LR / LS for sale (Cheap - but there's a catch)

[cczarnik]

Have appx 50 lb (not weighed) TBS live rock, and appx 25 Lb TBS live sand. Enough to stuff a 24g nanocube real full (I like lots of rock). The rock has excellent coralline growth and looks very good. Also a couple of hitch hiker cup corals and perhaps some other goodies. Probably a snail and/or hermit or two.. Maybe even a shroom if they come back.

Looking to get rid of this cheap.. Like $40, which basically covers my water and media cost for keeping it "live" for the past couple of weeks.

Here's the catch: This is from a nuked reef tank where the heater blew up and electrocuted everything. The rock has cycled and is stable again, but now tests positive for copper. Hermits and ceriths have been fine in it, as have the cup corals (even through the cycle, which was quite massive) so I don't know how bad the copper really is.. But I'm not going to use it for my reef anymore. Have a new batch curing right now.

I'm not an expert in this, but it should work great for a FOWLR tank.

Asking for honor system in that no one purchase this rock with the intent to resell / trade without disclosing it's history.

Anyone want it? Pickup only in Franklin

Chuck

 

[CKreef]

why does it test positive for copper?

 

[cczarnik]

Copper inside the heater was exposed to the water. (along with electricity that made a nice little fireworks show before I found the problem). Tests 7 days after a 90% water change revealed .15 ppm of copper.

 

[Angela Short]

That would be a good buy for a fowlr! I know some people have them going in the club.

 

[gsusfreak]

im interested....but would the copper eventually go away?.....i still have a new setup, and its currently a FOWLR...and i plan on keeping it that way for a year or so.

 

[DMBillies]

Supposedly, copper can "hide" in a system for a really long time because of the number of little nooks and crannies that it can find its way into. I know from experience that even very small amounts of copper can wreak havok on inverts. I had snails and hermits dropping dead even though my tank water wasn't testing positive... I was using contaminated water change water and didn't realize that every time I did a water change I was "dosing" small amounts of copper (luckily I only had two leather corals at the time and they pulled through). Chuck is doing the right thing in being honest about it (which is much appreciated). I continued (and still do) to use the same rock after I discovered the problem. I did major water changes and everything worked itself out quickly. Like I said though, I wasn't even measuring copper in my tank water.

gsusfreak- After a year, it might not be a problem (and at the deal he's giving it might be worth it to use it and see how it works out by then), but there's good reason that they tell you to set up a hospital tank for using copper based meds.

Bump for a good deal, thanks for the honesty, and...
[welcome]

 

[cczarnik]

Angela first in line (via pm), coming over today. Will post if sold. Thx!

 

[Angela Short]

Thanks for the nice rock! WIll do perfect for my needs.