Using Zeolite

[denismen]

Like my previous question on carbon can someone advise me about the usefullness of zeolite and when to use it and when to not use it?

 

[DrRob]

Zeolite is good as an emergency measure when something has gone wrong and you're left with a high ammonia level and no available biofilter, or when you're transporting in conditions that a biofilter might not like.
 
It's actually a problem otherwise as it tends to starve the filter of ammonia, which is essentially it's primary food source, and then fill up and stop working, with a struggling biofilter left to cope.

 

[denismen]

Thanks for that.
Is there a time limit on how long zeolite lasts similar to carbon for example

Zeolite is good as an emergency measure when something has gone wrong and you're left with a high ammonia level and no available biofilter, or when you're transporting in conditions that a biofilter might not like.
 
It's actually a problem otherwise as it tends to starve the filter of ammonia, which is essentially it's primary food source, and then fill up and stop working, with a struggling biofilter left to cope.

 

[DrRob]

Sadly no, It lasts until it's full, then it stops, fairly precipitously.

 

[denismen]

Forgive my ignorance drrob but how do u know when its "full".
Can I rinse it and clean it out to reuse it or just throw it away when its "full"

Sadly no, It lasts until it's full, then it stops, fairly precipitously.