Here's the deal, as you know I wasn't planning on releasing a show this week, but I wanted too. So sitting back thinking of a topic, I was thinking why don't I get voice mails, those would be great for topics, then I realized I hadn't checked the VM line in a while, well there was some there.. so check this quick Q&A show and also some other podcast recommendations I make after the topic.
Questions discussed
* Keeping Mandarins
* Freshwater and iodine dips
* Removing copper from aquariums
* Copepods and Amphipods
I have a 37g tank that was previously used for FW. I'm not sure if any copper (or anything else harmful?) was ever dosed in it. Anyway, I was hoping to use it to mix up saltwater for water changes and maybe as a quarrantine/hospital tank. Would there be concerns about the copper for this short term use? I figure the water change water would be in there 24hr max. And new or injured fish or inverts would be in for a limited time and only one or a couple specimens so a loss would be minimized. It'd be a nice tank to use for these purposes. I might be able to contact the former owner and inquire about it, but does anyone have any opinions on the matter?
it would work great for a QT tank. as for making up SW for your display, i would imagine that it would be ok, but im not sure... i have never done any testing or read anything about it, so i cant say for sure
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I have a 37g tank that was previously used for FW. I'm not sure if any copper (or anything else harmful?) was ever dosed in it. Anyway, I was hoping to use it to mix up saltwater for water changes and maybe as a quarrantine/hospital tank. Would there be concerns about the copper for this short term use? I figure the water change water would be in there 24hr max. And new or injured fish or inverts would be in for a limited time and only one or a couple specimens so a loss would be minimized. It'd be a nice tank to use for these purposes. I might be able to contact the former owner and inquire about it, but does anyone have any opinions on the matter?
I don't know how much copper, if any, would leach into your water in 24 hours. But, if it did, over a period of time you could have copper build up in your display tank and cause problems. You could ask the prior owner but they may not know how many treatments contain CU and tell you no just because the name of the product didn't say "copper". IMO, I would use it for a QT tank where you might be dosing CU anyway. They you just would not have to worry about it.
im having a problem downloading this weeks Podcast. its starts to download and within 15 seconds it says completed. ive tried it on three computers and getting the same results. any ideaS?
i tried to save link as. and its telling me the same. when i do that it always says redirect.m4u or whatever extention it is so i just rename it. never had a problem like this before..