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Originally Posted by Slick Fork

I've fed NLS pellets in my various tanks every other day since June of 2006 when the 10 gallon began my SW adventure. So, some of my rock is now 3 years with this "copper" and I have yet to see any ill effects. I don't have any plans on discontinuing it's use.

This "copper Proteinate" is probably chemically completely different then the copper everyone worries about in their tanks.

"Probably"?...The ingredient listed on the label is "copper sulfate" not "copper protienate" (at least on my label). What constitutes a trace amount, and what trace of copper is acceptable to add to your reef? That to me is like saying "here have some soup, there is only a trace amount of rat poison in it." Or "you dont need to wash that apple, it only has a trace of pesticides on it".

The copper that is contained in salt, I have no control over...but I do have control over what I put in as far as food goes.

Would you use a tank that has had copper meds in it?....How much copper can silicone absorb?.....cant be too much ....probably a "trace"....but we wouldnt do that, would we? Why not throw a penny in the sump? That would only leach a trace amount back in to the tank. My point is, why would you even want to risk knowingly adding a food that contains copper when there are other high quality dry foods that dont have copper listed as an ingredient? We spend thousands, on getting our tanks the way we want them, only to play Russian roulette with a $20 fish food. *wonders how many (if any) tank crashes that have been blamed on OTS, are really something like this*

You all can do what you want with your fish, but personally I wont be using NLS in my reef. I will continue to warn people about NLS so they can at the very least make an informed decision about weather or not they want to keep on feeding it to their fish.