activated carbon filtration

[ffishermen]

does anybody run this 24/7? I have been doing this for awhile & I didn't notice anything bad going on so, I was curious if anybody else did this.
thanks

 

[daniel411]

Currently I'm running carbon 24-7. Changing it about every 2-3 weeks. Can't say I notice any problems. There was an article a few months back in one of the aquarium mags that was strongly against it for reef tanks. I'm considering doing a trial and just running it a few hours every few days, for a few weeks. To see if I notice any difference.

 

[poiboy]

Carbon removes to many trace elements required for SWF. IMO you should only run it when you want to polish your water or if you have a spike. 5 days max.

 

[madd catt]

Also the running of the carbon may effect the fish in some way.not good for them. cannot recall the article.running carbon constantly that is.

 

[lesa]

I run mine 24/7 since my set up in 1998.

 

[reefnut]

Here are a couple articles that Thomas gave on another post...
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/...%20carbon.html
http://www.hallman.org/filter/gac.html
I have recently started running carbon 24/7 and have seen no ill effects.

 

[j-cal]

I run carbon 24-7 with no ill effects that I can see. I have very clean water with good parameters. Its a pain to change canister filters like mine tho

 

[daniel411]

Yeah, I just changed from the Magnum 350 canister for carbon filtration to the little magnum hang on. A bit easier to do a quick carbon change.

 

[ffishermen]

Thank you for your posts.