HELP with coppersafe

bigcheif · 03/08/2006, 06:11 AM

I have a 29 gal tank that I treated with coppersafe. I removed all my live rock and inverts to a different tank. Is this going to kill my 40 lbs of live sand. I did not have a qt tank so I only moved the lr into a ten gal with correct salinity and temp.

Blown 346 · 03/08/2006, 07:00 AM

Yes it will kill off all the life that your livesand had in it, I would not re use the sand, the water. You might even want to scrub down thetank to ensure all thecopper is removed from it before you add your livestock, rock and new sand.
Inverts are very sensitive to copper, and will quickly die from it.

03/08/2006, 06:11 AM	#1
bigcheif Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pontotoc, Ms Posts: 18	HELP with coppersafe I have a 29 gal tank that I treated with coppersafe. I removed all my live rock and inverts to a different tank. Is this going to kill my 40 lbs of live sand. I did not have a qt tank so I only moved the lr into a ten gal with correct salinity and temp.

03/08/2006, 07:00 AM	#2
Blown 346 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 6,596	Yes it will kill off all the life that your livesand had in it, I would not re use the sand, the water. You might even want to scrub down thetank to ensure all thecopper is removed from it before you add your livestock, rock and new sand. Inverts are very sensitive to copper, and will quickly die from it.