EricTheRed
No, I'm not a communist..
You could always do a hypo treatment instead of copper.
Now this is my personal opinion, and I know others who feel the same way, but all this talk about copper permanently ruining equipment doesn't hold true for me. I believe there is a period after copper use that it is not safe to add inverts but running carbon will absorb the leaching copper until such time that it is sufficiently gone. We're not talking about a radioactive isotope here that will last for hundreds of years. Keeping in mind that there are trace amounts of copper in nsw, I have dosed copper and then ran carbon until the copper no longer tests positive and it has worked for me with no ill effects.
My 90 reef used to be a FOWLR that I ran a lot of copper in. I ran a big bag of carbon for a couple months before adding my first coral. Same, tank, rock, sand, sump, etc. Take a look at my 90G thread, if this is considered unhealthy then I don't know what healthy is
Also, my QT/Frag tank might have a fish swimming around in copper one month and the next it might have a couple dozen corals in it. Before adding inverts, I'll drain the tank and run carbon for several weeks until the copper tests negative again. I ran copper in my 75G FOWLR and took out the snails. Once the treatment was over I ran carbon and put the snails back in. I've done this twice and all my coraline bounced back and the snails, which are one of the first to die if Cu is too high, are all doing well.
Disclaimer...What works for me may not work for you. Also, I have not tried this with a tank/equipement that always ran Cu for long periods. In a case like this, it may leach high levels of Cu for a very long time and your stuff may be permanently ruined or may take very long fallow periods while running carbon to get back to normal. In all of my experiences with Cu I always ran carbon after the treatment and never had a tank that perpetually ran Cu. Lastly, I have talked to several people who have had the same experiences as I have so I know my experiences are not isolated.
Hopefully your new Sailfin, nice fish by the way, doesn't have crypt. And if it does, you could do a hypo treatment instead of Cu
Now this is my personal opinion, and I know others who feel the same way, but all this talk about copper permanently ruining equipment doesn't hold true for me. I believe there is a period after copper use that it is not safe to add inverts but running carbon will absorb the leaching copper until such time that it is sufficiently gone. We're not talking about a radioactive isotope here that will last for hundreds of years. Keeping in mind that there are trace amounts of copper in nsw, I have dosed copper and then ran carbon until the copper no longer tests positive and it has worked for me with no ill effects.
My 90 reef used to be a FOWLR that I ran a lot of copper in. I ran a big bag of carbon for a couple months before adding my first coral. Same, tank, rock, sand, sump, etc. Take a look at my 90G thread, if this is considered unhealthy then I don't know what healthy is
Also, my QT/Frag tank might have a fish swimming around in copper one month and the next it might have a couple dozen corals in it. Before adding inverts, I'll drain the tank and run carbon for several weeks until the copper tests negative again. I ran copper in my 75G FOWLR and took out the snails. Once the treatment was over I ran carbon and put the snails back in. I've done this twice and all my coraline bounced back and the snails, which are one of the first to die if Cu is too high, are all doing well.Disclaimer...What works for me may not work for you. Also, I have not tried this with a tank/equipement that always ran Cu for long periods. In a case like this, it may leach high levels of Cu for a very long time and your stuff may be permanently ruined or may take very long fallow periods while running carbon to get back to normal. In all of my experiences with Cu I always ran carbon after the treatment and never had a tank that perpetually ran Cu. Lastly, I have talked to several people who have had the same experiences as I have so I know my experiences are not isolated.
Hopefully your new Sailfin, nice fish by the way, doesn't have crypt. And if it does, you could do a hypo treatment instead of Cu
