Yes carbon will remove it but much slower than cuprizorb+poly filter. Even with cuprizorb+poly filter you are looking at about a month or even longer. I've never tried zero copper and a reef with just carbon alone. Running it in a reactor is also much more efficient, whether you use just carbon alone or cuprizorb. If you don't have a reactor I'm sure the store could loan you a reactor and pump you could easily drop in your sump.
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Yes carbon will remove it but much slower than cuprizorb+poly filter. Even with cuprizorb+poly filter you are looking at about a month or even longer. I've never tried zero copper and a reef with just carbon alone. Running it in a reactor is also much more efficient, whether you use just carbon alone or cuprizorb. If you don't have a reactor I'm sure the store could loan you a reactor and pump you could easily drop in your sump.
I’ve heard similar to lion king’s comment from others: water changes with cuprisorb and poly filters seems to work (at least in some cases).
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has anyone ever treated display tank with copper and recorded long term issues after the fact?
im forced into treating my display with cupramine and was wondering if anyone on here has in detail recorded a daily log of how hard it was to stabilize copper to proper levels in a display tank/how long it took to remove it/how they removed it/what issues they face long term due to doing so. if...
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Copper treatment in a DT, Documented
Hello everyone. I have Ich in my DT. I tried using ich-x which worked well when it was in use, but the day I stopped dosing it, the ich showed back up. because my tank is very new, I have no corals yet, and very few inverts at all. I decided after reading the thread by @Marc88 , I would make my...
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As it stands, should I just continue to treat my DT with copper to kill the ich and then run the poly to get it all out? At the point my corals and anem are dead. Highly doubt they make a miraculous come back. I can go ahead now and treat and take the time to get it all out before adding new anem and coral?I’ve heard similar to lion king’s comment from others: water changes with cuprisorb and poly filters seems to work (at least in some cases).
Some threads with examples:
has anyone ever treated display tank with copper and recorded long term issues after the fact?
im forced into treating my display with cupramine and was wondering if anyone on here has in detail recorded a daily log of how hard it was to stabilize copper to proper levels in a display tank/how long it took to remove it/how they removed it/what issues they face long term due to doing so. if...Copper treatment in a DT, Documented
Hello everyone. I have Ich in my DT. I tried using ich-x which worked well when it was in use, but the day I stopped dosing it, the ich showed back up. because my tank is very new, I have no corals yet, and very few inverts at all. I decided after reading the thread by @Marc88 , I would make my...
Since all your inverts are dead and continuing the treatment in the tank really can't hurt anything, personally, I'd just finish out the treatment (running it in the DT would probably be less stressful for the fish).
That said, I'd also talk with your aquarium maintenance company and discuss trying the polyfilters and cuprisorb (and/or carbon) to remove the copper, and I'd discuss steps to take - up to and possibly including having them cover the cost of replacement for your losses - if it doesn't work for you (I'd guess that it will work for you, but it's good to have your bases covered). Like was mentioned, this kind of thing should really be covered by the business' insurance for full replacement, so if the copper doesn't come out for you, I'd see what/how much you can get them to replace.
