Got copper in tank by accident

Mik_101 · #1 04-02-2008, 02:09 AM

As the tittle says. WHAT SHOULD I DO!! i just did a 4 g water change and im going add 6 gallons of fresh SW. Is ther anything i could still or need to do.

Mik_101 · #2 04-02-2008, 02:27 AM

sorrey not copper but rust.

Aquattro · #3 04-02-2008, 02:51 AM

last time I dropped a bit of rust in my tank, I had a peanut butter sandwich

. If you're going to lose sleep over it, add a bit of carbon. You might get a bit of algae out of it though, so a water change isn't a bad thing. Not a huge deal though...

Mik_101 · #4 04-02-2008, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

last time I dropped a bit of rust in my tank, I had a peanut butter sandwich

. If you're going to lose sleep over it, add a bit of carbon. You might get a bit of algae out of it though, so a water change isn't a bad thing. Not a huge deal though...

Lol. yea i thought it was copper but found out it was rust i felt ALOT better but still did a W/C. Just in case.

Matt · #5 04-02-2008, 04:58 AM

I'm using some very expensive rust in a reactor in my tank right now. Deliberately pumping water across it, hoping it'll adsorb some phosphates.

bv_reefer · #6 04-02-2008, 06:27 AM

oxidizing metal can pick up phosphates? interesting

wetcoast · #7 04-02-2008, 06:40 AM

Check this out:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-11/rhf/index.php

As what was said above - don't sweat it.