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Old 04-11-2008, 05:09 PM
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Doesn't Carbon adsorb phosphate as well?
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Old 04-11-2008, 05:22 PM
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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.

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Old 04-12-2008, 05:28 AM
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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.

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hey greg how are those little phosban reactors? i'm tempted to just get one for strictly running carbon, what do they run on, maxi jet?
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Old 04-12-2008, 05:31 AM
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hey greg how are those little phosban reactors? i'm tempted to just get one for strictly running carbon, what do they run on, maxi jet?
I have run a single TLF phosban reactor or two TLF phosban reactors using a single maxi jet 400.
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