Chlorine testing and carbon blocks

Do you test for chlorine after carbon blocks or you replace carbon blocks every 6 or 12 months

  • I replace carbon blocks every 6 months to be on the safe side

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  • I replace carbon blocks every 12 months to get the most out of them

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  • I test for chlorine after the carbon blocks and change them out when chlorine passes through

    Votes: 1 100.0%

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Residual chlorine (no chloramines) in the water mains where I live in Italy is between 0,03 and 0,05 ppm.
Do I need a very good 1 mcr carbon block, or can I just get a cheap 10 or 5 mcr carbon block and replace it once a year?

Is it recommended to test for chlorine after the carbon blocks, or do you simply change them out every 6 or 12 months using some kind of guesswork?

If you have a small 50G, wouldn’t sediment filters and carbon blocks last much longer than a year, since some of them have a life span of 4000 Gallons?
 

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