Reef carbon or not

[Ranchhand02]

I am curious how many of you are using carbon in your tanks? If so often and for how long are you using it. Thanks.

[thegrun]

I run it on occasion to polish the water, but many use carbon filtration all the time. When I do use it, I change it out about once every 4 weeks.

[Ranchhand02]

I hav it in my sump and I change it every four weeks. I was just curious if I actually needed it or not.

[zik74]

I've tried with and without carbon and it seems that everything is doing a little better with carbon. I run half of the recommended amount all the time and change it every month.

[der_wille_zur_macht]

Check the newbie column in the current issue of ReefKeeping magazine:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2009-04/newbie/index.php

[Michael]

ive tried every time scale and type of carbon over the years, and find with my tank now every 2 weeks works for me when it comes to changing the carbon, also i use 250 ml each time

[spw4949]

I'm with Micheal, I run it & change it every 2 weeks like clockwork. i would rather do it too often as opposed to not often enough....