Carbon

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  1. artur

    artur Fire Shrimp

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    Sometimes when I suspect something wrong in my reef tank I run carbon for a couple days. I did it maybe twice for a last 3 years. I have Kent Marine Phos Reactor. For a media I use activated carbon and I toss it in my sump wit h Maxi Jet 900 for couple days. My question is what should i do with carbon. Save it for anothr use or throw it into garbage? It is been use just for couple days....
     
    artur, Jan 17, 2011
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  2. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    I would dry it and save it. It takes awhile to saturate the surface area of carbon to make it worthless.
     
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  3. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    It would need to be absolutely sealed, otherwise it's going to absorb anything it can grab out of the air, though. Think of what RODI does to air; carbon will do something similar.
     
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