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Originally Posted by Sniperhank
[QU OTE=treemanone2003;3063662]Treating with copper is safe as long as there's no inverts in the tank. I have read somewhere that shrimp do use copper to help bind oxygen in their body. That don't have actual blood in their body but Hemocyanin. So they need some copper to survive but too much is a death warrant and that amount is what's needed to treat for ich. What is in the tank is so trace that it's not readable on a hobbyists test kit. If you can get a reading, it's enough to cause harm if not death.
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Don't treat your display, ever. Once that copper gets into the rocks, that's no inverts ever...to include coral.
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Thanks for the clarifying the specifics.
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