Copper

t1220

t1220

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Wanted to kill the ick and actually put chelated copper in my reef tank. Currently we do not have any inverts but we were planning on it in the near future. I am really upset that I did this and what is worse is that I was warned that copper was bad for inverts but I figured since I didn't have any yet that it was okay. I figured wrong. So, I have read that frequent water changes, polypads and charchoal will help to get the copper out. The medicine gave us a concentration of 0.25ppm. When I realized what I actually did I immediately did a freshwater change of 5 gallons. That was all I could do because I need more salt. Tomorrow I want to change out another 15 gal. Is this okay and how frequently can I change the water without stressing the fish to death. Some things I have read indicate that I should be able to use this tank and live rock for inverts as long as the copper is at .0. Any advice, suggestions, etc? Also, is chelated copper different than other treatments?
 
t1220

t1220

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I thought that I read that chelated copper was time released. Wishful thinking on my part.
 
ctgretzky9

ctgretzky9

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Copper is tough to get out. I have heard of it getting "into" the Live rock, plumbing etc...
But...doing very frequent water changes will do the trick.
Run carbon.
Eventually you should get it out of the system. It may take a month or so, but you can get it out.
I beleive they also have a copper removal chemical...not too familiar with that, but i know I have seen it. I think it makes the copper precipitate.
 
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