Carbon Shock

[pweissma]

I had a tree leather die a few weeks ago and in retrospect I think it was soon after I changed my Chemipure Elite. I have many more sensitive corals and inverts but nothing else was affected at all. Last week I changed my Purigen and then my green polyped leather closed up for over a day. I thought it was dead too but it now seems fine.

I remember reading a post somewhere that the sudden addition of carbon could do something causing corals to die. Realizing that my memory or post are likely to be wrong, I'm wondering if there's any truth to this. Thanks.

 

[House of Laughter]

Phil,

Not sure if this was in posts or not, but as a rule of thumb, I do a water change the day after adding media, regardless of the type - I believe that regardless of how clean you get the newly added media, there is still residue left and I do water changes to mediate any fluctuations that may cause...

FWIW

Jim

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

good advice Jim there is always extra dust in carbon I like the pellet carbon best..less dust and mess

 

[ZANYMASTER]

I don't they use high grade carbon.Switch to ESV or Rowacarbon.

 

[batt600]

This is what i do and works great boil Ro water and reinse carbon place carbon in boiling Ro water and let it seat for 24H and then add to reactor . This opens the pores in the carbon and makes it more effecive. And you have to add the right amount of carbon to your tank . So if it says will treat 200g with 1lt you will have to figure how much to put for you gallons of tank water. To much with bleach corals and can kill aslo.

 

[pweissma]

Thanks for the advice advice everyone. I'll be switching to a reactor very soon for and doing away with the bags of chemipure elite and purigen.