Recent content by russn8r

Thanks David. That's because it retains the copper forever, no matter how many water changes? I'm prepared to subject those rocks to copper and leave them in the quarantine tank for good, if they still provide filtration. If copper kills the filtration value, there would not be much payoff...

I have a quarantine tank set up that I'm going to use for copper treatment. I have a couple live rocks in there for filtration. Is copper ok with live rock?

Thanks People, Had all fish out for a month, per article I read. Not long enough I guess. The 40 gal tank with the ich was an established tank (>= 6 mo anyway) that I bought and stocked with a few more fish, but I suspect the seller didn't tell me ich had killed all the fish except the...

P.S. Is there a convenient list somewhere of invertebrates and/or plants that help reduce nitrates?

Hi. Thans for answering. Sorry it took long to get back. Misplaced the link... Tank now 5 months. 77, normal ph, normal salinity, zero ammonia & nitrite, nitrate dropping, now 15-20. Snails seem to be doing well now. Using CAPTIVE SUN AZ-NO3 nitrate reducer. Got rid of the Sally crab and...

Hi, I have a month-old 30 gal with lots of rock, holes, passages and lanes to swim, 7 small fish, a cleaner ship, medium sally lightfoot crab, ~10-15 hermits, two larger turbos and a few smaller snails. Fish seem happy. Tank seems to be stabilizing; ammonia low now for several weeks. However...