Carbon in filter

[college kid]

Hello everyone!

I recently read on hear some people talking about not needing carbon in the filter. I have a fluval canister filter and it has three different compartments for different media. Right now I have the top one and half the middle one with biological media, and the other half and bottom layer is all carbon. Do I need that much? Or how much should I have? I have a few fish, and a couple inverts, and LR, no corals. I am planning on putting corals in sometime in the next year.

 

[b bauer]

if you have a large jar of carbon read on the side on how much per gallon,but i dont think you need that much.mabe put some phosban or other media

 

[college kid]

what is phosban used for? I've never heard of it.

 

[dawman]

Originally Posted by college kid
what is phosban used for? I've never heard of it.

For removing phosphates .

 

[college kid]

Well thank you, I apreciate all the help.