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SnowManSnow

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ok.. so i have a 3 yr old.. and THUS found a penny in my tank this morning. I think its been in there for a few weeks at least.

how much damage can a penny do?????

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Anonymous

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Almost none at all to none at all in an aquarium. A LOT if it's, say, dropped from a great height onto your head.

They're mostly zinc now I think (other metals besides copper), not much copper because the value for the amount of copper it takes to make a penny is worth more than the cash value, if that makes sense.

I once worked at a shop where someone went and dropped pennies into each and every saltwater display tank. I don't think that the smelted metal has the same properties as, say, a copper sulfate solution, but someone like the Subcomandante would be best able to answer that.
 
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I'd run a poly pad just to be sure. But Seamaiden is right. There's not much copper in a penny anymore.

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FinalPhaze987

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ahh kids....u gotta love em...i got three and i swear my youngest is going to be in the WNBA with all the stuff she tries to throw in the sump..the new pennys are only 2.5% copper..the rest is zinc...i wouldnt worry about it...although i know if this happened to me, i would be posting the same as yourself...
 

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