removing metals?

[new2scrub]

will a scrubber remove copper and other heavy metals? if so does it do it well or poorly?

[SantaMonica]

I removes them very well. Algae is what controls the metals in the ocean.

[new2scrub]

is there anything that i can read? i am very intrested in the scrubbers ability to remove copper........

[SantaMonica]

Go here and search for "copper uptake" in the search box on the right:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1529-8817/issues

[new2scrub]

thanks.. i'm no chemist but i guess it absorbs copper lol