Does Cuprisorb kill beneficial bacteria?

[sky414]

I can’t find the answer anywhere. I ran copper power in my quarantine tank and did a large water change four days ago and put Cuprisorb in the media basket. The fish that was in there was moved to the dt. I want to get the tank ready for my next set of new fish. Can I just doss heavy with Turbo start? Or do I need to attempt to super dry out and wipe down the qt? The next fish will get exposed to copper as well, so I’m not overly concerned with residual copper. I just want to know what’s the quickest way to have a lot of good bacteria again.

 

[KrisReef]

Hopefully the QU folks will chime in before Aquarius enters the house of Pegasus?

 

[Dan_P]

I can’t find the answer anywhere. I ran copper power in my quarantine tank and did a large water change four days ago and put Cuprisorb in the media basket. The fish that was in there was moved to the dt. I want to get the tank ready for my next set of new fish. Can I just doss heavy with Turbo start? Or do I need to attempt to super dry out and wipe down the qt? The next fish will get exposed to copper as well, so I’m not overly concerned with residual copper. I just want to know what’s the quickest way to have a lot of good bacteria again.

You could dose the aquarium with a 1 ppm ammonium chloride and see how the system responds. You will have your answer in 24 hours.

 

[Garf]

I was under the impression that Capricorns don't kill bacteria.

 

[Doctorgori]

Cancer, and my name is larry…
….and I like everything and everybody

and with sagittarius in retrograde those viruses are dead
Float on Float on …

 

[twentyleagues]

I was under the impression that Capricorns don't kill bacteria.

It depends, did the bacteria wrong us in some way? We hold grudges....forever.

 

[GARRIGA]

I've used CupriSorb on display tanks and that's the main use therefore can't see how that would affect bacterial colonies nor have I seen detrimental affects in my tanks in processing ammonia.

 

[Doctorgori]

I haven’t witnessed any major cycle delays or interruptions with cuprisorb ….
regardless you got a decent copper test kit?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

There’s no evidence that cuprisorb kills any bacteria.

 

[lilopop11]

There’s no evidence that cuprisorb kills any bacteria.

My sps frag tank is 650ltr and I have been using cuprisorb 250gr since yesterday, but today, the sps polyp did not appear and the water suddenly became cloudy.. I wonder why this is??is it normal ??

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

My sps frag tank is 650ltr and I have been using cuprisorb 250gr since yesterday, but today, the sps polyp did not appear and the water suddenly became cloudy.. I wonder why this is??is it normal ??

Why are you using cuprisorb?

 

[lilopop11]

Why are you using cuprisorb?

I use cuprisorb because I found my wm magnet was rusty, I use cuprisorb with the dosage according to the instructions for use, but today the condition is getting worse, some sps have started to rtn, any suggestions on what I should do??

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I use cuprisorb because I found my wm magnet was rusty, I use cuprisorb with the dosage according to the instructions for use, but today the condition is getting worse, some sps have started to rtn, any suggestions on what I should do??

Well, you are in a pickle.

Are corals suffering due to:

1. Elevated metals
2. Excessively low trace elements
3. Unrelated issues entirely

I’d consider getting a quality icp-ms, and dosing a trace element mix, which will add what is needed without pushing any particular excessive metal appreciably higher.

The cloudiness is confusing and may be a clue, because I dont see much of a way that either 1 or 2 above lead to cloudiness.

Are you dosing organic carbon?

 

[lilopop11]

Well, you are in a pickle.

Are corals suffering due to:

1. Elevated metals
2. Excessively low trace elements
3. Unrelated issues entirely

I’d consider getting a quality icp-ms, and dosing a trace element mix, which will add what is needed without pushing any particular excessive metal appreciably higher.

The cloudiness is confusing and may be a clue, because I dont see much of a way that either 1 or 2 above lead to cloudiness.

Are you dosing organic carbon?

My dosing only big3 and trace element .. no carbon dosing .. for now, i removed the cuprisorb and will do 50% water change.. and i will try to dosing trace elements, hopefully the condition will improve.. there are almost 250 frags in it, which are dying