Polyp extension related to activated carbon?

[kwirky]

yeap. too much carbon and my corals react negatively.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by kwirky

yeap. too much carbon and my corals react negatively.

Kwirky, How much is too much? I'm running about 10 ozs. in a canister filter, along with Rowaphos. (90 gal mixed reef and 50 gal sump/fuge)

[marie]

I've never noticed any negative reaction, if anything its just the opposite and I currently have about 4 cups of carbon in my tank.

[Ya Dude]

ive noticed serious affect with too much carbon.I wouldnt worry about how much carbon your using but how much flow is through it.should have the ratio on the container ,the brand i use does

[Myka]

I get the best PE when I don't run carbon, but when I run lots of RowaPhos.

[banditpowdercoat]

How are you guys running carbon? I just put a bag from my FW tank filter in my sump.(New bag, not used LOL) Is there a better way?

[tang daddy]

^..^ bandit I find running carbon in a canister works best!
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As for PE I think if you look on RC you will find that vodka sugar and vinegar mixed with aminos will give you great PE. I run ultralith and have good PE on my sps but heck was dosing aminos before and had great polyp extension back before I started UL. Try aminos first and see whatever you do start with small amounts and slow.

[digital-audiophile]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

How are you guys running carbon? I just put a bag from my FW tank filter in my sump.(New bag, not used LOL) Is there a better way?

Persoanlly I am running Zeo Carbon in a phosban reactor. Using the zeo method it does suggest simply running the carbon passive in a mesh bag and knead daily but I found that this did not seem to be effective in my case. Once I started running fluidized I noticed immediate improvement in water clarity.

HTH

[Stones]

Originally Posted by Myka

I get the best PE when I don't run carbon, but when I run lots of RowaPhos.

This is very similar to what I've seen in regards to my milleporas. I was just hoping that I wasn't the only one seeing such a phenomenon in their tanks. I used to run phosphate media in my reactor, but since I've never had a phosphate problem I switched it out to carbon instead. Looks like I'll be swapping the carbon back for phos media and hope PE improves.

[fencer]

Doesn't Carbon adsorb phosphate as well?