uh oh copper!!

i just did something stupid today and i am not sure if my tank is in trouble or not......
how dangerous is 1 drop of copper on a 90g reef tank?

 

very dangerous i would change 50% water if not all ....oh yeah what size tank?copper is bad for inverts not sure about one drop but this is what i would do

 

Unsure rlman - never experienced this so dont know with any certainty

a water change may be a good idea
although copper is present in salt water at trace element level
so as mentioned by bioreefdude a lot depends on the volume of water you have

if it where me
I would watch my snails, and if they go about their business this would then dictate to me the size and the urgency of the water change

if the snails seemed to behave as normal (indicating the dose was at a lower level and as such they could tolerate it ) my next course of action would probably be , using cuprizorb by Seachem or a Poly filterTM to absorb the copper that was in the tank

Steve

 

well so far my inverts are passing the day as usual. tested the water for copper and no trace. already changed my carbon media reactor and doubled the dose. planning to grab a cuprizorb tomorrow. this is in my 90g reef with 30g sump.

 

guess i have to move my quarantine tank away from the main tank. lesson learned.

 

see i have a 10g one drop might kill everything but in a 90g might not be as bad

 

fwiw, using a polyfilter pad will help, it will turn green if copper is present in the water.