Pump from QT

[OGKro]

So i had to do a water change and i only had one more pump that was running in my QT. The qt is fishless right now but i completely forgot there was still copper in the water. I used that pump to mix my water that goes in my main tank. I immediately put carbon in the sump of my main tank to remove it tho.

Is this going to be a fatal mistake for my corals ?

 

[tzabor10]

So i had to do a water change and i only had one more pump that was running in my QT. The qt is fishless right now but i completely forgot there was still copper in the water. I used that pump to mix my water that goes in my main tank. I immediately put carbon in the sump of my main tank to remove it tho.

Is this going to be a fatal mistake for my corals ?

Cuprisorb will remove copper effectively. Copper will also kill invertebrates.

 

[Dburr1014]

So i had to do a water change and i only had one more pump that was running in my QT. The qt is fishless right now but i completely forgot there was still copper in the water. I used that pump to mix my water that goes in my main tank. I immediately put carbon in the sump of my main tank to remove it tho.

Is this going to be a fatal mistake for my corals ?

I'm assuming you just picked up the pump, let it drip for a minute, and dropped it in the mixing vat. Turned it on and thought, "oh no".
Correct?

If it was me....
I would not worry one bit. Not enough copper to do diddly squat. Did you know, copper is in seawater anyway?

 

[OGKro]

Cuprisorb will remove copper effectively. Copper will also kill invertebrates.

I added carbon and zeolite to remove the carbon if too much got in.

 

[OGKro]

I'm assuming you just picked up the pump, let it drip for a minute, and dropped it in the mixing vat. Turned it on and thought, "oh no".
Correct?

If it was me....
I would not worry one bit. Not enough copper to do diddly squat. Did you know, copper is in seawater anyway?

Yeah i picked up the pump and let it drip for a bit. But it was still wet. Mixed the saltwater and poured the water in the sump. I immediately used carbon and zeolite to remove excess copper if too much made it in.

No i didn't know. I thought copper was a big nono and you dont want one bit of it in your water.

Should i keep the carbon and zeolite in the sump ? If so for how long ?
I also bought cuprisorb and will get it friday.

What would you do in my place ?

 

[Dburr1014]

SUE - Mineral Makeup of Seawater

depts.washington.edu

I said in my first post, I would just use it. Your carbon might have taken a little bit out but I don't think there was enough in there to worry about anyway.