Help. Question about Petco water getting into my tank.

[Mr.Shrimps]

I bought some snails from petco (I do not buy fish there). While I was acclimating them the magnet holding the bag fell off and the cup of water went into my sump. Does my system now have copper? Will my corals suffer?

 

[Ogi]

Copper kills inverts and snails, highly unlikely that there would be copper in that bag

 

[mjstech]

Unlikely as they are not allowed to dose copper, there is risk of ICH though. Depending on your store (good/bad) of course.

 

[Ron Reefman]

It's never a good idea to add other people's water to your tank, but that said, it happens a lot. I wouldn't want Petco water in my tank either, but if it happened, I wouldn't be concerned. Especially if it was only a cup full. Remember the solution to pollution is dilution.

 

[ericarenee]

It's never a good idea to add other people's water to your tank, but that said, it happens a lot. I wouldn't want Petco water in my tank either, but if it happened, I wouldn't be concerned. Especially if it was only a cup full. Remember the solution to pollution is dilution.

I WOULD not want anything from a Petco Tank in my house much less in my tank..


Op QT Is your friend and i think a MUST if your buying from petco

good luck

 

[gone fishin]

What is done is done. I am of the understanding Petco does not use copper or any other additive. IMO the only thing to do now is to take a wait and see approach. Good luck just my 2 cents.

 

[Sk8r]

Copper is poisonous to inverts: I doubt they were using it. If you have any worries, run a strip of PolyFilter: if it turns ice-blue it's absorbing copper.

 

[ca1ore]

While I don't add LFS water to my DT (though I do with QT), it's really nothing to worry about. Just about everything that'd be in a bit of water is on the inverts anyhow. There won't be copper in the water, though even if there were, the dilution from a single cup would render it moot. That aside, having polyfilter on hand is always a good idea.