I run carbon in a reactor daily, changing it out every 2 weeks. I suspect many of you do some variation of this and it has worked fine. However, I was researching Polyplab's pro carbon and came across an interesting thread on reef2reef. In a nutshell, someone mentioned Polyplab's recommended practice was to only run carbon for 2 days per month, which is contrary to what a lot of us are accustomed to. At some point in the thread, someone posted Polyplab's response to the issue.... which states that while there is no harm running it daily (we already know this), "the use of activated carbon on a long period while using acids, fuel or colors would be a waste of these 3x products since carbon would suck it out of the tank." This is why they recommend using activated carbon only few days a month.
I thought this was pretty interesting. Does anyone adopt this practice? What are everyone's thoughts on this?
Reef2reef thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/polyplab-pro-carbon.313775/
I thought this was pretty interesting. Does anyone adopt this practice? What are everyone's thoughts on this?
Reef2reef thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/polyplab-pro-carbon.313775/