homemade carbon
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mastertech
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that is not the same. there is a special process that activated carbon undergoes.
yes burning some wood would give you carbon and it will have some filtering abilities but not nearly as effective as an activated carbon.
Google "activated carbon" and read up on the process of making it, intersting stuff...
yes burning some wood would give you carbon and it will have some filtering abilities but not nearly as effective as an activated carbon.
Google "activated carbon" and read up on the process of making it, intersting stuff...
jackri
Active Member
I was watching some videos from "**************" on you tube last night -- just search their videos.
Anyways.. they did demonstrations on various types of carbon and how it cleared or didn't clear the water it was pretty amazing. Then they doubled the dose in the best of the carbon and it cleared that away while most "on the shelf" barely touched it after 12 hours.
There is definately a difference in even product on the shelf, not just home made carbon. Definately worth watching for anyone using carbon IMO.
Also if you buy it in bulk it is MUCH cheaper than buying more than 2 cans of it in the store.
Anyways.. they did demonstrations on various types of carbon and how it cleared or didn't clear the water it was pretty amazing. Then they doubled the dose in the best of the carbon and it cleared that away while most "on the shelf" barely touched it after 12 hours.
There is definately a difference in even product on the shelf, not just home made carbon. Definately worth watching for anyone using carbon IMO.
Also if you buy it in bulk it is MUCH cheaper than buying more than 2 cans of it in the store.
jackri
Active Member
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3205374
A friend went out to do maintenance on someone's tank... fish were always dying. Found BBQ briquets in the sump O.O
At LEAST use natural lump charcoal for that
http:///forum/post/3205374
A friend went out to do maintenance on someone's tank... fish were always dying. Found BBQ briquets in the sump O.O
At LEAST use natural lump charcoal for that
bang guy
Moderator
Originally Posted by 505titan
http:///forum/post/3204948
has any one tryed to make this. burn some wood and use the charcoal as a filter
Carbon isn't from burnt wood. The wood, coconut shells, whatever, is heated to a high temperature in the absence of oxygen. I don't know how you could do that at home.
http:///forum/post/3204948
has any one tryed to make this. burn some wood and use the charcoal as a filter
Carbon isn't from burnt wood. The wood, coconut shells, whatever, is heated to a high temperature in the absence of oxygen. I don't know how you could do that at home.
505titan
Member
Originally Posted by mastertech
http:///forum/post/3205275
that is not the same. there is a special process that activated carbon undergoes.
yes burning some wood would give you carbon and it will have some filtering abilities but not nearly as effective as an activated carbon.
Google "activated carbon" and read up on the process of making it, intersting stuff...
intersting stimpy i'll look it up. i was just wondering just to see if i could make my own stuff
http:///forum/post/3205275
that is not the same. there is a special process that activated carbon undergoes.
yes burning some wood would give you carbon and it will have some filtering abilities but not nearly as effective as an activated carbon.
Google "activated carbon" and read up on the process of making it, intersting stuff...
intersting stimpy i'll look it up. i was just wondering just to see if i could make my own stuff