Carbon use in Planted tanks

[jasonG75]

Oh wow I thought carbon lasted much longer than that.

THANKS

I think I will remove it and fill the void with my floss.

THANKS guys..and I never Med my tanks either.

 

[duke33]

I have'nt used carbon in any tank for years.....

 

[jawasnack]

Very interesting and good information everyone! I have been using carbon in my Planted 36gal and the only fert I use is Seachem Flourish. I also thought that carbon lasted much longer than that!

 

[DJDrZ]

I do. I have no issues with plant growth.

 

[plantbrain]

Purigen is rechargable and seems to be preferred by many for organics and tannin removal.

Still, as you can plainly see, there are no negative effects, proven or otherwise about plants and carbon causign any issues either way.
This also falsifies the claim about allelopathy somehow causing algae not to grow as well, since AC removes allelopathic organic compounds as a control.
So adding AC would induce algae if they where really repressed by plant chemicals.

2 myths down

Regards,
Tom Barr