Which carbon is everyone using?

[NeveSSL]

Hi all,

Thinking about ordering some carbon soon and was wondering what you guys use and like? Is the ROX carbon worth the extra cost?

Brandon

 

[JVI90gREEF]

I use ROX, love it!

 

[NeveSSL]

Awesome. Why rox? Have you tried and/or compared anything else?

Brandon

 

[thejoshdavis]

I have large particle and small particle. I mix it 50/50.

 

[NeveSSL]

Awesome. Why do you mix the sizes?

Brandon

 

[JVI90gREEF]

I use ROX because of it's broad range of pores, which means no water impurity is safe!!!

 

[thejoshdavis]

For science?

 

[DSP]

Idk if you consider it carbon but I use Chemipure, Rox 8 is the best though.

 

[thejoshdavis]

Awesome. Why do you mix the sizes?

Brandon

Just to equally use each type. We have 10lbs. Could take a while to go through each.

 

[JVI90gREEF]

Chemipure Elite is good stuff as well!!! It has GFO in it!

 

[DSP]

Chemipure Elite is good stuff as well!!! It has GFO in it!

It is good! But I stopped buying the elite after randy ran test on it and said how well the gfo really works and last, Just isn't worth the extra money for the elite imo.

 

[Tennsquire]

I've used Seachem carbon for years.

 

[Tylermacdonald15]

The brs premium carbon

 

[JustinC]

Been using the rox as well. Seems to do a good job

 

[palvyre]

Using the pellets from Petco.

 

[bknapp]

BRS Rox .08

 

[fishdoc11]

I used Marineland black diamond for years with good success. I bought some BRS ROX for this time around to try. Interesting test with carbon is to let some soak in RO/DI water for a day or so and test the phosphate. Eye opening with some.

 

[Dowtish]

Rox for me. Its the cleanest out of the container and doesnt require near the amount of rinsing other types do. It is small and messy but I just put it in a media bag in the reactor to avoid dealing with it getting into the sump, and having to deal with the mess of changing it out in the reactor.

Watch this video

[video=youtube;oVpRGzerJFI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVpRGzerJFI[/video]

 

[JustinC]

I like the media bag idea, I hate cleaning it out of my reactor!

 

[NeveSSL]

Thanks for all of the replies, guys. The ROX is fairly expensive, but sounds like it may be worth it. I'll keep doing some research and go from there. I probably won't run any for a couple of months, anyway, but I'm wanting to figure out what makes the most sense for my setup. Right now I'm leaning toward BRS lignite simply due to cost savings. Perhaps I could mix it with ROX for the best of both worlds? Not sure just yet. :)

Brandon