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copper in malachite green? T or F?
Hi all,
I recently had an ich scare.. fortunately it went away on its own. But for future, I bought some Rid-Ich+ which is essentially a blend of malachite green and formaldehyde. now, somewhere in the web, it mentioned that malachite green is copper-based. Is this true? I looked at the chemical structure of malachite green, and didn't see any copper in its chemical structure. Or do they add copper in it in the mixture somehow? or is the web information I read wrong (quite possible)? reason why i ask is that I have few E. Ozelots, which I was warned that it is copper sensitive.. so I wanted to make sure Rid-Ich+ will be ok to use in the tank in an event of an ich outbreak. linda |
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copper in malachite green? T or F?
No copper. It just looks like it ought to have copper.
--Bob linda mar wrote: Hi all, I recently had an ich scare.. fortunately it went away on its own. But for future, I bought some Rid-Ich+ which is essentially a blend of malachite green and formaldehyde. now, somewhere in the web, it mentioned that malachite green is copper-based. Is this true? I looked at the chemical structure of malachite green, and didn't see any copper in its chemical structure. Or do they add copper in it in the mixture somehow? or is the web information I read wrong (quite possible)? reason why i ask is that I have few E. Ozelots, which I was warned that it is copper sensitive.. so I wanted to make sure Rid-Ich+ will be ok to use in the tank in an event of an ich outbreak. linda |
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copper in malachite green? T or F?
False. There's no copper in Rid-Ich.
A lot of people think malachite green has copper in it, because malachite, the mineral, has copper in it. But malachite green is a dye named for the *color* of malachite the mineral. It doesn't actually contain any malachite. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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copper in malachite green? T or F?
Good to know! thank you Leigh!
linda "LeighMo" wrote in message ... False. There's no copper in Rid-Ich. A lot of people think malachite green has copper in it, because malachite, the mineral, has copper in it. But malachite green is a dye named for the *color* of malachite the mineral. It doesn't actually contain any malachite. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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copper in malachite green? T or F?
Cool! thank you!
linda "zxcvbob" wrote in message ... No copper. It just looks like it ought to have copper. --Bob linda mar wrote: Hi all, I recently had an ich scare.. fortunately it went away on its own. But for future, I bought some Rid-Ich+ which is essentially a blend of malachite green and formaldehyde. now, somewhere in the web, it mentioned that malachite green is copper-based. Is this true? I looked at the chemical structure of malachite green, and didn't see any copper in its chemical structure. Or do they add copper in it in the mixture somehow? or is the web information I read wrong (quite possible)? reason why i ask is that I have few E. Ozelots, which I was warned that it is copper sensitive.. so I wanted to make sure Rid-Ich+ will be ok to use in the tank in an event of an ich outbreak. linda |
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