Activated Carbon

eyeluvzdatrout · Post by **eyeluvzdatrout** » 21 Sep 2004, 09:26

Does anybody have any recommendations for a good, relatively dust free, activated carbon?

I tried a third party brand(aquarium pharm.) to see if it was better than what came with my filer element replacements, and although it's most definitely more effective at removing odor/discoloration, it gives off dust no matter how hard I try to shake off the excess when I replace the element.

Post by **Barbie** » 21 Sep 2004, 14:38

The directions on the packages of most carbon say to rinse it well before you add it anyway, don't they? If they don't, you can try that, it's usually effective.

Barbie

jurassic_pork · Post by **jurassic_pork** » 21 Sep 2004, 16:19

Yup i would rinse the carbon first......

Mark

eyeluvzdatrout · Post by **eyeluvzdatrout** » 22 Sep 2004, 03:03

I've rinsed it quite well(that goes along with 'shaking the excess'). Yet, there's still dust. This particular activated carbon just seems to disintegrate. Although, it works great when it's not clogging my sponge pre-filter.

eyeluvzdatrout · Post by **eyeluvzdatrout** » 22 Sep 2004, 10:03

Just a note, I was googling and found this highly informative page on activated carbon....

http://www.drhelm.com/aquarium/carbon.html