Snail deaths...within minutes!?!?

In thinking about it, when I filled the tank I used a mixture of hot and cold water from the tap...and of course I have copper pipes on the hot water heater
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I made a similar mistake using hot tap water. I was cycling my tank, and my cycle just stopped. I do not know if it was from using hot water for sure, but that is the only thing I can think of doing wrong. I do not have copper plumbing in my house, but I was concerned with the metal in the hot water tank.
 
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Originally posted by llebcire
Apparently, he was called to a residence about 4 months ago for a field call to find out why their snails kept dying. Upon investigation, he found the copper to be too high, more in the 2 ppm range. One glaring deficiency was that the overflow outlet pipe is made of copper!! After he mentioned that, I do remember it from setting the tank up, but of course thought nothing about it!
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Now that would make a difference. Using copper with saltwater will cause the copper to corrode where it wouldn't with plain freshwater. The corroded copper would leech into the saltwater and, voila, you have dead snails. No metals of any kind, least of all copper, should ever be used in a fishtank, neither fresh nor salt.
 
Yeap, looks guilty to me! I'd also say you've shown us the source of those nitrates as well... That wet/dry is a liability if you ever intened to have sessile inverts (corals). See Joeo's thread for more info =)
 
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