Carbon nuke my tank

[Kianou]

Just want to share my experience so other reefers will be aware.

I baught this imagitarium coconut carbon at petco at a very cheap price then tried it I rinse it 1st and put in my filtration system after 24hrs all my LPS corals died and some of my sofites died too. My snails, and hermit crabs also died even my aiptasia died too. all of my fish are safe but still struggling.

I have 9 months old 20g tank and my parameters are all normal my only mistake is I tried using that Cheap carbon

I hope this awareness will help other reefers in the future.

 

[Nate Chalk]

What do you mean, " put in my filtration system "

 

[Kianou]

What do you mean, " put in my filtration system "

I put it in my hanging filter. i put it in a carbon bag first.

 

[Fish Fan]

Unfortunately, this is now the third post like this I’ve seen in the last week or so. Someone yesterday just confirmed that it’s copper somehow leaching from the carbon:

EMERGENCY - Do NOT use PETCO Carbon

Hi All, Changed my carbon usage to Petcos coconut carbon media. Just bought this product on a whim and tossed it in the reef tank. Leached heavy metals like copper into the tank and nuked the whole thing in 2 days. I was frantically testing the regular parameters to no avail. Realized this...

www.reef2reef.com

Sorry about your losses. You may want to also test for copper, and consider how to go forward if copper is present.

 

[Kianou]

Unfortunately, this is now the third post like this I’ve seen in the last week or so. Someone yesterday just confirmed that it’s copper somehow leaching from the carbon:

EMERGENCY - Do NOT use PETCO Carbon

Hi All, Changed my carbon usage to Petcos coconut carbon media. Just bought this product on a whim and tossed it in the reef tank. Leached heavy metals like copper into the tank and nuked the whole thing in 2 days. I was frantically testing the regular parameters to no avail. Realized this...

www.reef2reef.com

Sorry about your losses. You may want to also test for copper, and consider how to go forward if copper is present.

thank you. I was very stressed bcuz i really took care of them and my LPS already growing some new heads and thriving.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Sorry to hear , chemi pure blue is a good form of carbon if you need to switch

 

[p1u5h13r4m24]

This makes me want to buy it and do an ICP with it in some r/o water just to see what all it is leaching

 

[Kianou]

This makes me want to buy it and do an ICP with it in some r/o water just to see what all it is leaching

I saw some complains in the internet to about this product. hope they'll fix this so other reefers won't experience this kind of loss

 

[Kianou]

Sorry to hear , chemi pure blue is a good form of carbon if you need to switch

I might take a brake from this hobby for a while.

 

[dvgyfresh]

I might take a brake from this hobby for a while.

Polyfilter and changing the carbon can bring the tank back , but totally get sometime a break allows you to come back even stronger , happy reefing

 

[Relled]

Unfortunately, this is now the third post like this I’ve seen in the last week or so. Someone yesterday just confirmed that it’s copper somehow leaching from the carbon:

EMERGENCY - Do NOT use PETCO Carbon

Hi All, Changed my carbon usage to Petcos coconut carbon media. Just bought this product on a whim and tossed it in the reef tank. Leached heavy metals like copper into the tank and nuked the whole thing in 2 days. I was frantically testing the regular parameters to no avail. Realized this...

www.reef2reef.com

Sorry about your losses. You may want to also test for copper, and consider how to go forward if copper is present.

My post is actually old too. So they have been selling this stuff for a long time. . Theres even reports back in April. Just no one commented / believed it untill I posted the results.

 

[reeftankdude]

Thanks for the heads up. I am about to do a water change and use this carbon for the first time. Luckily I did a google search. I will take it back to Petco and get another brand,

 

[Kianou]

Thanks for the heads up. I am about to do a water change and use this carbon for the first time. Luckily I did a google search. I will take it back to Petco and get another brand,

never buy any imagitarium brand products they're all trash