Quick question about carbon. I recently had ick in my tank and I had to remove the carbon from my canister because the carbon will remove the medication from the water. So I was thinking, if I have carbon in my canister and I do a water change and add water conditioner, will it remove that the conditioner and make my water toxic because it didnt remove the chlorine and such? What if I added prime to lower nitrates or something, will the carbon take it out of the water before it can do its job? You get what I am asking. I have been running without carbon for 6 days n tank is still crystal clear (Ich has been gone for 2 day), tank is healthier than ever.
Do I need carbon?
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I am not sure thats why I am asking. I use an aqueon water changing kit an it puts water straight outta the sink into the tank. I put conditioner in right after n stir it, but is the carbon removing the conditioner and any other helpful chemicals I put in?
after googling it carbon will absorb chlorine too. so i suppose if the prime hasnt changed it the carbon will get it eventually.
Oh ok thanks, I should of just googled it I guess. Good to know, I will prob cut my doses of conditioner in half when I do my WC, this way it is still removing the chlorine, but I am saving some as well. I guess the carbon takes every sort of chemical out of the water, good to know....
Hmm, good point. My tank is striving without it so I am thinking about leaving it out and putting another sort of substrate in its place, such as a sponge or something. If it takes out all chemicals it is also taking out benifical chemicals. Do you run carbon filters in your tank? I do frequent water changes so I am not really benifiting from its polishing affects, maybe I will cut down on my carbon use.
Not only is it absorbing, but it will eventually leach everything it absorbs back into the water if not changed often. I don't use carbon because it's useless, water changes get the job done. If your looking to get something to replace carbon you should giving purigen a look up.