copper treatment/silicone

Davyl

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can anyone tell me if copper treatment will leach out of the silicone of a hospital tank if i decided to use HT as a display tank in future. Thanks
 

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From what I understand yes it can.
 
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cheers mate i have lost most of my stock to the ich and ruined a perfectly good tank with copper.
 

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It will leach.
This can be a problem when buying a used aquarium also.

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