Post by daniella3d on Mar 26, 2019 12:22:17 GMT -5
I had a saltwater aquarium before with lots of beautiful corals, and once I replaced my activated carbon and 5 to 6 hours later most of them were dying and bleached white. After analyse, the activated carbon was mined at a place where there was copper, so the activated carbon contained some trace of copper, just some trace was enough to kill most of my rare and expensive corals.
It was Kent product and they send me a check for 800$us but it took forever for the copper to get out of my system. I finally quit the hobby because I could never regain an healthy aquarium after that. Fish were ok, none of them died. But corals have zooxhantella which is a symbiotic algae, and if that die, the coral die. Copper is very toxic to plants, even in trace amount.
Now I was very very afraid of using a carbon block and carbon filter when I replaced my osmosed unit media recently. I will buy a copper test and test it.
Coral reefs around the world are in bad shape. Curious if copper is a serious contributor.
Most plants can handle quite a bit of copper and is a micronutrient for most plants if chelated or in a usable form. That is a shame you lost your coral. Aquarium filter carbon is a bad a place to have copper. Fish are often treated with copper to rid fungus and parasites but it is no different than chemotherapy, overdose them and they won't survive.
Yes, weed eating the Sarracenia slings the rotten bugs and the stomach acids all over you. Time to hit the showers when that task is complete.
The problem with coral reefs is the global warming for most events, and the level of phosphate pollution in the ocean which is getting more and more acidic, and the local people (jerks) poisoning the reef with cianid trying to stunt the fish to capture them.