Poly-Filter

[kevinreefer92]

About 2 months ago my tank was fish only and add added coppersafe to treat ick. This was done thinking we weren’t going to get into corals for at least another year. With that being said I now know copper is extremely horrible for coral since adding a few pieces about 2 weeks ago.

I have added cuprisorb into my filter socks and then added a poly-filter over top with lots of water flow. Within 24 hours it’s definitely turned aqua in color showing signs of copper in the system. I have done several large water changes and a few smaller ones here and there since the whole coppersafe treatment. How long should I expect that copper will be reduced to a safe level and I can start adding in some coral without it dying within 12 hours? All my other parameters are in good shape other than some higher phosphate which the poly-filter should reduce also. The only thing that has survived that’s copper sensitive over the last week is a cleaner shrimp and a hammer coral and the hammer coral looks a lot better than it did 12 hours ago.
Trying to be patient but too darn excited to get some beautiful corals in the tank!!

Hope to hear from those that might have had some similar experiences but all information and knowledge will be more than appreciated!

 

[dwest]

Getting rid of copper isn’t easy. I’ve never had to do it but I think it can be done.

How To Remove Copper From DT

First of all, best practice is to NEVER dose copper in a display tank, and to use a quarantine tank. It is much easier and safer. Copper in a DT can heavily dampen your nitrogen cycle in your tank, and will leach in to your rock, substrate, and equipment. As a result, the amount of copper...

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