chemical filtration.

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  1. xan3x

    xan3x Flamingo Tongue

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    What carbon media is recommended for reef with refugium? Poly pad , chem zorb etc.
     
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  2. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    I use good ol' tried-and-true Marineland Black Diamond. Works just fine for me.
     
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  3. KYLECT

    KYLECT Astrea Snail

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    I use brightwell carbon and run it in a 3 little fishes reactor, I just find it keeps things clean and dosent crowd up my sump with pads etc.
     
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  4. Thatgrimguy

    Thatgrimguy Flying Squid

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    BRS Rox.8 here. It's a very aggressive carbon. So I only use it when I really need to mop something up. I run a cheap bulk carbon the rest of the time I got 50lbs of it in a group buy.
     
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  5. West Allis Dad

    West Allis Dad Astrea Snail

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    Petco brand carbon. I have the really good stuff for a just in case moment.
     
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  6. xan3x

    xan3x Flamingo Tongue

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    I was just worreid about carbons that have phospahte in them or taking out organics used by refugium and filter feeders. No one used the poly pad ?
     
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