To carbon or not to carbon?

[Patr1ck]

I was curious , How many people out there use carbon in their tanks on a regular basis?

Pat

[Eddie]

Never have, never will. ;)

Eddie

[bs6749]

The only reason I'd use it is to help remove meds from the water. Large water changes can help with that as well, so it really isn't necessary to use carbon in my opinion.

[nickmcmechan]

i don't. as i use an HMA filter for my water supply which utilises a carbon filter, so no need

[William Palumbo]

I use carbon on my water BEFORE it goes into the tanks. Carbon in tanks only to remove meds...Bill

[Justice]

I never use it and dont need to with the 75% to !00% WC's I do every day! ;)

[Scribbles]

I used to use it but after joining SD and hearing the arguments for and against I decided that it no longer had a purpose in my situation. Now I have extra ceramic rings instead of carbon in my canister. You can never have too much bio.

Chris

[lroberts]

I used to however I stopped and to tell you the truth never noticed any change using or not using it.

[Harriett]

I use Flourish EXCEL regularly, which is a carbon...so, if you are talking about using carbon in the filter to clear out chemicals, I voted incorrectly!
Harriett

[Chad Hughes]

I use it only to remove residual O3 (ozone).

Best wishes!