imclownfish
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would boiling live rock clean the rock? I have 10lbs of LR in my QT which i want to take down, but i dosed the tank with copper. Would boiling the LR "take out" the copper of the LR?
boiling live rock
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florida joe
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IMO copper will not be removed by boiling. What I would do is put the rock in a container with water run a powerhead to get circulation and place a polyfilter pad in the bucket
beaslbob
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Hopefully this thread is not confusing people on boiling.
boiling live rock commonly refers to keeping the rock in the dark to kill off the algae and stuff.
(later edit) OK that could be cooking not boiling.
No actually heating the rock in water above the boiling point. (later edit, and it could now be the actual boiling)
IMHO any copper in the rock will be bioaccumulated (filtered out) as it is released by fast growing macro algaes. And eventually be exported by harvesting. But in the mean time the corralline, turf, hair, macros, etc algae actually in the rock itself can contain copper but usually not at levels high enough to kill off fish. It may affect things like sps corals though.
my .02
boiling live rock commonly refers to keeping the rock in the dark to kill off the algae and stuff.
(later edit) OK that could be cooking not boiling.
No actually heating the rock in water above the boiling point. (later edit, and it could now be the actual boiling)
IMHO any copper in the rock will be bioaccumulated (filtered out) as it is released by fast growing macro algaes. And eventually be exported by harvesting. But in the mean time the corralline, turf, hair, macros, etc algae actually in the rock itself can contain copper but usually not at levels high enough to kill off fish. It may affect things like sps corals though.
my .02
florida joe
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boiling live rock commonly refers to keeping the rock in the dark to kill off the algae and stuff.
I personally have never heard of this reference to boiling live rock can you post some links to this reference.
BTW I have heard of keeping live rock in the dark called "cooking it"
I personally have never heard of this reference to boiling live rock can you post some links to this reference.
BTW I have heard of keeping live rock in the dark called "cooking it"
beaslbob
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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3265387
I personally have never heard of this reference to boiling live rock can you post some links to this reference.
BTW I have heard of keeping live rock in the dark called "cooking it"
I'll accept your thoughts. Noone said I wasn't the one confused.
Can I now take back some of my .02?
http:///forum/post/3265387
I personally have never heard of this reference to boiling live rock can you post some links to this reference.
BTW I have heard of keeping live rock in the dark called "cooking it"
I'll accept your thoughts. Noone said I wasn't the one confused.
Can I now take back some of my .02?
florida joe
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Originally Posted by beaslbob
http:///forum/post/3265479
I'll accept your thoughts. Noone said I wasn't the one confused.
Can I now take back some of my .02?
Bob some of your .02 is still good enough for me. As Henry stated can you lead us to info as to macro absorbing copper as an entity to harvest
http:///forum/post/3265479
I'll accept your thoughts. Noone said I wasn't the one confused.
Can I now take back some of my .02?
Bob some of your .02 is still good enough for me. As Henry stated can you lead us to info as to macro absorbing copper as an entity to harvest
beaslbob
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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3265483
Bob are you saying that macro algae will absorb copper and be able to be harvested to remove it from the syst3m?
yep. only question is if it is enough for a reef tank
I am beginning to think that in the bob world macro algae is the panacea to all know enemies of reef kind!
nope
http:///forum/post/3265483
Bob are you saying that macro algae will absorb copper and be able to be harvested to remove it from the syst3m?
yep. only question is if it is enough for a reef tank
I am beginning to think that in the bob world macro algae is the panacea to all know enemies of reef kind!
nope
beaslbob
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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3265489
Bob some of your .02 is still good enough for me. As Henry stated can you lead us to info as to macro absorbing copper as an entity to harvest
I rechecked my calculations and found an error.
Anyway rather then hyjack this thread, the data and my new analysis for your consideration is in this thread:
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/vb/s...85#post3265785
my .02
http:///forum/post/3265489
Bob some of your .02 is still good enough for me. As Henry stated can you lead us to info as to macro absorbing copper as an entity to harvest
I rechecked my calculations and found an error.
Anyway rather then hyjack this thread, the data and my new analysis for your consideration is in this thread:
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/vb/s...85#post3265785
my .02
imclownfish
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sorry for such a late reply.i was caught up in some stuff. Thanks for the info. Ill try and find out some ways of extracting the copper from the lr.
florida joe
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Originally Posted by imclownfish
http:///forum/post/3266210
sorry for such a late reply.i was caught up in some stuff. Thanks for the info. Ill try and find out some ways of extracting the copper from the lr.
as i stated above What I would do is put the rock in a container with water run a powerhead to get circulation and place a polyfilter pad in the bucket
http:///forum/post/3266210
sorry for such a late reply.i was caught up in some stuff. Thanks for the info. Ill try and find out some ways of extracting the copper from the lr.
as i stated above What I would do is put the rock in a container with water run a powerhead to get circulation and place a polyfilter pad in the bucket