AQUACLEAR

[jloos1988]

so i get done with routine maintenance (gravel vaccing the gravel, water change, and adding supplements) in my 75 gallon and i notice tiny black rocks coming out of my filter so i open the lid on my filter and i see thousands of these black rocks...the bag the rocks were in decinegrated! i pick up the bag and it falls apart and dirt/black rocks come flowing out of the filter right after i got done cleaning my tank! i dont understand why aquaclear would put sometinhg in a filter that would decinegrate in water!?!?!? what does that bag do anyway? i think its the carbon?? do i need to buy another?

 

[rallysman]

Just take the carbon out. If you have the biomax you'll be fine.

 

[jloos1988]

Just take the carbon out. If you have the biomax you'll be fine.

is the boimax the white cylinder things?

 

[demjor19]

i never had a problem w/ my carbon falling apart on any of my AC's how old was the carbon?

 

[rallysman]

is the boimax the white cylinder things?

Yep. Just go gen another bag and use it in the place of carbon.

 

[Yakuza-Irezumi]

Those fine mesh plastic-like AC carbon bags deteiriorate,so in turn you have to buy a new one,product/job security.The ones AC sells with the string on them is of a tougher material and will withstand years of soaking.And you can put quite a bit in them.

 

[jloos1988]

i never had a problem w/ my carbon falling apart on any of my AC's how old was the carbon?

less than a year old...prolly 8-9 months

 

[rallysman]

less than a year old...prolly 8-9 months

If you're going to use carbon you should change it fairly frequently.

 

[jloos1988]

If you're going to use carbon you should change it fairly frequently.

o ok thanks for the info

 

[ewurm]

Just take the carbon out. If you have the biomax you'll be fine.

Agreed. Carbon is for emergencies. Worthless otherwise.