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    Closed thread with no explanation

    OK, thanks for clarifying.
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    Closed thread with no explanation

    Well, I'm quite disappointed in your decision. :(
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    Closed thread with no explanation

    I think it is pretty poor that you closed the Seachem/Phosguard/Aluminum/Toxicity thread without any explanation of why or under what rules that is allowed, letting your sponsor have the last word then cutting off any further discussion.
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    Copper Sticks to Glass - Toss Out Old Tanks

    Seachem USE to make a product that will dissolve all the copper left behind from copper meds and put it back in solution but I do not know how well it really worked. Maybe it was the "amine" ligands from their cupramine product.
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    Copper Sticks to Glass - Toss Out Old Tanks

    Muriatic acid is a good way to clean glass. Just dilute it with 10 parts water, and be careful to not get it on yourself. :)
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    Copper Sticks to Glass - Toss Out Old Tanks

    May I post your posts at other sites? There are other places where similar discussions are taking place. Yes, although I already was asked by Ninong to post at his site and I posted it at RC as well. :)
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    Copper Sticks to Glass - Toss Out Old Tanks

    Randy Welcome to Reef Frontiers!!! Thanks, Brian. :)
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    Copper Sticks to Glass - Toss Out Old Tanks

    In terms of chemistry of inorganic copper absorption, bare glass is likely to carry a net negative charge in seawater (from silicate) and can bind copper as a copper silicate complex. This is well established in the scientific literature: Adsorption of some divalent cations from aqueous...
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    Copper Sticks to Glass - Toss Out Old Tanks

    Here are my thoughts on copper: 1. Copper in a reef aquarium is going to be strongly bound to organic materials. That is known to be true in natural seawater at normal copper levels. Maybe when you initially blast seawater with unbound copper there is substantial free copper for some...
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