Copper level for inverts?

[Reefer_madness78]

I just finished a Quarantine cycle with coppersafe. I cleaned everything with vinegar and rinsed biomedia in fresh saltwater. I put wc water from dt into qt with the biomedia. I tested copper (hanna) and it is 0.14. Is that too high for inverts? I am picking up some nassarius and cerith snails today.

 

[Saltyreef]

I just finished a Quarantine cycle with coppersafe. I cleaned everything with vinegar and rinsed biomedia in fresh saltwater. I put wc water from dt into qt with the biomedia. I tested copper (hanna) and it is 0.14. Is that too high for inverts? I am picking up some nassarius and cerith snails today.

The HR hanna isnt accurate down to those numbers really. I suspect you are copper free but, what biomedia did you use in the QT?
Not sure thats a smart thing to keep in the tank if youre putting inverts in right away.

 

[Reefer_madness78]

The HR hanna isnt accurate down to those numbers really. I suspect you are copper free but, what biomedia did you use in the QT?
Not sure thats a smart thing to keep in the tank if youre putting inverts

 

[Reefer_madness78]

Matrix mixed with some other things

 

[Saltyreef]

Matrix mixed with some other things

No i would not use this again for anything besides fish only copper QT in the future.

 

[Reefer_madness78]

No i would not use this again for anything besides fish only copper QT in the future.

I guess I will just do a dt wc today and use that water and take a little sponge from canister filter to use instead.

 

[mickeysreef <*))))<]

how did this end up? inverts alive?

 

[Reefer_madness78]

how did this end up? inverts alive?

Yes inverts alive. I didn't end up using the biomedia that was used with copper. I just took a sponge from canister filter to use in qt.

 

[mickeysreef <*))))<]

ceramic media will not absorb copper, other stiff like pumice will