Converting main tank to QT

clwntrigger · 09/21/2018, 03:00 PM

I have a 210 with what appears to be ich on several fish. I have been feeding with all food food soaked in garlic extreme and vita-chem. I was thinking about removing live rock sand and inverts to plastic tub and treating main tank with copper. I have the bio ball filter and protein skimmer in a sump setup with a UV sterilizer (TurboTwist12x) hanging on back of the display tank being fed buy a pump in the display tank. I do also have a refugium I can disconnect for the duration of the copper treatment. Has anyone tried this before?

clwntrigger · 09/21/2018, 04:05 PM

I should add that this is a FOWLR tank with a few inverts like startfish and urchins

Aquavaj · 09/21/2018, 04:25 PM

Don't hold me to this but I've heard you should never use copper in a tank that will be used again in the future as a DT. The reason is that the silicone could absorb the copper and leach it back out later on.

clwntrigger · 09/21/2018, 04:49 PM

I've heard that but was thinking after a few large water changes and testing I would get the copper level back down to acceptable levels for fowlr. Silicone can only hold so much I am thinking?

Tastee · 09/22/2018, 12:28 AM

Poly filter will remove Copper, and it shows this in it's colour change. I used it effectively to remove cCopper from my QT after a treatment and a test (API, so I know possibly not as accurate as others) showed 0 afterward.

I’m not sure about leaching into rocks in a DT however, hopefully others will give you some feedback on that.

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Crooked Reef · 09/22/2018, 02:14 PM

So the rock would still need to be fallow for the 76 days or when you put it back, it would introduce ich right back in. It would probably be far easier and less stressful to the fish to place them in tubs for the treatment. I have also heard the copper in silicon thing but have no personal experience.

09/21/2018, 03:00 PM	#1
clwntrigger Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 88	Converting main tank to QT I have a 210 with what appears to be ich on several fish. I have been feeding with all food food soaked in garlic extreme and vita-chem. I was thinking about removing live rock sand and inverts to plastic tub and treating main tank with copper. I have the bio ball filter and protein skimmer in a sump setup with a UV sterilizer (TurboTwist12x) hanging on back of the display tank being fed buy a pump in the display tank. I do also have a refugium I can disconnect for the duration of the copper treatment. Has anyone tried this before?

09/21/2018, 04:49 PM	#4
clwntrigger Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 88	Converting main tank to QT I've heard that but was thinking after a few large water changes and testing I would get the copper level back down to acceptable levels for fowlr. Silicone can only hold so much I am thinking?

09/22/2018, 02:14 PM	#6
Crooked Reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,765	So the rock would still need to be fallow for the 76 days or when you put it back, it would introduce ich right back in. It would probably be far easier and less stressful to the fish to place them in tubs for the treatment. I have also heard the copper in silicon thing but have no personal experience. __________________ “In wine there is wisdom; in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” - Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef. Biocube 29 lionfish tank. Mantis tank.

09/21/2018, 04:05 PM	#2
clwntrigger Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 88	I should add that this is a FOWLR tank with a few inverts like startfish and urchins

09/21/2018, 04:25 PM	#3
Aquavaj Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 132	Don't hold me to this but I've heard you should never use copper in a tank that will be used again in the future as a DT. The reason is that the silicone could absorb the copper and leach it back out later on.

09/22/2018, 12:28 AM	#5
Tastee Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 277	Poly filter will remove Copper, and it shows this in it's colour change. I used it effectively to remove cCopper from my QT after a treatment and a test (API, so I know possibly not as accurate as others) showed 0 afterward. I’m not sure about leaching into rocks in a DT however, hopefully others will give you some feedback on that. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk