carbon?

[fishingaddict]

i finally got a wet dry set up.. so do yall have carbon set up in the wet dry? if so how?

 

[Dr Joe]

No...You should only need it if your removing chemicals (medications).

Dr Joe

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[fishingaddict]

o really.. all this time i thought carbon did more than that.. i have canisters and HOB and they have'em..

 

[Dr Joe]

It does have it's place, I always have some around.

How often do you change the carbon in them?

If you have a good biological setup going it filter remove most problems.

Got any pix of your new system?

Dr Joe

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[MilitantPotato]

I agree with DrJoe.
I've not used carbon for anything other then removing chemicals for about a year now.

Carbon does remove the smell from fouled water, but that's just an indicator ya need to do a water change, not run stuff to remove the odor.

 

[rallysman]

Carbon is just a waste of money IMO (I keep an emergency supply on had as well)

 

[philhawk]

i agree that carbon is just the easy way out for fish keepers, even running the correct hob's you dont need carbon.

 

[Potts050]

Let me be the dissenter. I use carbon regularly so that I dont have emergencies

 

[rallysman]

Let me be the dissenter. I use carbon regularly so that I dont have emergencies

I haven't used it in 5 years (since I started fish keeping), and I've never had a disaster. I still have the first fish I ever bought.

 

[terrypowerz]

I like to use carbon on a regular basis.

Usually I use it in conjunction with another product I have found that works well with it, "Sweet Baby Ray's" BBQ sauce