Carbon - Yes or No?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Only because you were hijacking some for sale thread with this topic

im sorry i dint realize its hijacking when im the one giving him a reactor and gave him the gfo last week??both for free mid you....do need to post that im giving him the reactor for everyone to see?? i thought thats what pm's were for so why do we have pms again??

and since im the one giving him the reactor im not allowed to give advice on the equipment he got??


its all noted though no worries ....just so were clear i have to post if i want to sell something a pm is not good enough , and i cant offer advice for anything i sell.....

gotcha !!

[christyf5]

I run carbon, have for years. Would I ever not run carbon? No. If carbon removes some bad juju out of the water why would I not want to run it. I also do weekly 20% waterchanges when time allows (sometimes bi-weekly or tri-weekly but mostly I stick to the schedule).

Would I not run carbon for short periods of time? Sure why not. Sometimes I'm lazy. Then I think, I should get my act together and put some carbon on there. Makes the tank look better, water clearer etc. I've been in the hobby 10+ years now and frankly I wouldn't run my tank without it, but then there's a lot of things I wouldn't run my tank without that others seem to get by without just fine.

Do I think I need carbon? yes.

Do I think everyone needs carbon? No, because the average time of the average joe in this hobby seems to be about 18 months. I think you can "get by" without carbon for about that time, then the **** hits the fan, perhaps from not using carbon, perhaps from a myriad of other factors.

Do I think everyone should use carbon? Yes. Someone needs to open a window sometime when stuck in a small room with a bunch of people.

And thats my two cents

[sphelps]

Ah Oh, Denny missed his coffee again

[sphelps]

Has a tank ever crashed from not using carbon? No
Has a tank ever crashed from using carbon? Yes

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Has a tank ever crashed from not using carbon? No
Has a tank ever crashed from using carbon? Yes

Not sure we can factor defective products into this. Tanks have crashed from defective salt, we're not going to call salt optional

[Reefer Rob]

Some people have beautiful tanks and don't do water changes. No way I have the guts to try this... I'll keep running carbon.

But keep the desert island analogies coming just the same.

[Seriak]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Not sure we can factor defective products into this. Tanks have crashed from defective salt, we're not going to call salt optional

Has a tank ever crashed from not using salt: Yes
Has a tank ever crashed from using salt: Yes

Lol! A little different.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Seriak

Has a tank ever crashed from not using salt: Yes
Has a tank ever crashed from using salt: Yes

Lol! A little different.

Well, we don't know if a tank ever crashed form not using carbon. Maybe yes. Then it's exactly the same story.

I think for the purposes of this discussion, we're talking about quality products without contaminants

[Seriak]

Well my two cents is I use Carbon and will continue to do so!!

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Well, we don't know if a tank ever crashed form not using carbon. Maybe yes. Then it's exactly the same story.

I think for the purposes of this discussion, we're talking about quality products without contaminants

LOL, yeah lets not throw a curveball into this home run of a discussion ok????



PS.. I use carbon and GFO on all of my tanks... always have, always will.