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pookiekiller12 Fish Addict Posts: 574 Kudos: 633 Votes: 41 Registered: 13-Apr-2004	Should carbon be used in a planted tank? Why? Thanks.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45
ericm Fish Addict Posts: 573 Kudos: 448 Votes: 47 Registered: 21-Aug-2004	Carbon can be used in planted tanks but may take out nutrients needed to plants. Carbon should be used after medication to remove it and for taking out impurities in the water. It should be replaced monthly as it will become inactive. It is mostly a personal preference to run carbon. I only run it after medications and I will occasionally run it to purify the water. It also takes toxins out of the water. HTH, Eric
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Some people have had problem with carbon and some haven't. The reason I don't want to use it is how fast it gets used up and then it can leach back out everything it's absorbed. There are lots of other options aside from carbon. Seachem makes at least 2 other products for use on a planted tank and work better than carbon.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45
plantbrain Big Fish Posts: 329 Kudos: 226 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	Carbon is about 40+ % of the plants biomass. We add it like you would a fertilizer. It increases growth and health and is why many folks are hooked on plants, since you can watch them grow and sell the cuttings etc quickly. Non CO2 plant tanks can be very nice and satifying but have their trade offs. But if you seek to increase health and growth rates, adding CO2 will help more than any other single addition, even at low light. Regards, Tom Barr www.BarrReport.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45
ericm Fish Addict Posts: 573 Kudos: 448 Votes: 47 Registered: 21-Aug-2004	I am not too sure if he meant C02, or if he meant carbon you put in your filtrt . We kind of gave info for both.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45
plantbrain Big Fish Posts: 329 Kudos: 226 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	Carbon is about 40+ % of the plants biomass. We add it like you would a fertilizer. It increases growth and health and is why many folks are hooked on plants, since you can watch them grow and sell the cuttings etc quickly. Non CO2 plant tanks can be very nice and satifying but have their trade offs. But if you seek to increase health and growth rates, adding CO2 will help more than any other single addition, even at low light. Regards, Tom Barr www.BarrReport.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45
pookiekiller12 Fish Addict Posts: 574 Kudos: 633 Votes: 41 Registered: 13-Apr-2004	Yes, I was referring to carbon filtration. thanks for the replies, and any more replies are appreciated.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45
plantbrain Big Fish Posts: 329 Kudos: 226 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	Doh! Well, no, few folks use it, but it does not hurt in the start up phase, after a month it's spent and fucntions as biomedia from then on. Regards, Tom Barr
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45


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