Carbon?

[richgonfishn]

I've copied and pasted a statement made by another person on this forum.

My question is- When I do my 6 gallon water replacement.... do I need to remove the carbon filters for a period of time? My tank has only beed setup for a little over a week. I don't have anything big enough to treat the 6 gallons prior to putting it into the tank. It's tap water and I'm using AquaSafe to remove the Chlorine. I basically remove 6 gallons and then put in 6 new gallons. I then treat the tank.

I have a Penquin 330 with two carbon filters as well as I have underground filtration with two air tubes. Both these air tubes have carbon at the top end. As you can tell... I'm new to this tank stuff. I guess I've been extremely lucky that I have not lost a single fish.

Here is what was quoted- In order for the chemicals to take effect, you need to remove the carbon cartridges because they take out all the chemicals.

 

[pnyklr3]

The only time I take out my activated carbon is if I need to medicate the tank.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

My quote.

Anyways, carbon acts as chemical filtration and it leeches up many chemicals that are placed in the tank. If you read the package on some medicines, it states that carbon should be removed from the filter while treating the fish.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi richgonfishn

You need not worry about it removing the dechlorinator. What you should do is add the dechlorinator to the tap water before you put it in the tank. That way it will remove the chlorine that the water company has added to the water to make it safe for human consumption. It does this instantly when it is mixed in the water and once it has done its job, it is no longer needed.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

I must have missed that...
Anyways, the use the bucket that you siphon water into to fill your tank. Dechlorinate the water like Inch said.

 

[astroboy]

I never put carbon in my filters unless i want to remove something (tannins, smell, meds). The stuff depending on your fish load, tank size etc. only lasts a week to 2 weeks and then its kapoot.