z6joker9 Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 i was kinda curious, cause we dont run carbon on our 120 gallon. i believe it was advice given to us on some forum(not this one though) in a post, but i'm not exactly sure. what are the benifits each way and which does everyone here follow? Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 I run carbon 7X24X365. Helps keep the water clear, eliminates odors and helps in the chemical warfare between corals. I swear by good carbon. Link to comment
z6joker9 Posted October 11, 2003 Author Share Posted October 11, 2003 oh yeah please post if you run a skimmer or not as well, as i think that is the reason we dont run it on the 120. i know the skimmer pulls benifical elements from the water along with the harmful ones. is the same true with carbon? Link to comment
JLTRUK Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 yes carbon, no skimmer on my 12 gal tank yes carbon and yes skimmer on the 100gal tank I feel both are useful, but I am not inclined to do the work necessary to make one work on my 12 gal nano cube. I WOULD LIKE to have one on it, but thats a different story Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Yes I run a skimmer also. I dose my tank to replace those elements it takes out and the water changes help with that also. Personally I feel the crap the skimmer takes out outweighs the 'taking out the elements' aspect. Link to comment
JLTRUK Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 I agree, I feel the "no skimmer because it pulls out necessary elements" is a rather new way of looking at this and not really time honored like using a skimmer. I would like to see someone with a tank with triggers, lions and puffers back that up. Protein skimmers need to be used especially if you have a bio bio load...and guess what a 10 gal tank with 2 fish in it...thats a big bio load Link to comment
~_~ Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 20g - lots of corals and 1 scooter blenny that I feed 40+ mysis to a day - No Skimmer - Run carbon maybe once a month for a week. 10g prop tank (no fish)- Same as 20g 2.5 (just shrimps and a few coral)- No skimmer No carbon Link to comment
zizmans Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 skimmer no carbon, I only use carbon as needed. Link to comment
mattie Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 skimmer, no carbon 20G 3fish lots of LR and Fuge w/ dsb and lots of macro i use a duetto 50 to stir the new water and that has carbon, but I don't think that counts I would use it if there was color or smell to the tank 12.5% bi monthly water changes Link to comment
offsprg01 Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 10g carbon 24/7 and i run a ghetto homemade skimmer every monday. Link to comment
JohnnyMTB Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Was running carbon, switched to a product called Renew, same benefits as carbon but it's not supposed to deplete trace elements. Don't ask me how though. I do keep carbon on hand in case of emergency. Link to comment
caja Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 I run an HOB with carbon 24/7 on the minibow and have yet to put an HOB on the 7.5 so no filtration other than the presponge for the sump. Link to comment
surfy Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 7g, 2 fish, carbon 24-7 no skimmer and no water quality problems. 35g, 5 fish, carbon and skimmer 24-7, no water quality problems. 75g clam/sps tank, carbon 24-7 no skimmer yet, excelent water quality. Link to comment
skeletor Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 20gal w/ 5gal sump/fuge, 40lb LR 2 fish, 5 clams,10 SPS, 2 LPS, xenia, zoos, rics, etc. skimmer 24x7, carbon (black diamond) once a month for a week. I do it mainly for the clams. -skeletor- Link to comment
cblack Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I have taken over an established 10g and only run carbon occaisionally. I only have an HOB filter, no skimmer. I believe I heard that this was to prevent relying on something "outside the system" for filtration (some argument like every time you changed filter media you'd get a new mini-cycle or something). Can anyone clarify or correct this approach? Should I be running carbon 24x7 in my nano? Link to comment
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