Hello everyone! I haven't posted in forever and ever, hope everyone that is still around is doing wel.
I need some thoughts and help -- I've downsized my 180 and am moving to a 57 gallon Edge. In the inbetween time, I've moved some rock, my three remaining fish and a few softies into my old 29 (it's always been SW - the tank I started with 15 years ago)
I moved all my snails and shrimp over to the 29 a month or so ago. Within three days everyone was dead (just the inverts). On a lark, I tested for copper and guess what, detectable levels of copper. I've NEVER used copper in this tank so I can't figure out where it came from. I did notice that when I put my new light fixture on the tank, that the old one had some corrosion around the back edge - could that be the source? I did massive water changes and it's less, but stilll slightly detectable.
I'm obviously not going to use any of this water in my 57 BUT is it safe to use the LR? I'm going to scream if I can't as it's all at least 15 years old and I saved the most beautiful pieces for my new tank.
I need some thoughts and help -- I've downsized my 180 and am moving to a 57 gallon Edge. In the inbetween time, I've moved some rock, my three remaining fish and a few softies into my old 29 (it's always been SW - the tank I started with 15 years ago)
I moved all my snails and shrimp over to the 29 a month or so ago. Within three days everyone was dead (just the inverts). On a lark, I tested for copper and guess what, detectable levels of copper. I've NEVER used copper in this tank so I can't figure out where it came from. I did notice that when I put my new light fixture on the tank, that the old one had some corrosion around the back edge - could that be the source? I did massive water changes and it's less, but stilll slightly detectable.
I'm obviously not going to use any of this water in my 57 BUT is it safe to use the LR? I'm going to scream if I can't as it's all at least 15 years old and I saved the most beautiful pieces for my new tank.