nuj244 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 What's d good brand of activated carbon that you can just dump in the sump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iskay Posted June 3, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted June 3, 2011 Boyd - chemipure Quote "Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend..." - Lei Siu Lung (Bruce Lee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoa guy Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 roaw carbon not bad, right now im using pur 2 from aquapharm. You can try matrix carbon from seachem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltec Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 you can try rowa carbon... not bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marineplanet Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Elite Chemipure is a good carbon. U can get from Ah Beng shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jameshong Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I use Granular Activated Carbon . Cheaper n Good. Quote Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. - Goethe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sungod666 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 eheim active carbon Quote http://sungod666.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M3Morph Posted June 16, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted June 16, 2011 You might be interested to note that GAC is found to have caused HLLE in aquariums. Read more on our blog post. http://www.m3morph.com/main/using-activated-carbon/ Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gouldian Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 You might be interested to note that GAC is found to have caused HLLE in aquariums. Read more on our blog post. http://www.m3morph.com/main/using-activated-carbon/ Cheers Herewith is the conclusion of the article: Conclusion: The recommendation based on the clear effect that the use of carbon had on the study fish is not to use activated lignite carbon in marine aquariums housing fish species susceptible to HLLE. Other means of water quality management should first be explored; water changes, non-carbon chemical filtration, or foam fractionation. Extruded pelleted carbon may be more suitable, especially if used sparingly. No conclusions can be drawn regarding the use of carbon filtration products that were not tested. If you do use carbon, rinse it well in reverse osmosis water prior to use, employ a foam fractionator, and do not place the carbon in a high water flow reactor (that might serve to break the carbon granules up into finer particles). Source: http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/activated-carbon-hlle-smoking-gun-found In the article, the fingers were pointed conclusively at lignite carbon and carbon dust. Lignite if I am not wrong, is about 70 percent carbon. Bituminous is around 90 percent carbon. Anthracite is consists of 99.9% carbon. I believe lignite and bituminous are commonly used in the hobby. I prefer to use virgin bituminous GAC rather than the former and I have never encounter HLLE in my tank before. I was given some China made GAC branded by a local company and the results wasn't good when I used them in our MASS set-up but we did not observe any HLLE during the 3 days. But I personally will not use them in my own tank due to the amount of "fines" in that small package - to me it is unacceptable. The Reef Tank post on Carbon: http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f6/activated-carbon-life-test-results-118497.html Virgin Bituminous: http://www.magnavore.com/closerlook/pcrcl.html Georgia Aquarium Using Carbon Filtration: http://www.water.siemens.com/en/applications/aquatic_water_treatment/Pages/ga_aquarium.aspx Why some reefers use lignite: http://www.fishchannel.com/media/saltwater-aquariums/aquarium-frontiers/reef-aquarium-granular-activated-carbon.aspx.pdf I guess the verdicts is still out there... Quote "Reefs, like forests, will only be protected in long term if they are appreciated" Dr. J.E.N. Veron Australian Institute of Marine Science -----------------------------------------------------------------------Member of:UEN: T08SS0098FPlease visit us here: http://www.facebook....uaristSocietySG Facebook Group: http://www.facebook....gid=34281892381 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jameshong Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Herewith is the conclusion of the article: Conclusion: The recommendation based on the clear effect that the use of carbon had on the study fish is not to use activated lignite carbon in marine aquariums housing fish species susceptible to HLLE. Other means of water quality management should first be explored; water changes, non-carbon chemical filtration, or foam fractionation. Extruded pelleted carbon may be more suitable, especially if used sparingly. No conclusions can be drawn regarding the use of carbon filtration products that were not tested. If you do use carbon, rinse it well in reverse osmosis water prior to use, employ a foam fractionator, and do not place the carbon in a high water flow reactor (that might serve to break the carbon granules up into finer particles). Source: http://www.coralmaga...oking-gun-found In the article, the fingers were pointed conclusively at lignite carbon and carbon dust. Lignite if I am not wrong, is about 70 percent carbon. Bituminous is around 90 percent carbon. Anthracite is consists of 99.9% carbon. I believe lignite and bituminous are commonly used in the hobby. I prefer to use virgin bituminous GAC rather than the former and I have never encounter HLLE in my tank before. I was given some China made GAC branded by a local company and the results wasn't good when I used them in our MASS set-up but we did not observe any HLLE during the 3 days. But I personally will not use them in my own tank due to the amount of "fines" in that small package - to me it is unacceptable. The Reef Tank post on Carbon: http://www.thereefta...lts-118497.html Virgin Bituminous: http://www.magnavore...look/pcrcl.html Georgia Aquarium Using Carbon Filtration: http://www.water.sie...a_aquarium.aspx Why some reefers use lignite: http://www.fishchann...carbon.aspx.pdf I guess the verdicts is still out there... Thanks for sharing ! Quote Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. - Goethe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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