How To Use Carbon In A Nano Reef?

[simonas]

My plan for this weekend is to sort carbon in my tank

How do youuse it? In a sock in a chamber?

What kind of carbon do you guys use andhow much andhow often?

any advice really appreciated

thanks Simon

 

[seffieuk]

What are you planning on running it in simon?

Seffie x

 

[simonas]

I've no idea wath the options are Seffie? lol

its for my River Reef?

 

[seffieuk]

Mmmmm, have you thought of maybe running an external, bet you already have one, you could then put all your media in there, carbon, phoshate remover and purigen - i would suggest trying to find a way of hooking them or suspending them so the particles are free to move around in the bags other is a reactor

Seffie x

 

[simonas]

Mmmmm, have you thought of maybe running an external, bet you already have one, you could then put all your media in there, carbon, phoshate remover and purigen - i would suggest trying to find a way of hooking them or suspending them so the particles are free to move around in the bags other is a reactor

Seffie x

Its not an option to have an external as the reefs in the living room unfortuntely. Its got to be something withing the tank. Can you put them in a tight style bag and if so does it work?

 

[seffieuk]

Can you put them in a tight style bag and if so does it work?

Usually the bag comes with the media Simon, as long as there is flow around/through the bag it will be fine

However, if you are a bit handy you could make a small reactor, think Barney talks about it on the Hardware of the week thread for reactors - you only need a tiny pump, the maxijet 500 and it is very quiet

Seffie x

 

[simonas]

Can you put them in a tight style bag and if so does it work?

Usually the bag comes with the media Simon, as long as there is flow around/through the bag it will be fine

However, if you are a bit handy you could make a small reactor, think Barney talks about it on the Hardware of the week thread for reactors - you only need a tiny pump, the maxijet 500 and it is very quiet

Seffie x

cheers Seffie

I shall get some tomorrow. I;'ve just been LFS and bought something but not carbon doh!! will try it in the bag first and read up n reactors in the mean time, I;ve been reinspired to make a big improvement on my tank

oh and my new skimmer is skimming properly and I already have some skim in the cup ! get in

 

[FiSh123FiSh]

What skimmer are you using Simon?

 

[simonas]

its a boyu wg310. cheap and cheerful but plenty of people on UR seem to use them in the same tank