Running high amounts of carbon

[jhale]

to rinse it, I place mine in the mesh bag I use it in and wash it in that.

 

[masterswimmer]

I have a dedicated small colander type of contraption that I rinse mine in. You have to look real hard to find this thing. It has replaceable screens so I have one that is real fine, so as not to allow the carbon itself to wash through it. I just use tap water.

swimmer

 

[jhale]

Is this stuff any good?
http://cgi.ebay.com/27-Lbs-5Gal-Pre...1QQihZ008QQcategoryZ20756QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I just looked at Vic's link.
It does not look bad, the carbon seems to be as good as what
we are buying from the fish companies.
after shipping it works out to $10 per gallon.
I might get a bucket to try out. that's about 40%less the price listed
on esv carbon.

 

[jawwad2004]

Damn John, I cant believe you change your carbon in so long! I usually change mine every two weeks, feel like Im wasting so much now! Well I just purchased a 5 gallon bucket of ESV GAC from Coral Factory for only 70 bucks! Now time to find a reactor . . .

oh here is the link
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/coral-factory/21989-our-price-your-price-event-1-esv.html

 

[charile1]

Damn John, I cant believe you change your carbon in so long! I usually change mine every two weeks, feel like Im wasting so much now! Well I just purchased a 5 gallon bucket of ESV GAC from Coral Factory for only 70 bucks! Now time to find a reactor . . .

oh here is the link
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/coral-factory/21989-our-price-your-price-event-1-esv.html

Nice edit!

 

[fritz]

I change my ESV carbon every two weeks and my phosban every month. That has worked well for me.

As to the link I can't search RC right now (Or at all today) but the jist of the article was that above a certain salinity the *lith products were no more effective than running high amounts of carbon. There was obviously a WHOLE lot more to it than that and the tests were done as it applied to...oh man I forgot I read it at 2:30 am one night.
I'll keep looking

 

[jhale]

Damn John, I cant believe you change your carbon in so long! I usually change mine every two weeks, feel like Im wasting so much now! Well I just purchased a 5 gallon bucket of ESV GAC from Coral Factory for only 70 bucks! Now time to find a reactor . . .

oh here is the link
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/coral-factory/21989-our-price-your-price-event-1-esv.html

that's a good price for esv.
look at the large deltec reactors, like the one herman got. you'll want it when you upgrade to that large tank of yours

 

[jhale]

I bought a bucket of the carbon on ebay. I'll test it againt the ESV carbon for Po4, I can use the hanna meter when that gets to me.

 

[boozeman]

Herman... can I be in the Deltec club now? :fishhit: