how useful is the activated carbon in a HOB, i understand that they wear out over a month, but whats the benefits of having them and how do they affect planted tanks. from my initial reading on google it seems that they are only effective for a short time (24-48 hours) and then they just keep things inside the water to be re-released. It seems a bit counterproductive then if there's a lot of HOBs with cartridges that have built in carbon within filters.
Carbon Media in HOB filter
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I run HOB's on all 5 tanks/ with two FX-5's on the two big ones I have and I don't use carbon.
I have just recently experimented with chemipure elite as a test on my 75 long. This tank is heavily stocked and am watching the nitrates close while using the product.
I have just recently experimented with chemipure elite as a test on my 75 long. This tank is heavily stocked and am watching the nitrates close while using the product.
When it comes to HOB's, I tend to look at the whole filter a polisher........I fill the whole compartment with one sponge, maybe two.......If there is still some type of open water at the top, I throw in some Bio-Max............A canister filter or wet/dry filter should be used for proper biological filtration............