Carbon and Plants

[chonhzilla]

I am not really sure if carbon affects plants. I don't really use carbon in my filters anymore. You only really need carbon "as needed". In other words, you add carbon if you want to remove medications or smells/colors from the tank. It does nothing to actually keep carbon in a tank all the time. It is a waste of money. I only keep mechanical filtration (spongy materials), and bio filtration ( ceramic rings, bio wheels etc).


Alot of fish keepers don't use carbon, unless it is needed. I have been without it for like over a year and never had a problem.

Same here, I've been without carbon for many years, but really useful for removal of tannis and meds; same as Seachem's Purigeon. Well stated. But no bio-wheel here, although it works well with fish only setups.

This is how I do it.