swapping sand

Then there shouldn't be any issue with cleaning the tank out and rinsing with ro/di water.Saltwater is a whole different game,not necessarily harder,but if you can eliminate some possible trouble causing variables right from the start,then why wouldn't you?

 

lol, I never can wait to do anything either, always eager to get it done. I've never had to test for copper, so not real sure how great the tests are, I know I've heard some aren't great. If you're gone drop a lot of money on inverts, I'd start a thread about copper and ask what to do, if its going to be a prob. Chances are it won't but I'd check before I dropped any $$ on shrimp or urchins or a CUC

 

Ok im gomna start a copper thread lol...im hoping since it was used long ago and my freshwater inverts which will die from small amount of copper as well, did not die i should be fine. I actually had over 100 snails and they were a big problem for me lol when i emptied my tank tonight and removed sand there was snails everywhere

 

you should be fine then, Just better to be safe than sorry. I'm sure its fine, just don't have any history with using it. Eelgirl, vinny, and corralline have some great posts on it somewhere.

 

Does carbon have any effect on copper? I always ran carbon as well

 

Copper thread buddy!lol, you're past my pay grade here.

 

Lol i gotcha i started the copper thread right after i posted that...looks like i should be fine

 

+!, I always like to err on the side of caution, but corralline had read and knows TONS more than I on most subjects, but especially this one! Get her filled up and cycling already, geesh! lol