Understanding water changes and qt

[Phishguy3.0]

So I need some assistance. I’m ramping up power copper in my qt. I need to do a water change. At the moment I have 9 gallons of water in my qt and 6 ml of power copper in the water. If I take out 4.5 gallons of water do I add 3ml of power copper to the fresh saltwater?

 

[Redfoxtang]

It almost comes out to be 1ml per gallon of copper power. So with 1.5ml it should put you a little over 1.75 with 2.0 being the new norm. I’ve just followed these guidelines as well.

Ratios for Dosing Copper Power

I have recently been getting a few requests for how to adjust dosing with all of my research on the hanna checker and copper power being used together. Figured I would throw this up as a point of reference. For anyone using Copper Power: Bottle concentration will bring you to a Cu level of...

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[Phishguy3.0]

It almost comes out to be 1ml per gallon of copper power. So with 1.5ml it should put you a little over 1.75 with 2.0 being the new norm. I’ve just followed these guidelines as well.

Ratios for Dosing Copper Power

I have recently been getting a few requests for how to adjust dosing with all of my research on the hanna checker and copper power being used together. Figured I would throw this up as a point of reference. For anyone using Copper Power: Bottle concentration will bring you to a Cu level of...

www.reef2reef.com

I’m not done ramping up yet, so I’m just trying to replace the power copper I remove when I do my water change. So basically if I remove half the water from the tank I replace half the power copper, correct?

 

[Redfoxtang]

I’m not done ramping up yet, so I’m just trying to replace the power copper I remove when I do my water change. So basically if I remove half the water from the tank I replace half the power copper, correct?

Yes that is correct. Also always pretreat your freshly mixed SW before adding back to tank!