all hail carbon!! why?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I use Chemipure once in a while, especially when I suspect there is some kind of chemical warfare or release going on (ie. when my Sea Hare spewed purple dye into the tank).

Anthony

[kwirky]

i'm cutting back my carbon ussage considerably because my softies have been reacting adversely against it.

[fishface]

Originally Posted by kwirky

i'm cutting back my carbon ussage considerably because my softies have been reacting adversely against it.

interesting...what sort of reactions?

[christyf5]

I thought the same thing until I started running carbon in a phosban reactor. The difference for me was night and day, its much more efficient than having it in a bag in the sump IMO.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I thought the same thing until I started running carbon in a phosban reactor. The difference for me was night and day, its much more efficient than having it in a bag in the sump IMO.

I wonder if one put it in a sump compartment with floss and have the return water running direct onto it, would have the same effect as a reactor?

I must agree though. I sometimes wonder about our use of carbon. You read where sps have bleached because of the carbon removing yellow water, {which is hard to see with the naked eye, unless side by side}, when used only occasional.

Then you see other beautiful sps tanks, that swear by not using carbon?

[kwirky]

Originally Posted by fishface

interesting...what sort of reactions?

At one point my softies had some troubles. Some of the toadstools wouldn't extend their polyps (the smaller ones), and the palys would stay closed, and the finger leather would go in and out a lot.

I was talking to albert about carbon, and he said not to use a liter of carbon in my tank, because that would "rape" my softies. I discovered the correlation that I was running a liter of carbon when my softies were having problems, and it was probably the thing "raping" them

So yesterday I'd cut back on my carbon by putting the HOB filter it's in on a timer to only run 2 hours a day. I'll see how things change in the next few weeks. If nothing changes, I'm just going to leave it that way.