so i decided to test again for copper it reads 0.10 using the hanna some mentioned my pumps i currently have mp40s but just cleaned them a week ago i do keep my flipper scraper in the tank as well as my 2 little fishes magnetic seaweed clip i took the flipper and seaweed clip out do i need to worry i lost a mini colony of sps but thinking it was more my nutrients and t5 fixture which i just added 2 go with my leds
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Its a resolution error.
Read through this thread as I got some replies from the OG's regarding my issue with the HR reader reading unmedicated tank water.
Copper light mount over reef tank
Hello all, I decided to make a copper mount out of 1/2" copper to suspend my AI hydras from over my open top reef. The look is absolutely beautiful but has me wondering about as it ages and petinas, am i at risk of bits of the petina falling into the tank causing elevated levels of Cu? Ive...
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The Hanna is unsuitable for measuring copper in a normal reef tank (IMO). It is fine for measuring therapeutic levels when medicating a fish, but not verifying low levels for reef suitability.
Some folks have "observed" copper at levels similar to yours, but see none by ICP.
Some folks have "observed" copper at levels similar to yours, but see none by ICP.
You have no useful evidence of elevated copper, and the amount in good commercial additives is too low to ever be a problem on their own. Thus, the answer is: there is no reason to be concerned.
I "accidently" measured my display tanks water and not my quarantines, and surprisingly I got a .35ppm using hanna checker. is that high for reef tank? observing my tank i see no problems in corals, shrimps, snails...
As noted above, that is almost certainly not accurate. I’d totally ignore it.
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