reactivating carbon

[large_cichlids]

does rinsing carbon bags reactivate the carbon inside.

 

[rallysman]

Nope, chuck it in the trash when it's exhausted.

 

[FishSkins]

Nope, chuck it in the trash when it's exhausted.

it depends on how OLD the carbon is ....why are you usein carbon in the frist place?

 

[rallysman]

it depends on how OLD the carbon is ....why are you usein carbon in the frist place?

Age doesn't matter when it's exhausted.

 

[large_cichlids]

doesent everybody use carbon

 

[sohfatfish]

Nope. I only use carbon when i want to remove medication or tannins that leak out from new driftwood. Other than that its just good old bio media and bacteria that does all the work. I read somewhere that u could microwave it to reactivate it... not sure how true that is though as i have never tried it myself.

 

[rallysman]

doesent everybody use carbon

I don't use carbon on any of my tanks. I replace it with more biomedia.

 

[big train]

I asked the same question a while back and got a good awnser from dr.joe u should look it up u but to keep it short put it in the oven for a while is how it is done but yeah like rally said get the carbon out and stuff some scrubbies in.lol

 

[guppy]

NOPE,need a very hot kiln, cheaper to trash it. not very useful anyway.

 

[RadleyMiller]

Nope. I only use carbon when i want to remove medication or tannins that leak out from new driftwood. Other than that its just good old bio media and bacteria that does all the work. I read somewhere that u could microwave it to reactivate it... not sure how true that is though as i have never tried it myself.

Putting it in the microwave sounds like a badddd idea. Just trash it.