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Yes, All the time
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Sometimes
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No
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04-02-2007, 10:44 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kalispell, MT
Posts: 533
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|  Do you use carbon?
I was just wondering how many of you guys use carbon. _________ Senior Noob Setting my 75 back up soon Main SW Tank:
55gal, 70LBS of Tonga/LFSDIY, 50lbs LS, 1x250watt MH(20k), AquaC Remora Skimmer Live stock: Velvet Damsel, (12)Blue legged crab, lawnmower blenny, (1)cleaner shrimp, Yellow Tang, Featherduster CoralsRandom Zoo's(like 10), more zoo's,red mushrooms and hairy mushrooms, Sinularia | 
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04-02-2007, 12:01 PM
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#2 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator |
I use it 24/7 and replace it every 30 days. I have it passively in a bag in the sump.
I have in the passed had issues when I stopped using Carbon. I had a few corals RTN.
Prior to running the Zeovit system I didn't use carbon at all and see little difference
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04-02-2007, 12:04 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 301
Karma: 5
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I have a Penguin 350 that has carbon in the filter cartridges. | |
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04-02-2007, 12:11 PM
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#4 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by Jason McKenzie  I use it 24/7 and replace it every 30 days. | Same here. | |
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04-02-2007, 12:28 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 348
Karma: 62
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Yes, in my sump, change it every 30 days or so. I also use Chemi-Pure in the sump. | |
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04-02-2007, 01:04 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
Posts: 3,451
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I used to...but right now there is no where in my tank where I could put it. _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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04-02-2007, 01:24 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
Posts: 619
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I use it every other month. and in the months inbetween I use phosphate remover
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180 Gal Reef, AquaC EV-400, 3 MH Aquamedic Oceanlight HQI's 250w 20k. Neptune AquaController III, AquaLogic Trimline Cyclone 1/3hp skimmer, 2 x hydor #4's, 2 x mj1200's modded, 40 gal fuge. | |
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04-02-2007, 02:11 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dallas, TX,Texas
Posts: 401
Karma: 26
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Yep, I run lab grade carbon (from coal, not coconut) 24x7 in an upflow reactor. I also change it out about once a month.
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120 gal, 40 gal sump/refugium, 2x250w 10,000K Reeflux MH, 54w T5 actinic, ASM G4+ | |
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04-02-2007, 02:23 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
Posts: 3,886
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Always have, always will! | |
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04-02-2007, 02:57 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
Posts: 3,401
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Originally Posted by geekdafied Always have, always will! | +2 here _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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