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Old 11-21-2009, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer View Post
I think if you pour hot water on a plant, heated in any way, its going to start to wither away.

I boiled my carbon yesterday before using it and a lot of crap came out of it. I didn't test to see if phosphates had leached out but I assume they may have. In any case, I will always boil carbon first. After boiling, I rinsed it in RO and I was impressed with how little the RO water washed out of the carbon, it was relatively clean.
Hmm, I just soak it overnight now, but may go to boiling. Did you boil it in the microwave?
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