newbietanker
New Member
I have a tank that used to be a fish tank and im converting it to a reef tank.... I tested for copper because I used copper a LONG time ago and my tank said I have a very small amount of copper in it.. I could a filter pad that changes to a blue color when it catches copper and had it in for 5 days and it didnt turn any colors yet... I bought something called metal sponge which take sthe copper out of the tank. That too is suppost to turn a greenish blue color when it gets copper and hasnt changed any color.. I decided to test other things with that test and found that everything I tested including Spring water had the same results so I figured it was a bad test... I tried a new test out and It works much better.. It does show that my tank and my tap water both have a very small amount of copper in it. In fact it was the smallest amount of copper it shows on the chart. It shows up as .05 mg/l copper out of .25... I testing the spring water on this one to see if this was another bogus test but the spring water showed up negative for copper.. but anyways this is my question.... Since im kinda screwed with having a small amount of copper in my tap water is this gonna hurt my reef tank or is it soo small it wont do any harm? And if it is gonna be harmful what can I do? I dont plan to use those filters when I put the reefs in because I herd they take everything out of the water including the good nutrients needed. I do plan to keep using the Metal sponge tho. It doesnt hurt anything and takes copper out. Do you guys think im safe? what do you think I should do? Right now my take has nothing in it but water.... I have tubs of sand all in my living room waiting to go in but I want your opinion first *If I should put it in or not or should I wait do a bunch of stuff then put it in*..