Laticauda;4687482; said:
I'm gonna have to disagree with you there.
viewofthebay;4688416; said:
Keep in mine "Chlorine" and "Chloramine" are two different chemicals. Chlorine is a gas that can aerate out over time(dissipate) and Chloramine is ammonia based which can not. Activated carbon will eventually remove them from the water but in time. It won't remove it right away unless it is design to like a water filter. But the filter can be old and not working properly. Water conditioner is the best bet. It is relatively cheap compared to the cost of killing your fishes. Good Luck.
Correct. The chlorine will probably gas off faster than carbon will absorb it
Unless you've got 10x turnover and fresh carbon
Seachem PRIME is super concentrated and very affordable
geronimo69;4688435; said:
Takes out the smell? Your tanks smell? Mine do not.
The only thing I ever use carbon for is after a tank is medicated. Removes the meds. I don't use it otherwise.
reminds me of the head and shoulders commercial
I agree carbon is definately non-essential
and if used for anything other than med removal
is just masking inadequate mech and bio filtration
not that there's anything wrong with that