favorite carbon

[PogoMonogo]

see a couple of threads in this forum popping up about carbon and such with SPS. The question is, what carbon are people using out there and why?

 

[mikedelgado]

tagging along

 

[Bebo77]

carbon helps to remove organics from the water...

 

[DML08]

Ive been using Bulk Lignite from BRS.. cheap, works great and last me a long time.. I switch out my carbon every other week..

 

[BangkokMatt]

I use TLF, D+D or Seachem Matrix. All good brands.

 

[ERB82]

i've been using that rox carbon from bulk reef supply

 

[MMOORE0324]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14842938#post14842938 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ERB82
i've been using that rox carbon from bulk reef supply

Do you like the ROX? I'm thinking of switching from ESV to ROX.

 

[macreefster]

i love the rox .08 from BRS. best carbon i've ever used. it's a very fine sized carbon so care must be taken with proper water flow through it as it will pack tightly together. i run it in a BRS single reactor with a slow flow rate and it works perfectly.

 

[gaetanocallista]

Forwater

 

[SunnyX]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14843127#post14843127 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by macreefster
i love the rox .08 from BRS. best carbon i've ever used. it's a very fine sized carbon so care must be taken with proper water flow through it as it will pack tightly together. i run it in a BRS single reactor with a slow flow rate and it works perfectly.

Do you have a link to that carbon?

I have been using Marineland Black Diamond for years now with good results.

 

[macreefster]

bulkreefsupply.com ...... they have a link on the sponsors page. well worth checking out. i used black diamond before getting the rox .08 and it was good, but IMO the rox is better yet.

 

[mordibv]

I used TLF and Black Diamond for years and just switched the last bucket to Seachem Matrix .I got a good deal on it . I have heard good reports on the rox.08 .

 

[PogoMonogo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14842287#post14842287 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bebo77
carbon helps to remove organics from the water...

it wasn't why they USE carbon, it was why they use SPECIFIC carbon....

 

[Cadu]

KZ or TLF

 

[kaserpick]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14843127#post14843127 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by macreefster
i love the rox .08 from BRS. best carbon i've ever used. it's a very fine sized carbon so care must be taken with proper water flow through it as it will pack tightly together. i run it in a BRS single reactor with a slow flow rate and it works perfectly.

Same here, and love it!

 

[GatorWPB]

rox .08 is great. very little dust too so very easy to clean off before putting in your tank.

 

[barnett8]

kent marine reef carbon.

 

[dustinP]

BRS rox .08, great carbon

 

[Stanley-Reefer]

2LF Hydrocarbon

 

[jdhuyvetter]

I like Seachem Seagel. Carbon and phosphate remover in one.