OK, so I ran my tank for about a week. Added some live rock for kicks and giggles, then tested the water...everything tested fine. I forgot to test for copper, but never have had copper from my tap water before.
OK, so I added 3 little red leg hermit crabs, and the next day, my whole apartment smell like someone was cooking a caserole in my over...it was quite alarming. I turned on the light, and to my horror the three crabs I added to help start the cycle weren't just dead, they were out of their respective shells and halfway on the other side of the tank from their shells. Wha...?
SO I tested everything again, all good. Decide to test for copper...BOOM! Trace ammounts. So I added pura pads to the back of the filter compartment after removing anything that could.
BTW, I've also added bio spira earlier.
ANy suggestions on how to kill out the copper problem without doing a 100% water change again and again and again...? I'm switching to R/O water form work, no more tap.
OK, so I added 3 little red leg hermit crabs, and the next day, my whole apartment smell like someone was cooking a caserole in my over...it was quite alarming. I turned on the light, and to my horror the three crabs I added to help start the cycle weren't just dead, they were out of their respective shells and halfway on the other side of the tank from their shells. Wha...?
SO I tested everything again, all good. Decide to test for copper...BOOM! Trace ammounts. So I added pura pads to the back of the filter compartment after removing anything that could.
BTW, I've also added bio spira earlier.
ANy suggestions on how to kill out the copper problem without doing a 100% water change again and again and again...? I'm switching to R/O water form work, no more tap.