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Originally posted by JDL1000
Once you put copper in your QT tank it never goes away right? Just thinking I wouldn't ever be able to use it for invertebrates.
Do you QT crabs and any other type of animals?
Also do you need sand in a QT tank?
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You will be able to use the tank afterwards if you just wash it out. Copper will kill live rock, sand, snails, crabs, corals, and other inverts. In addition, it will make the live sand and rock no longer usable as they will absorb the copper. Like Mike stated above, the best practice is to QT everything that goes in your tank, and you will now need to treat all fish as if they have ich, and let your main tank go fishless for 6 or so weeks.
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