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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Dec 3, 2016 16:57:29 GMT -5
Replacing all the liverock and sand isn't completely necessary. The cafe de Bangkok tank is proof of this. I never actual tested for copper but all his corals turned white and he lost basically all his inverts. I treated with cuprisorb and poly filters for months until the poly filters stopped showing any blue color.
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Post by Vijay Glenburn on Dec 3, 2016 21:52:20 GMT -5
Could it be copper and something else wrong as well? Temp, alk, nitrates okay?
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Post by scoobnoob on Dec 4, 2016 18:38:33 GMT -5
The capnella has died within 36hrs.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Dec 4, 2016 18:52:54 GMT -5
It took me a good three months at least before there was no noticeable copper contamination in the cafe tank. I went through a good three dozen or so poly filters too before they stopped showing any blue color. It was a long process but ultimately it was a lot cheaper than replacing all the rock and sand, it worked and the tank currently speaks for itself because of it. I vote for sticking it out with what your doing now.
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Post by scoobnoob on Dec 4, 2016 20:26:07 GMT -5
So his water test are
temp 75
ph 8.2
ca 375
alk 10.5
mg 1120
phos .16
nitrite 0
nitrate 0
ammonia 0
copper 0
His polyfilter still turns a faint blue.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Dec 4, 2016 20:28:34 GMT -5
Poly filters don't lie
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Post by jasonandsarah on Dec 5, 2016 14:44:55 GMT -5
On top of the cuprisorb, couldn't you also does prime into the tank weekly or something? This could be almost like a detox for the heavy metals. Using city water means copper might not be your only contamination. Just a thought...
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