I had some carbon spill in my refugium

Angel*Fish · 03/29/2011, 09:53 AM

Maybe about a fourth a cup. It's been in there 3 years, but the tank has been running fallow during that time. Do I need to try and pick that stuff out of there? Will it harm anything?

gweston · 03/29/2011, 10:22 AM

Could maybe siphon it out. But I don't think it would be harmful at all if left in there. It has probably effectively become livesand.

joeychitwood · 03/29/2011, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Angel*Fish

Maybe about a fourth a cup. It's been in there 3 years, but the tank has been running fallow during that time. Do I need to try and pick that stuff out of there? Will it harm anything?

Marie, I'd recommend that you buy a rare carbon-eating snail that will effectively pick up and ingest every last bit of the spilled stuff. I have one for sale at $199.95. It looks a lot like a regular Turbo Snail, but it's not.

octoman2707 · 03/29/2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by joeychitwood

a rare carbon-eating snail .

indeed I wish I had one

Angel*Fish · 03/29/2011, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by joeychitwood

Marie, I'd recommend that you buy a rare carbon-eating snail that will effectively pick up and ingest every last bit of the spilled stuff. I have one for sale at $199.95. It looks a lot like a regular Turbo Snail, but it's not.

Just thought I'd ask - it looks ridiculous.

njjetfan · 03/29/2011, 05:58 PM

Its fine it just becomes a part of your biological filtration. It may leech some phosphate overtime, but im sure it will be very minimal.

03/29/2011, 09:53 AM	#1
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	I had some carbon spill in my refugium Maybe about a fourth a cup. It's been in there 3 years, but the tank has been running fallow during that time. Do I need to try and pick that stuff out of there? Will it harm anything? __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums

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03/29/2011, 10:22 AM	#2
gweston Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Gardner, MA Posts: 961	Could maybe siphon it out. But I don't think it would be harmful at all if left in there. It has probably effectively become livesand.

03/29/2011, 05:58 PM	#6
njjetfan Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 57	Its fine it just becomes a part of your biological filtration. It may leech some phosphate overtime, but im sure it will be very minimal.