Great post! Thanks for the link. This is very interesting information. I am interested that according the Randy Holmes-Farley, Kalk will actually purify itself if used properly. The Kalk when mixed up will precipitate the copper out. I have been considering adding a Kalk drip to my tank lately since it has been eating up the Calcium and Alk pretty quickly.
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Originally Posted by midgetwaiter
Well you're right about that but again inputs due to food are basically irrelevant.
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I think if you read my above reply you would note that I agreed with you.
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It's funny though that the more midgetwaiter posts information to support that copper input due to foods are irrelevant, the more I am wondering if Doug (fishytime) might be onto something with the "little bit here, little bit there" part. It seems like fish food in general must have a fair amount of copper just because the marine life added to the food often has significant amounts of copper in them, but it looks as though fish food is just one card in the deck.
I wonder in what ways Cuprisorb would be effective in my tank, as Randy-Holmes Farley suggests that the laboratory testing done on some of these products is irrelevant simply because it is tested on freshwater or plain artifical seawater, and often not tested in hobbyist reefs. Very interesting subject.
I'm starting to get on the boat with Doug in the theory about old tank syndrome, I wonder...
Dang, I wish I was rich and had a laboratory. If I was rich, that's what I would do. If I win the lottery one day you can bet there will be a reef laboratory built near me. It would satisfy my uber nerdy need for information.
