what pelletized activated carbon are you running in your reactor

[ToXIc]

did some reading
Does a Reef Tank Need Carbon? « Joe Jaworski’s Weblog

and wondering what activated carbon are you guys running in your tanks..

 

[Dave3112]

I'm not running "peletized" carbon in my tank but I do run the BRS lignite (large particle). I have run it for years.

 

[ToXIc]

do you have any tangs? isnt lignite suspected to cause HLLE with tangs?

 

[Znut Reefer]

Using ROX here. I get it from BRS

 

[Zef004]

I've always used carbon with tangs, and the past 3-4yrs I've been using rox8 from BRS. And nothing wrong with any fish.

 

[Dave3112]

Yes I have 2 tangs. One is a yellow tang that I have had for 5 years now and have run the same carbon in every tank I have had it in. The other is a Blue tang (Dori) that I have had for about 2 years now. Neither one has shown any signs of HLLE. I don't think that Carbon is the cause of HLLE. IMO.

 

[Salty Dog]

Rox from BRS,, the best In my eyes

 

[jabbott]

Ive been using the lignite from brs. Works good for me. And I have multiple different tangs in my tank.

 

[jaysauce]

I use ROX 0.8 from BRS. I will definately buy it again once I run out of my current supply.

 

[btkrausen]

do you have any tangs? isnt lignite suspected to cause HLLE with tangs?

Its the dust that is suspected to cause HLLE. If you rinse it well you should have any issues. From the original article:

If you do use carbon, rinse it well in reverse osmosis water prior to use, employ a foam fractionator, and do not place the carbon in a high water flow reactor (that might serve to break the carbon granules up into finer particles).​

 

[StReNuOuS BiOmArKeR]

i use BRS Rox8 and have many tangs and never had an issue

 

[cdness]

I have used everything from the el-cheapo petco stuff all the way to BRS Lignite and ROX 0.8. Honestly it seems like they all tend to work, just some last a little longer and have less dust.

I have always had tangs and never once had an issue with HLLE. I don't doubt that carbon can be a cause of it, but it's the carbon dust not the carbon itself. The pros generally outweigh the cons when it comes to carbon, just my $.02.

 

[Nuocmam]

ROX for as long as I can remember. If it is the dust I don't have a problem with that because the ROX carbon rinses the easiest out of all I've tried.

 

[birdsnest]

I used some BRS roX C and had a real bad case of HLLE show up on 2 tangs. I can attribute it to not rinsing well enough, putting it in a high flow area and having the filter sock tear releasing the pellets into the sump. The sailfin recovered once I removed all the carbon but the purp. tang is still hiding in the rocks after a few weeks and I can still see that its fins are pretty frayed. Hope it pulls through. Another thing I learned the hard way.

 

[nova423]

I run KZ carbon in a tunze streamline filter.

 

[saltyhog]

ROX from BRS here. No tangs yet but all the research I've done suggests the link between carbon and HLLE in tangs is anecdotal at best. I plan to continue using if I do add tangs to the tank.