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Old 03-12-2010, 03:18 AM
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How often do you all change your carbon? I've been changing it out once a month, but having the three tanks I go through quite a bit of it. Since I've never noticed any yellowing of the water I'm thinking I can stretch the changes out some.
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I change every month. If I skip a month I notice my old water in my WC bucket has a slight yellow tinge to it.
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I change mine every 4-6 weeks. I don't really notice a difference either but I run it anyways
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I change out at the beginning of every month
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Once a month here.
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I change mine out every 30 days giver or take a day.

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Once a month. I'm using some really fine carbon in a phosban reactor so after 4-5 weeks its so plugged up that barely any water is travelling through and I'm forced to change it.
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i haven't changed my carbon in my 12g nano since the day i bought it... now going on 2 years...lol heres a pic

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Monthly (well, approximately) for me too. I think I notice the tank is brighter the day after a switch out which tells me I might be stretching it out a bit too long.
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I change about once a month, if I go longer the water does get a tint of yellow.
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