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Old 01-05-2011, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Coleus View Post
The way i understand it that Carbon tends to be more effective if the water is slowly flowing through it and if too much tumbling action can cause carbon to actually abrade itself into smaller pieces, meaning anything it absorbs can be released back into the tank.
Interesting. I have not heard this before. Maybe its good my carbon does not tumble then.
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