haydro280
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Apr 11, 2013
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Is it bad to put copper in your tank to cure ich? What does it do?
lol i highly doubt copper embeds itself into the silicone, it may stay on it but i highly highly highly doubt it will be permenently stuck to it, it has a better chance of getting stuck to the glass then the silicone. the rock i can see it as it is pretty porous but the silicone? come onAnd, unfortunately, copper will embed itself into the rock and even the silicone seals of the tank itself, pretty much rendering it useless for any future reef use. That's why hospital/QT tanks that have had any copper based meds in them can never be used for inverts or corals.
lol i highly doubt copper embeds itself into the silicone, it may stay on it but i highly highly highly doubt it will be permenently stuck to it, it has a better chance of getting stuck to the glass then the silicone. the rock i can see it as it is pretty porous but the silicone? come on
This really sucks. So im pretty much screwed and my fish are the only thing going to make it is my fish? I have already started making this water change.
i find this hard to believe, silicone is not a porous material and very few things will stick to it once its cured even itself. with proper rinsing i can see the silicone being clear of Cu i would be more concerned abotu the glass as it is more porous then the silicone isUmmm...YES. The wife of one of our reef club members works as a lab tech on Wright-Patterson AFB, and she has access to a mass-spec, so she occasionally slides in a few water tests for us. One member was resealing a hospital/QT tank, and saved a piece of the old silicone to check out...... guess what?? There was copper present. I couldn't tell you what the number was, or even what it meant, but she said it was present in a low concentration.... Considering many corals & inverts are intolerant to even a trace of copper, I would be reluctant to take the chance.
agreed
just take the precautions to remove as much as you can and monitor things