What carbon are you using?

[24storm]

What carbon is everyone using? I see so many different brands and do not know the differences between them. Any insight would be great.

Keith

[fkshiu]

ROX carbon from Bulk Reef Supply. Supposedly "the best" out there according to some of the nerds over on RC.

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/Carbon-and-Phosphate-Remover-GFO-Bulk-Carbon/c109_6/p29/Five-Gallons-(15-pounds)-Premium-ROX-0.8-Carbon/product_info.html

[slakker]

Seachem... I find the round granules don't cake up on me in the Phosban reactor...

[whatcaneyedo]

Kent Reef Carbon because I got a good deal on about 8 gal of the stuff...

[Pescador]

ROX as well.

[mseepman]

ROX as well...used to use Seachem...this is way better.

[Lance]

Rox

[24storm]

Looks like Rox is the stuff to have. Anyone need anything from Bulk Reef Supply? Time to make an order.

Keith

[Doug]

Still using Marineland Black Diamond

[Skimmerking]

I don't use carbon and my water is still crystal clear.

[mike31154]

Brand? I suspect activated carbon is one of those things manufactured by maybe two or three companies and distributed under hundreds of brand names kind of like refrigerators. Not a chemist, but what is activated carbon other than processed coal/charcoal? Not very complex to manufacture I'd say. Forgot what they do to it to make it 'activated'. My criteria for carbon is the size, shape and price. Since I don't have a sump, when I do run carbon I put it in a mesh bag in a canister filter. Therefore, I prefer the slightly larger stuff so none escapes through the mesh into the system.

[Doo]

Good point Mike!

[mark]

the stuff that's always on-sale at Aquagiant.

[fiorano]

is it ok to run carbon all the time or should you do it periodically?