E.d.t.a. Any Luck??

wpayton34

wpayton34

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Anybody heard of E.D.T.A.?? Its suppost to remove copper from the tank, but will it remove it from the rock also?? I made a big booboo, well i was told to put in my tank, but anywayz i put copper in my tank and i was aslo told to use e.d.t.a to remove it. If it doesnt remove it from my rock its kinda pointless. Anybody have any luck w/ it? Will it hurt my Fish in the tank too??
Thanks
Mr Payton!
 
sly

sly

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Never used it... Water changes will also remove copper. Buy a copper test kit and keep doing water changes until you get 0 copper.
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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Water changes and a strong carbon, like chemi-pure, is what I would use. Supposedly, chemi-pure removes copper from tanks (especially the new Chemi-Pure Plus that just came out for reef tanks).
What kind of copper did you use?
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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Absolutely. Puffers do not have scales, so they are extra sensitive. Luckily for you, coppersafe is much weaker. Water changes and copper will help a lot.
 
reefreak29

reefreak29

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Originally Posted by wpayton34
Anybody heard of E.D.T.A.?? Its suppost to remove copper from the tank, but will it remove it from the rock also?? I made a big booboo, well i was told to put in my tank, but anywayz i put copper in my tank and i was aslo told to use e.d.t.a to remove it. If it doesnt remove it from my rock its kinda pointless. Anybody have any luck w/ it? Will it hurt my Fish in the tank too??
Thanks
Mr Payton!
e.d.t.a is a chelating chemical that binds to metals will it remove it? no
also i didnt know it was widley availible
 
wpayton34

wpayton34

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ya this pet store by my house sells it in powder form. I wonder if it will work. But ya I went to anouther petstore and this guy said polyfilter would rid the copper so i bought 2 pads. I also bought a tester my levers are .15 soo its not too bad. Well the tester is kinda hard to read so i think its .15.
 
geridoc

geridoc

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EDTA will chelate copper, but it will also chelate calcium, and even more magnesium. I wouldn't use EDTA in a fish tank under any circumstances.
 
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