Who here run carbon 24/7?

[fish590a]

Like the title say anyone here run carbon 24/7? If you do how often do you replace it? Also I've read somewhere that you can run phosban and carbon in the same reactor?

 

[reef_doug]

I run carbon 24/7 through a phosoban reactor and change the carbon once a month. Yes, you can mix a phospate remover with carbon, but phospate removers should only be used as needed, perhaps for a week or two.

 

[Bebo77]

i want to... but i need to get a reactor big enough to make it worth my while....

you can toss it every month or so....

 

[glockcoma]

I run a mixture of the both, it's been running for about a month and I will be changing the media this weekend. I run alot of both phosphate removers and carbon, I have some phosban and carbon in a reactor, and I also have phosguard and carbon in media bags in the water flow, been fighting Cyano (and winning BTW).

 

[fish590a]

thanks guys!

 

[savethereef]

yeah i run kent marine reef carbon i the tank 24/7 also

 

[All Delight]

I do

 

[ezcompany]

i run black diamond 24/7 in my nanos

 

[Nick A]

I run mine in a phosban reactor too...don't really know the brand but it is pelleted.

 

[Crusty Old Shellback]

I run both 24/7 on my 400G tank. I have a fluval canister filter hooked up to the sump. I use the Dr. Foster & Smith filter pads that have both carbon and phosphate remover in them in my filter baskets. I just cut them up to fit in the 3 baskets. I change them out about every 2 months or when I can remember.

In my 72, I just run a poly filter in the sump.

 

[gcarroll]

I run carbon 24/7 in a Phoban reactor. I also run PhosAR in a separate reactor run on the same pump. The output is then run through poly filter. I do not mix the PhosAR and carbon because in my tank, the Phosar is only changed when the phospate reading out of the reactor is = to the incoming water. That is when I know it is exhausted. I try to change carbon every two weeks.

 

[Old Yeller Tang]

My Zeo Reactor makes a good carbon reactor as well. I just have to remember to change it out every month.

 

[firerock]

I also run my carbon & Phosban in Fluval. Fluval also gives my tank more flow. I like the setup, but Fluval is a pain to clean & restart though.

 

[Frankysreef]

run 24/7 in mesh bags inside filter socks. change every two weeks.

 

[SurfnFish]

Yep, run it in an aquaclear hob filter. I don't change it as much as I should though. Probably every other month. It works great though.

 

[glaudds]

24/7 mixed with GFO in a phosban reactor, changed about once monthly.

 

[coast2coast7390]

i run it 24/7 and change it about twice a month

 

[chaffey]

^ me too

 

[protobb]

me 2 run 24/7 and change out every month.

 

[roxy25]

I just started to run carbon I like the results so far my water looks hella clean