Rinsing OK for empty tank that had previous cupramine treatment?

Aquattro · #1 10-16-2010, 06:56 AM

Tony, I'd try real hard to find something else. Maybe go buy some cheap garbage cans...

MitchM · #2 10-16-2010, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

.... Maybe go buy some cheap garbage cans...

...or not.

I'd go find something else too.

Mitch

lastlight · #3 10-16-2010, 07:32 AM

I have a bunch of pails Tony but I'm sure you can find something better and likely have a bunch of pails too.

shrimpchips · #4 10-16-2010, 10:15 AM

If you can find the really big bags they use at fish markets, you can line the tank with them instead (I'd double up if possible).

Delphinus · #5 10-16-2010, 04:09 PM

I thought the whole idea of cupramine was that it wasn't supposed to leave a copper residue.

Anyhow thanks for the comments. In case anyone's interested, I didn't use the tank in the end anyhow, had enough storage capacity without it for what I needed and had two empty tanks still in the queue ahead of this one so I was worried for nothing.

And, well, it's only water. I was just going to start dumping it down the drain if I needed more than 2 containers, I just didn't want to waste any if it was avoidable to do so.

Lance · #6 10-16-2010, 04:18 PM

Tony, apparently the copper in Cupramine is non-leaching. When I had the Ich/Marine Velvet breakout I had the fish in a spare tank that was lent to me. I read up on Cupramine and it is supposedly safe. This tank has since been used with no problems. I can't remember where I found the info, but it made me rest easier as I didn't want to ruin the tank for future use.

Delphinus · #7 10-16-2010, 04:30 PM

I'm sure I've read that too Lance .. I just need to be less lazy and look for the info I suppose to be sure because I hate relying on my (apparently flawed) memory.

Anyhow thanks.

For now the 30g continues to sit in a forgotten corner until the next time I think "Hmmmmmm I wonder if I could use that for ...."

Chin_Lee · #8 10-16-2010, 06:14 PM

My experience with hobbyist: we r generally far too paranoid, overly cautious, overbuild, and take extraordinary steps for "precautionary" measures. Taking into consideration what u know about the copper and even IF it is somehow absorbed by the silicone and it somehow is leached back into the water, at what level would it be at? Probably even less than what's in the Trace Elements supplements that we dose into our tanks.