catmel
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I decided I needed to use a powerhead for my saltwater storage make up water. Hopefully keep it a little more 'mixed' this way. I should have probably done this sooner 
anyway,
I'm not sure if this is safe to do, so I figured I'd ask:
I have a maxi jet 600 that was used in my QT tank. I had it in there about 6 months ago, when I had used copper in the QT. I have since steralized it several times and it has been dry and not in use since that time. I know copper can 'soak' into soft plastic like the stuff that holds the aquarium together, as well as live rock etc since its pourous, but I was wondering, since the PH is a hard plastic ( like pvc) would it be ok to put in my water storage bucket to circulate the water or would it leach copper into it?
I figured i' ask before trying it, or bothering to go buy another powerhead.
thanks!!
anyway,
I'm not sure if this is safe to do, so I figured I'd ask:
I have a maxi jet 600 that was used in my QT tank. I had it in there about 6 months ago, when I had used copper in the QT. I have since steralized it several times and it has been dry and not in use since that time. I know copper can 'soak' into soft plastic like the stuff that holds the aquarium together, as well as live rock etc since its pourous, but I was wondering, since the PH is a hard plastic ( like pvc) would it be ok to put in my water storage bucket to circulate the water or would it leach copper into it?
I figured i' ask before trying it, or bothering to go buy another powerhead.
thanks!!