Would carbon gone bad in 12 hours?

[dzhuo]

I am about to start a RB treatment so I am going to shut my carbon reactor down for about 10 to 12 hours. After the treatment, I want to start carbon again. Should I replace the carbon after 12 hours of no circulation? Or can I continue to use the current batch (which is less than 2 weeks old)?

[cjcmcheek]

i always say that it never hurts to refresh GAC.

but for your question it should be ok after the 12 hours. i would definatly replace it after you filter out the treatment

[bertoni]

As long as you drain the water out of the carbon, it'll likely be as good as ever after 12 hours, although I'd probably change the carbon if I wanted to be sure that something got removed from the water.

[iamwrasseman]

how old is the carbon ? it does get full very quickly if there is something that is in your water that its removing so if its a few weeks old i would simply replace it after the dosing .

[dzhuo]

how old is the carbon ?


Or can I continue to use the current batch (which is less than 2 weeks old)?


I will change the carbon out just in case. The carbon is ROX .8 btw.

[iamwrasseman]

best wishes