Copper

[kar93]

i dont ave copper in my tank BUT if it did get in somehow how long would it take for it to affect any type of anemone

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

from what I've read..not very long. IF you think you might have copper in your tank, get a salifert copper tester.

 

[kar93]

i dont have copper in my tank its just a friend of mine somehow got it in his tank through the RO Water and i was just wondering incase. Would it be like 1 week 2 weeks 1 month etc.

 

[cowboyswife]

It could only be a matter of days before the anemone feels the effects of the copper. Tell your friend to do some water changes to help bring the amount down.

 

[marc price]

more important and in addition to h2o changes would be to run fresh activated carbon if it's a straight copper sulfate (such as aquarium systems sea cure), or poly bio marine's poly filter if it was a chelated form (such as mardel's coppersafe or seachem's cupramine ...), copper gets absorbed into the substrate, continue filtering with the above even after levels test low. best to remove it if it's not already to late.

 

[kar93]

after he got it in his tank, the fish died and he decided to sell the LR to someone with a FOWLR and got rid of everything else

 

[JamesJR]

It depends how much copper is in the water. If it is on the level that is normally used to treat parasites, the anemone could die within hours.

If the concentration is much lower your anemone may deteriorate slowly over days or months if at all. It is really hard to answer a question like this without knowing how much.

 

[kar93]

well. when tested it was around .10-.20mg/l. and in the book he got with the test kit said they will withstand up to .25mg/l.
But i wasnt sure that they would withstand ANY copper at all. I also spoke to someone who had copper in their tank at .10mg/l and theyre toadstool died within a week of adding it but only had 50w of spectrum lighting and 20w of actinic but he wasnte sure if it was copper. alk or the lighting

 

[kar93]

also. does copper have any affect on the sea because the amount of boats, oil spills and other things must get copper in the sea somehow?

 

[JamesJR]

well, you have to consider just how incredibly large the ocean is. boats and other things made of copper that get into the sea will just be dilluted by enormous factors.

.10-.2mg/ liter is still a good bit higher than what you would find in seawater. seawater is on average around .001 mg/liter which is about a hundred times less than what your test kit told you. What is the range this test kit can determine? I would want copper to be as low as you could detect using most test kits. Any traces of it are probably going to be supplied by contaminants in most supplements.

 

[JamesJR]

oil spills are a differant thing entirely from copper.

also, toadstools are about as easy to keep as a coral can get. They should not die within a week because of poor lighting. Chances are the copper was too high.

 

[kar93]

the test kit measures up to 1.0m/l