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Wippit Guud
12-29-2003, 1:13 PM
Do carbon filter inserts add carbon to the water column for plants?

OrionGirl
12-29-2003, 2:11 PM
Don't think so. The types of carbon are not the same--CO2 is bio-available to plants, while I don't think the carbon used for chemical filtration is.

RTR
12-29-2003, 4:00 PM
OG is correct. Granular carbon has zero bioavailability. Basically that means CO2 (or a few special small organics as in Seachem's Excel).