I put some charcoal in a filter sock and put it in my sump next to the in coming water. Now I have a sump and display tank full of it and everything covered in charcoal powder. I rinsed it well and everything. Any advice on removing it? Is this going to be a big problem? Arggggggg.......
Charcoal Nightmare !!!
- Thread starter Bellaru
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I assume you mean carbon? If it is grinding due to flow that could cause the issue, otherwise it wasn't rinsed well enough. Some carbon can take quite awhile to rinse. If you actually used charcoal remove it. Either way I'd do water changes to help clear the water. I don't know that any mechanical filters, short of a diatom, that will clear something that small.
Yes carbon. Just spent three hours super cleaning sump and tank. F%#* carbon. I usually don't use it but had some coral war fare. Rinsed well but now that you say grinding that makes since. What a mess, black coating on everything. Sand was black on top and couldn't even see white. Gonna take a long time to let it fully cycle out.
Drae
RAIDER NATION!
You cant put carbon in a filter sock without a filter bag. I did the same thing when I was a newb. My skimmer was pulling out carbon for a couple of days and I had to take apart all my pumps and powerheads because they were covered in black dust. No effect on the coral though.
Got the majority cleaned up. Lesson learned, thanks for the help. One good thing that came out of it was I found a great new quick use mechanical cleaner. I used an old canister filter filled with filter pad on the in coming side of the sump for 24 hours and the water couldn't be cleaner. I might hook this up every once in a while and stir up the tank for a quick clean.
You can't put carbon directly in the sock, it will grid up to dust as you found out.. Next time put it in a bag and roll the bag tight so the carbon can't move. Tie a string around it so it does not move. It will be a tight little roll of carbon. Then place it in the sock and you will be fine.
