what carbon do you use?

[masterswimmer]

ESV exclusively....for years and years

 

[Awibrandy]

Russ, how is the size of the esv carbon? Will I spend an hour on getting the reactor started before the carbon stops leaking out of it?

 

[anthony27]

Awilda, If you look on bulk reef supply you can buy a dual reactor and have the carbon and phosband in it. I will send you a picture of it. Also I used chemi pure and i took it out of the bags beecause I am running it in a reactor the particals were so fine that this orange stuff was pouring into my sump. I will not use chemi pure again. But I am going to change carbon here and there I have alto of room to play because of the reactor I have.

 

[Awibrandy]

Anthony, I have the 2littlefishies reactors. But as you know I am not running any unless I see a need for them on occasions. Like when I dosed the tank for the red bugs.
But I do throw in a bag of carbon into the fowlr's sump just because of the animals in there.

 

[BHDMC]

ESV carbon

 

[anthony27]

i am going to try different carbon but it seems to me everyone is using esc carbon to run the tanks.

 

[masterswimmer]

Russ, how is the size of the esv carbon? Will I spend an hour on getting the reactor started before the carbon stops leaking out of it?

Awilda, the particle size of the ESV carbon is not so fine that it creates a black haze in your tank. I only rinse the carbon for about 30-45 seconds with RO/DI water. I rinse about 1 cup at a time. It runs clear for me after that.

HTH,
Russ

 

[Awibrandy]

No, no that is not the problem. The problem I have with Rox.8 is that keeps coming out of the reactor, and if I'm not carefull it will end up in my tank.

 

[masterswimmer]

No, no that is not the problem. The problem I have with Rox.8 is that keeps coming out of the reactor, and if I'm not carefull it will end up in my tank.

I've never had a problem, ever, with it passing through the sponges.

 

[Awibrandy]

OK, thanks!

 

[alrha]

rowacarbon.

+1

 

[ecvernon]

I use esv