Can i use copper pipe for a ponds plumbing? Some one mentioned copper has a fungicide effect and you cannot use...
Some one mentioned copper has a fungicide effect and you cannot use copper for the fountain / filter / waterfall plumbing contained by a pond
Is this true ?
Will it kill the fish ?
thanks,
Copper is incurable to most species of pond life & is likely to contaminate the river from the pipes. It is much wiser to use plastic or rubber. 1) earth bonding may be a problem outdoors ( electrical pump? ) SAFETY ?
2) it will scale and discolour
3) but for turned off in winter bursts may go on on joints due to below freezing temps.
4) use plastic much easier .
The inside of the pipe that comes in contact next to water will form a layer of copper oxide. This is not toxic to fish. You will not be sluffing bad copper ions into the water... unless you do something to remove the copper oxide... like modify the pH during cleaning. Even then, copper would unlikely be at levels that would be toxic. All of my wet in my house comes from copper pipe.It is safe and so it is safe for a pond.You will have to blow the river out with air for the winter.
Answers: this site say it kills Koi...
http://www.raleighlandscape.com/Pond%20L...
under 'pipe types'.
consequently found this...
"Copper poisoning? We had to remove a copper fountain from a fish pond as it quite hurriedly killed every batch of fish we put surrounded by it."
but if you search 'fishpond copper pipe' you get gob of sites talking about how the pipe go here, connects there, etc. so who can be sure... I'd avoid it, myself... as heavy metals don't do anyone any dutiful and there's a test for copper in the marine of the pond, too. and it sounds like a warning, too...
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~S...
indeed it does enjoy an effect on algae. I have a large shallow copper bowl birdbath that just EVER gets any kind of algae contained by it. and we're all aware that some copper pennies in the bottom of another munificent of birdbath will also help against algae..
you can buy snap together plastic pipe from most diy shops think this will be safer.or move about to fish shop and ask what they sell