Carbon
 

It seems that everytime I put carbon in my prism pro return chamber, I have an algae outbreak and my skimmer starts filling up with algae as well. Any ideas?

are you rincing your carbon real good?

Steve

carbon
 

I ran it under the tap for a couple minutes.

What brand of carbon are you using?

I use ChemiPure instead. Have it on all my tanks, ever since the early 80s. Works great & cost effective too (CP 6 months lifespan vs 1 month for AC). Always stick it in & forget-about-it. :biggrin:

JME

Anthony

Some carbon has a fair amount of phosphate in it. I'd take some of your carbon, put it in a small vial full of water and give it 24-48 Hrs to leach and then do a phosphate test on it. I'm using the 24-48 Hrs because it strikes me that it would take that long, it may leach out sooner I don't know.

Doug

reply
 

Now that I didn't know! :eek:

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thats why better brands of carbon make a big deal about them being phosphate free.

check out black diamond.

http://www.jlaquatics.com/cgi-bin/sh...ogno=aqr-bd068

carbon
 

It's Kent Marine.