cr0wley Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Is the wood going to hold copper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 It is porous, but it's difficult to say. There are products like cuprisorb and carbon that you can use, soak the wood for a long time and try to remove any contamination. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr0wley Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 Gotcha, thanks. I took it out and its been sitting in a bucket for like 6 months, since it happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 When I soak wood I change the water either daily or weekly. After a certain amount of time you should feel confident it's leeched out anything, but given the scenario of what's going on, adding in that movement and chemical media to absorb stuff wouldn't hurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 how long was it in the tank with the melted heater? it would have to be pretty long for it to get anything more than trace amounts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr0wley Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 On 6/19/2023 at 6:36 PM, lefty o said: how long was it in the tank with the melted heater? it would have to be pretty long for it to get anything more than trace amounts. I'd say a day or so before I had the free time to break it all down. It was in a Fluval Spec 5 tank that I scrubbed out and washed with soap and bleach and heavy, heavy rinsing. Getting it set up again with sand and a new heater. I'm thinking I'll soak it for a few weeks with water changes in a bucket, and then add it to the tank and let it run without livestock for another few weeks, to ensure that nothing is left. For filter media I'm thinking purigen, biomedia, and sponges soaked in my very established tank. Does this sound like a good route of action? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 soak it and do a few water changes. a day just didnt make much copper dissolve into the tank. you probably get more from copper piping in your house, and thats nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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