Could Acro pest drugs ruin a skimmer?

[Covey]

Well Melev and the other dozen of you guys that have gotten AEFW lately have scared me in to setting up a proper Acro QT. I've got a 20G tank and some t-5Ho lighting but I was planning to get a small skimmer to run on the tank. I was either going to get the small Coralife skimmer or something possibly fancier. I was wondering if any of the drugs for Redbugs or AEFW would ruin the QT equipment for later use as a full reef. Kinda like the way copper will keep leeching out of a system even after you think it is removed. Would any of thing like Interceptor, Fluke tabs, or TMPCC has any lasting effect on the equipment?

 

[panic]

Naw, not that anyone has done a study on. I've used the lot - not copper - and my skimmer still hums.

 

[Covey]

I know the skimmer would still work but I was wondering if the chemical leech into it and would then leech back out if used on a full reef(not QT).

 

[thebicyclecafe]

Just clean the skimmer out really well, and I don't see how anything would get back in, at least not in harmful concentrations.

 

[Mchava]

the only one that I dont know about is Fluxe tabs since I cant find them here but they dont do anything to the skimmers and can still be used for a reef tank later. A lot of poeple have treated for redbugs using interceptor and had no issues with the skimmer not working. I've used my CSS65 on a qt tank and used TMPCC with it and turned around and set it up as a reeftank with no ill effects.

 

[Covey]

Thanks that what I was looking for.