Carbon

[Jack]

Wendel,

About that 80lb bag.. if it works we could do a group purchase and divey it up. Saving everyone a lot of money! I don't know if a hydrophonics store would carry high quality activated carbon though? Maybe for those inline house basement air filtration systems though

Steve,

I agree, the size of those little 4.50$ Walmart carbons are the perfect size for a change. Convienience over savings, eh?



While we are on the topic, how do you guys rinse your carbon? RO/DI water, tap water...? And are nylon stockings ok to use in the reef tank or what do you guys use?

[Jack]

Nicely done Sam


Is Black Diamond considered the best?

[Samw]

I use Chemipure in my Aquaclear and Black Diamond in the collection cup of my skimmer to remove odor from the room. If I run out of Chemipure and need something fast, I use the Black Diamond.

[Jack]

Sam,

Do you notice any extra bonus using Chemi-pure over Carbon?

[Samw]

Originally Posted by Jack

Sam,

Do you notice any extra bonus using Chemi-pure over Carbon?

Sorry Jack.

I can't say if there are any real advantages. I haven't actually done any side by side comparisons of the 2.

I do however have Before-Chemipure and After-Chemipure photos though. These pics are under the same lighting and taken probably less than a week apart. Black Diamond might have similar results but I haven't documented anything. I don't use it enough.

[Jack]

Holy cow. I usually don't run carbon at all but I'm starting tommorow

I use to run Chemi-pure on my FOWLER but ended up not finding a justifiable reason at the cost of two bags a month. I think with me using the Iwasaki bulbs now on my reef carbon could be a big factor in the "yellow look"

Those are awesome comparison photos.

[Doug]

Black Diamond 24/7.

It would be nice to find a decent carbon that can be purchased bulk @ a decent price. That Kent looks like a decent deal. Is it a dusty carbon?

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Jamie Cross

Out of curiuosity does it even caculate out to be cheaper when buying the small containers vs. the larger ones from a lfs? I've got a container of the BD carbon 3.65L for $35.99 Any one want to figure it out?

you can buy the same size at the LFS. I pay about 2.99 for 8oz but the LFS out here charge 8.99 for 8 oz of the same stuff.

Sam this gives me $7.78 per L if I have the add tax but I think the 2.99 is after tax so that dropes it down into the $6.79 /L range

Steve

[Canadian Man]

Originally Posted by Doug Lowey

Black Diamond 24/7.

It would be nice to find a decent carbon that can be purchased bulk @ a decent price. That Kent looks like a decent deal. Is it a dusty carbon?

not as dusty as the seachem. I used to use kent and I had no problems with it. the pellet's are a little on the large size though.

[Samw]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

you can buy the same size at the LFS. I pay about 2.99 for 8oz but the LFS out here charge 8.99 for 8 oz of the same stuff.

Sam this gives me $7.78 per L if I have the add tax but I think the 2.99 is after tax so that dropes it down into the $6.79 /L range

Steve

Hey, not fair. Most of us can't get that kind of deal. If you can get 8oz for $2.99, how much can you get 36oz for?

Back to the first question, usually as you buy larger quantity, it gets cheaper per litre or oz. It looks that way on Big Al's website for example.