Carbon, How often used?

[toptank]

Subject speeks for itself. How often and how long do you run carbon in your tank?

Thanks Barry

 

[danmhippo]

I use a old whisper 2 about once a month. I leave it there for 2 days, then stop. The other times I use it as a mechanical filter if I see it necessary.

 

[bowser]

I used to use carbon in my salt tanks, but stopped after I found out that carbon has the tendency to strip the slime coat off of tangs.
I knew it did this in fresh tanks with discus, but I didn't realise that tangs were susceptible too.

 

[Lefty1]

I have some, and a polyfilter, in a magnum canister filter I have set up on a timer for surge. It runs about 3 hours a day. I change the carbon and the polyfilter when I notice much discoloration in the polyfilter.

RR

 

[Anonymous]

I sometimes run it if things aren't looking quite "right" (maybe every 3 or 4 months) or if there's been a problem.

ty

 

[MattM]

Run for 2-3 days, once a month. More often if you have a lot of soft corals or some of the ones that produce the most terpenoids - like Sinularia.

 

[-JB]

I run carbon for 48 hours every two weeks. So far this schedual has worked very well for me.

 

[chris_h]

I never use carbon.

 

[Anonymous]

With the problems I've had since a heatwave crahsed a lot of corals over two months ago, I've dosed carbon about twice a month since then, and it's helped considerably. I leave it in for about 3-4 days, then take it out. It's in a filter bag in my sump, right near the output flow from the tank. My skimmer also quit about a month ago, and the carbon has kept the tank stable whilst I look for a new one.

Peace,

Chip

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[Laurie]

24/7 just a little bit though. I've been doing this for about 2 years with no problem. I rinse it once a week and change it once a month.

Laurie