PLEASE help me save this tank!!!

[Mr. E Wrasse]

So my dad has had a 125 ga saltwater tank for 6 years now. He has been able to keep fish for years but most about a month and recently in the past 2 years about a month for each fish, some shorter, and some longer. I refer him to my tank in which I havnt had a fish die yet (knock on wood) from causes other than kamikazes :( He thinks copper solves EVERYTHING!! Sees a fish scratching, big dose of copper, fish dies, big dose of copper. I try to tell him hes making his tank hostile and sterile where the fish are unhealthy and need at least some live rock. I want to know if theres anyways to get rid of the copper. I have thought about taking out the DEAD rock and all ove the sand and then doing multiple, multiple water changes. Would this work?? Thanks in advance

 

[KoleTang]

Cupramine or other copper?

Activated Carbon will remove what is in the water. Cupramine is gentler and does not bond to surfaces as well as other (nastier) brands.

Oh, and take away his copper. ;)

 

[Mr. E Wrasse]

Cupramine or other copper?

Activated Carbon will remove what is in the water. Cupramine is gentler and does not bond to surfaces as well as other (nastier) brands.

Oh, and take away his copper. ;)

I honestly don't know lol... It says mardel copper safe. Alright I will tell him. I am in the process of hiding it haha. Would the copper be absorbed into the rocks though or sand bed?

 

[JetStarheart]

Activated carbon will remove most of it. But it is probably deeply seeded into te rock

 

[Mr. E Wrasse]

Activated carbon will remove most of it. But it is probably deeply seeded into te rock

Could I take all the rocks put as well and just put new live rock in?

 

[EFSleeper]

Depending on the brand use carbon it will remove must. If it is a heavy Copper dose I would say it's safe to say it's trashed because it will seep in to the live rock and the silicone around the edges. But if you aren't sure who makes the treatment I would run activated carbon for a while and see if it helps any. Just test with a few cheap inverts after a while and it will tell you if is working or not

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[kateater]

Seachem makes a special media that removes all heavy metals can't remember the name works great.

 

[kateater]

Seachem. CupriSorb

 

[mike007]

1+ SeachemCupriSorb

 

[Mr. E Wrasse]

Alright thanks a bunch guys!! I told him im buying him the cuprisorb for fathersday.