Spectrum pellets and Copper

[Labman48076]

I am posting this because in our area well allot of us like to feed our corals pellet foods Acan's Micro's even some larger zoo's we started notice some dying off well one of the guys looked at the ingreadents towards the bottom it stats copper sulfite in it. here is the orginal post.
I would think this is a locical reason for corals dying and to be very careful with all pellet food.

Re: Re: be very carful with pettet food!

quote:Originally posted by heuerfan
Copper in Spectrum pellets? Hmm, thats what i've been using and so far no problems. If there was copper in the food wouldn't the all the corals and invertabrae be in trouble?



up to you if you wish to use them we discovered what we think is the problem after feeding pellet food to lord and micros and some dendro's look at the ingreadents near the bottom stat Copper Sulfate lots of good foods that I don't have to worry about killing my corals.
I like the stuff as fish food but it is a food for fish it was never designed to feed inverts.

also read this link
http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profile...ulfate-ext.html

New Life Marine Fish Formula
Fish Food Profile
Brand Name: Spectrum

Ingredients: "Krill Meal, Fish Meal, Wheat Flour, Amino Acids, Algae Meal, Soybean Meal, Fish Oil, Beta Carotene, Spirulina, Vitamin A Acetate, D-Activated Animal-Sterol, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Niacin, Folic Acid, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine, Biotin, Dl-Alphatocopherol, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Choline Chloride, Cobalt Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide, Ethoxyquin."

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[gh0st]

The ingredients you are reffering to are trace elements. They are present in such small amounts that they have no effect on corals, etc.

Also, if you check the ingredients of any foods, you will find the same items.

A possible reason that the corals were dying is more lickely incorrect diet. Try giving them Cyclopeeze, Mysis, and ZooPlankton and PhytoPlanktons of some variety.

 

[Labman48076]

well the results are the same the point of this thread is alllot of people feed corals pellet food because it's easy for them forgetting that it may not be best for our corals since they don't have stomics as we know it they can only handle certain food. weather the copper is bothering them or not who knows but correct diet is importent

 

[TopNotch]

Albiet, a very small amount... but I always run a section of 'poly filter' to protect against any metals that make it into my tank.