Does Carbon remove metals and other disolved solids?

dntx5b9 · 10/17/2006, 05:13 PM

Just curious, does carbon remove stuff from tap water to make it more suitable for the reef tank?

bertoni · 10/17/2006, 05:47 PM

It'll remove primarily organic molecules and would help some. Metals that are chelated would be removed, but probably not many directly dissolved ions.

10/17/2006, 05:13 PM	#1
dntx5b9 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Northern Virginia, USA Posts: 317	Does Carbon remove metals and other disolved solids? Just curious, does carbon remove stuff from tap water to make it more suitable for the reef tank?

10/17/2006, 05:47 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	It'll remove primarily organic molecules and would help some. Metals that are chelated would be removed, but probably not many directly dissolved ions. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni