copper in aquariums

[michealprater]

if a freshwater tank has had copper used in it and you clean it, is it possible to use it as a reef, or is the tank ruined as far reef use?

 

[Koddie Doo]

I would say you could use it as long as it is clean!!

I would runit for a week or 2 with just RO water
JMO

 

[Homereef]

The chemistry forum has a few threads up at the top on how to clean a tank that had copper in it.

 

[breutus]

yeah it needs to be cleaned really well, bleach very diluted and then cleaned

2nd what homereef said good tips in the chem forum

 

[logiktest]

Clean with bleach, then rinse with RO, then clean with white vinagar, then comes the RO again... Rinse, Rinse, Rince. Very time consuming, but if the tank is nice then I guess it's worth it.

 

[michealprater]

it will be worth it.