many days or weeks you may need to treat the water somehow to prevent algae, slime, or wigglers. I don't have any experience with those types of watering systems so I don't know how appropriate copper sulfate is or what the correct dosage might be. All I really know about it is that copper turns stuff blue.

Copper sulfate is also used in metal livestock waterers, tanks, man made ponds, and stock tanks" to kill algae It is not a terribly healthy chemical. Stills are still made from copper so that the sulphur in the mash will combine with the copper in the cooker and produce copper sulphate and not even more objectionable codigners. Besides conducting electricity like a champ, Red copper, Brass, & White Copper is still used for commercial door knobs, push plates on doors, and water fountain knobs, etc because copper in addition to being an excellent conductor also kills germs.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I have read about using a dilute solution to help prevent additional infections in birds with Mereks.

 

[Saaniya]

Have you use this copper sulfate I just read and I feel scared that its too toxic and they can die. How to safely adminstrate Copper Sulfate .

 

[rotagen]

Well I have a strong biochem background so I thought I'd give my 2 cents here. Copper is certainly not a problem when taken in normal doses, to any animal that I know of. In fact I take chelated copper since I have bad allergies, after running into an enzyme that uses a copper cofactor, involved in "clean-up" and toning down of histamine reactions.

Sulfates can be a skin, GI tract irritant, but not in the VERY SMALL (watch your dose!) concentrations used in livestock waterers. A good starting point is 1/8 tsp of copper sulfate pentahydrate crystals dissolved in 1 cup water, added to 100 gallons of water in a horse trough. I have large chicken waterers - 10 gallon, so a bit more than 1 Tablespoon of this concentrated solution (1/10 of a cup) is where I would begin.

Sulfites (the more reduced form) found in many wines are definitely more dangerous. As are Nitrates (chemical fertilizers should be banned). Chem lawn fertilizer got popular in the 80s and that's when I noticed all the amphibians disappeared from my home town....GONE....within a couple years. It's also when folks started getting real neurotic in California and putting in drains, dredging all the standing water , destroying their habitat. And Nitrites ... don't get me started on cured meats in the grocery...salami etc...there's an almost perfect correlation between colon cancers and nitrite consumption. Noone cares... noone educates themselves, it's all about making a buck.... I digress, as usual.

I don't have tons of time and I have too many chickens so CuSO4 is for me. Algae is another GI irritant.