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    Posted: March 26 2010 at 2:17pm
What do you think about it?


www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquarium/carbon.php


Edited by Flashlin - March 26 2010 at 2:20pm
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Rubbish. Complete junk.

I am being serious.

I think running carbon 24/7/365 can do some harm but the good it does outweighs the bad by A LOT!

What the author didn't mention was that carbon removes the toxins that corals release. In such a small environment like we have, we can't have corals waging war or one will win and the others die. Potentially wiping out a tank and all of its inhabitants.

Is that something you want to risk?

Dosing trace elements is a great way to replace whatever carbon pulls out, if any. I have run carbon on all of my tanks over the last 4 years. I run mine 24/7 and have NEVER seen one negative effect from Carbon. I have actually seen positive results using it.
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Thanks for reply!
How much do you use and how often do you change?
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I agree 100% with Ryan. I run carbon 24/7 as well and ALWAYS notice that my tank looks way better when I put fresh carbon in once a month.
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I always have had carbon around the house. I usually only throw it in a reactor when things are not looking that good for a few days.  Along with a water change I could not be certain if it helps anything or not, but they always come back happy.  Best use for it I have found so far is to help pull the smell out of the water while rock is curing. 

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I run Carbon 24/7 as well using a phosban reactor. It helps absorb territorial chemicals the corals secrete to "fight" with one another. 
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I went and looked at another of the articles and it confirmed to me that article was written by a freshwater hobbyist, to freshwater hobbyists.
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This is nice article about carbon:

http://joejaworski.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/does-a-reef-tank-need-carbon/


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