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11-05-2011, 03:52 PM
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Copper treatment tank can it be reused?
I have a 10 gl tank used to treat fish with copper. Is this tank useless now for anything else? I would like to try sps and thinking about setting up just a small tank. We are rearranging things around in the house so a small tank would work well in what is now the office but being moved.
Last edited by Coralgurl; 11-05-2011 at 04:40 PM. 
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11-05-2011, 05:24 PM
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You might want to replace the silicone though. Glass won't absorb copper but the silicone probably did.
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11-06-2011, 01:00 AM
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the ansewer is no......do not use the tank for a reef
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
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11-06-2011, 01:06 AM
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you can run CupriSorb if it's just the tank. If it's in the powerhead, any filters, plumbing, etc, I'd buy new. Not worth losing stuff over it.
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11-06-2011, 01:11 AM
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Quote:
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
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11-06-2011, 01:54 AM
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Your sps would die. Almost guaranteed. Copper in even tiny doses can kill sensitive sps.
I was at an LFS and the manager told me that someone got a small amount of sand from one of the tanks to "seed" his sand and it killed all the corals (established tank with new sand bed). Definitely not worth it.
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11-06-2011, 02:17 AM
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Tank was cleaned out and put away today. Not going to use it for anything. I'm slowly trying sps in my current tank, will stick with that. And everyone is right, small tanks are cheap anyway. Penny bank it is! Thanks
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