Let me know if there is other answers that you think should be included to the above question. Feel free to elaborate in a post.
Since I voted in the poll I thought I would mention my 2 favorite carbons :
Carbonit - by brightwell aquatics
Rowa carbon - by D&D enterprises
both are very clean and need little rinsing…
Missing “I run carbon when I remember to add it or think it’s needed”
I don’t run carbon all of the time, but will occasionally add a bag or a sheet depending on what I perceive is going on in the tank. If the water is not as crystal clear as I would like I’ll add carbon. If something dies or I suspect chemical warfare has erupted I will use carbon, if I am cleaning out under the stand and I find a bag/bottle of carbon and I realize I haven’t run in a while I will run carbon.
craig the scientist dangel0. he’s my mr. wizard and bill nye all wrapped up into one
Haven’t really figured out why I don’t use it. slap-stick
Carbon is the only thing I run,but I run alot of it.
I run carbon to remove medicines, or if something goes wrong (like when my auto feeder dumped in way too many pellets once!). Typically I don’t use it based on the fact that if You don’t change it regularly, it can lead to problems, similar to any filter media.
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Typically I don’t use it based on the fact that if You don’t change it regularly, it can lead to problems, similar to any filter media.[/quote]
True
I change mine once a month, how about everyone else??Just about once a month typically, but since my system is still a high nutrient system and I’m working to bring it down I’m doing every couple of weeks.
I change mine once a month, how about everyone else??+1
that if You don't change it regularly, it can lead to problems, similar to any filter media+1 using a prefilter helps a lot but its just one more thing that needs maintenance. i tend to get lazy and just turn the flow off to the reactor until i feel like changing the media. ;D
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i tend to get lazy and just turn the flow off to the reactor until i feel like changing the media. ;D[/quote]
Ditto. Steph hates coming into the kitchen and smelling that rotten egg sulfur smell when I finally get around to cleaning my reactors, lol.
like most, i too use a cup of carbon, but only change it when i get around to it every few months. But i also use a pouch of SeaChem’s Purigen, which does much the same work as carbon, but is renewable and reusable. ive used some pouches over and over again for a couple years.