carbon

[akopley]

What types of carbon water treatments are recommended. I have heard not to use bio balls but i dont know any other form of carbon.

[lvpd186]

Activated carbon like what you can find at marine depot:

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=KM9171

[Ti]

http://store.o-fish.com/catalog/images/Mantric_carbon.jpg

[akopley]

where in the tank do you put this stuff though. In the sump?

[kass03]

Bioballs arent carbon. They are little plastic balls to grow bacteria on.

Carbon cleans the water. You put it in a filter bag/sock so it does'nt blow all over in your sump.
I use chemi-pure which already comes in it's own bag.

kass

[akopley]

so i get a filter sock and carbon and what area of the sump do i put it? It goes from the tank to the protein skimmer area to a refugium to the return area.

[theatrus]

Somewhere between the skimmer section and the fuge probably. You can also run it after.

[dots]

I think he may be talking about the older type twopart balls that you could fill with carbon.

Activated carbon
Use a reactor=best
filter sock in a flowing area=will work