I am getting a reading for Copper of 0.30 ppm in my display tank and I am not sure what to do to resolve this issue.
Current parameters are like this: pH: 8.1, NH3: 0.05 ppm, NO3: 20 ppm, NO2: 0.20 ppm, SG: 1.025, Cu: 0.30 ppm
This is a new tank. After cycling was completed, I added my first set of fishes (one pair of Clown Fishes and one Orchid Dotty back) around 5 weeks back from now. There were in quarantine and I used Coppermine at 2.5. I was careful while transferring the fishes to avoid any water from QT to get into the display tank and I am not using any of the QT tank's equipment in DT. And I started to measure Copper in the DT around one week after this set of fishes were added to DT. Here is the history of the Copper reading:
Nov 03 = 0.20 ppm
Nov 14 = 0.14 ppm
Nov 14 = Added Cuprisorb to HoB filter
Nov 15 = 0.23 ppm
Nov 24 = 0.15 ppm
Dec 03 = 0.30 ppm
No other fish has been added after the first set. So I am not sure why the Copper reading is fluctuating so much. I read in the forum about Cuprisorb and added 100 ml bag of it to the filter on Nov 14th. So it has been 3 weeks now. I do not see any visible colour change in Cuprisorb as well. I also use activated charcoal in my filter from begining. That's why I am super confused now. There are so many questions coming to my mind. I am using Hanna checker Copper High Range for measuring copper. Am I not using it correctly? Is it giving me incorrect result? Why is the Copper reading not going down? Why is curisorb not getting any blue color? Does it mean that it is not absorbing any copper?
My tank was bought as an used tank, but everything other than the tank itself (like heater, HoB filter, wave maker etc) is new. I am using new Caribsea oceandirect livesand and new Caribsea life rocks.
Current inhabitants in my tank are: 3 fishes (one pair of Clown Fishes and one Orchid Dotty back), 4 hermit crabs, 1 strawberry conch, around 10 snails (ninja star, trochus & nassarius) and good number of copepods. It's a 36 gallon tank and I perform weekly 5 or 10 gallons of water change. A couple of snails have died so far, but I am not sure if they died because of the copper or because of the tank being new (not so stable parameters, low food source etc).
Any thoughts on how to reduce the copper level?
Current parameters are like this: pH: 8.1, NH3: 0.05 ppm, NO3: 20 ppm, NO2: 0.20 ppm, SG: 1.025, Cu: 0.30 ppm
This is a new tank. After cycling was completed, I added my first set of fishes (one pair of Clown Fishes and one Orchid Dotty back) around 5 weeks back from now. There were in quarantine and I used Coppermine at 2.5. I was careful while transferring the fishes to avoid any water from QT to get into the display tank and I am not using any of the QT tank's equipment in DT. And I started to measure Copper in the DT around one week after this set of fishes were added to DT. Here is the history of the Copper reading:
Nov 03 = 0.20 ppm
Nov 14 = 0.14 ppm
Nov 14 = Added Cuprisorb to HoB filter
Nov 15 = 0.23 ppm
Nov 24 = 0.15 ppm
Dec 03 = 0.30 ppm
No other fish has been added after the first set. So I am not sure why the Copper reading is fluctuating so much. I read in the forum about Cuprisorb and added 100 ml bag of it to the filter on Nov 14th. So it has been 3 weeks now. I do not see any visible colour change in Cuprisorb as well. I also use activated charcoal in my filter from begining. That's why I am super confused now. There are so many questions coming to my mind. I am using Hanna checker Copper High Range for measuring copper. Am I not using it correctly? Is it giving me incorrect result? Why is the Copper reading not going down? Why is curisorb not getting any blue color? Does it mean that it is not absorbing any copper?
My tank was bought as an used tank, but everything other than the tank itself (like heater, HoB filter, wave maker etc) is new. I am using new Caribsea oceandirect livesand and new Caribsea life rocks.
Current inhabitants in my tank are: 3 fishes (one pair of Clown Fishes and one Orchid Dotty back), 4 hermit crabs, 1 strawberry conch, around 10 snails (ninja star, trochus & nassarius) and good number of copepods. It's a 36 gallon tank and I perform weekly 5 or 10 gallons of water change. A couple of snails have died so far, but I am not sure if they died because of the copper or because of the tank being new (not so stable parameters, low food source etc).
Any thoughts on how to reduce the copper level?