Re-activating carbon, anybody else do this?

[zie2695]

I've got 9 tanks running from 240g down to an 18g bio cube. My carbon bill is through the roof, I've saved up lots of old carbon and have been reactivating it with a map gas torch. This works but is extremely time consuming.my question is does anybody else re activate carbon and if so how do you go about doing it?

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[Jc1119]

I use Purigen instead. Lots cheaper and can be recharged pretty much forever as long as you stay away from amine based water conditioners.

Interesting though...


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[zie2695]

Anyone else have any input,I think I will try the purigen, it looks like a good product.

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[4D3]

Anyone else have any input,I think I will try the purigen, it looks like a good product.

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use macropore is it exactly the same as purigen but half the price

 

[David R]

I know it wasn't the question/topic, but how come you go thru so much carbon?? I haven't used it in an aquarium in over a decade.

 

[zie2695]

I use it to help out with my cichlid tanks mainly, bit it's in all my tanks filters to keep my water crystal clear. You can see a difference the next day after putting it in, the fish all look like they are floating in air my water is so clean lol.

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[zie2695]

use macropore is it exactly the same as purigen but half the price

I googled that and nothing comes up, could you be more specific. Thanks

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[Ian21777]

I just googled macropore filtration media and found a bunch of links to Australian sites including Australian ebay. Im on my phone so ive not really investigated availability elsewhere. Looks cheaper than purigen at a glance.

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[4D3]

I googled that and nothing comes up, could you be more specific. Thanks

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More specific about what? Macropore is manufactured in the same Bolivian factory as purigen...just search for macropore on Google

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[Ian21777]

More specific with the name I think is what was meant. When I googled just 'macropore' nothing came up. Took a few different combinations of different words till I found what you meant.

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