Live rock problem

Fishmad · 03-28-2005, 08:29 PM

I have a 100L hospital tank were i keeping some live rock, my 2 regal tangs got white spot, put them in the hospital tank, treated tank with Cupramine by seachem, but now can i use live rock in main tank with corals and invertabrates, any advice would be much appreciated

forestal · 03-28-2005, 08:34 PM

copper will kill inverts, and any tank or rock exposed to it is unusable from what i have read.

cheeks69 · 03-28-2005, 08:38 PM

I agree with forestal you should NEVER use LR when you treat with copper, it would be fine to use in a FO tank but no inverts.

cUddlefish · 03-28-2005, 08:52 PM

The rock will absorb copper and slowly release it into another tank if moved - a sand bed can as well.

Fishmad · 03-29-2005, 07:26 AM

I thought that might of been the case but was unsure, better to be safe than sorry thanks for the advice

Ron of Triton · 03-29-2005, 05:39 PM

I would personaly never put the liverock that you treated with copper into any other reef tank. It will probably be toxic forever. Remember very small trace amounts of copper measured in parts per billion can be fatal to all the microscopic life forms on mature liverock! The EPA has banned any and all types of copper from being used any where minutely close to any body of water in the U.S. My 2 cents. "Ron of Triton"

Brucey · 03-30-2005, 08:59 AM

Out of interest, why are you keeping LR in a hospital tank. The whole idea of a hospital tank is to run in completely bare so you can disinfect it at any time. If you need to put some hiding places in, just use some plumbing parts. Then run a machanical filter with some filter media matured in with the odd slice of shrimp left to rot in the water. Much more cost effective than wasting LR
Brucey

03-28-2005, 08:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Fishmad Tunicate Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA Posts: 12 View Gallery Karma Komment	Live rock problem I have a 100L hospital tank were i keeping some live rock, my 2 regal tangs got white spot, put them in the hospital tank, treated tank with Cupramine by seachem, but now can i use live rock in main tank with corals and invertabrates, any advice would be much appreciated

03-28-2005, 08:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
forestal Torch coral Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vernon, CT Posts: 582 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	copper will kill inverts, and any tank or rock exposed to it is unusable from what i have read. __________________ Peace, Dan

03-28-2005, 08:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,386 View Gallery Karma Komment	I agree with forestal you should NEVER use LR when you treat with copper, it would be fine to use in a FO tank but no inverts. __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

03-29-2005, 05:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ron of Triton Tunicate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4 View Gallery Karma Komment	Copper & Reef tanks. I would personaly never put the liverock that you treated with copper into any other reef tank. It will probably be toxic forever. Remember very small trace amounts of copper measured in parts per billion can be fatal to all the microscopic life forms on mature liverock! The EPA has banned any and all types of copper from being used any where minutely close to any body of water in the U.S. My 2 cents. "Ron of Triton"

03-30-2005, 08:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
Brucey Reef Lobster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Reading, England Posts: 1,292 View Gallery Karma Komment	Out of interest, why are you keeping LR in a hospital tank. The whole idea of a hospital tank is to run in completely bare so you can disinfect it at any time. If you need to put some hiding places in, just use some plumbing parts. Then run a machanical filter with some filter media matured in with the odd slice of shrimp left to rot in the water. Much more cost effective than wasting LR Brucey __________________ 160UK Gallon. (192US Gallon). 400Lbs LR. Aquamedic Turboflotor 5000 Shorty skimmer. Arcadia 3Series pendant (3x250W 14,000'K MH & 2x58W 60" actinic) (DIY cooling fan). Tunze 7095 Multicontroller & 2xTunze 6100 Streams. Redsea 100 Aquazone Plus ozonizer and redox computer. Aquamedic Ocean Runner 6500 return. TMC Vectron 30W UV sterilizer. Aquamedic Aquaniveau auto top up system through Deltec 500 kalk stirrer. PurityOnTap RO/DI. Deltec FR509 (ROWAPhos). Aquamedic PH computer controlling KNOP HD Calcium Reactor. Setup Nov 2002 See my tank here http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...&threadid=4486

03-28-2005, 08:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
cUddlefish Tubeworm Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 30 View Gallery Karma Komment	The rock will absorb copper and slowly release it into another tank if moved - a sand bed can as well.

03-29-2005, 07:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
Fishmad Tunicate Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA Posts: 12 View Gallery Karma Komment	I thought that might of been the case but was unsure, better to be safe than sorry thanks for the advice

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