How do YOU rinse carbon?

tmcgaughey · 10/29/2008, 09:45 PM

I havn't found a way I like yet
how do you do it?

erbio · 10/29/2008, 09:48 PM

I recently discovered water. Works great.

Toddrtrex · 10/29/2008, 09:48 PM

I put it in the mesh bag that I use, and run it under the tap of the bathtub in the spare bathroom.

For one of my tank I have it in a phosban reactor --- fill it up as normal, hang it on a bucket of tap water, and run the pump until the discharge is clear.

seapug · 10/29/2008, 09:49 PM

I purge all the dust from my reactor setup by running water through it into a bucket until it runs clear. Before I started using the reactor I just put it in a bag and ran it under the RO outlet until the dust was gone. Before that I just ran it under tap water.

tmcgaughey · 10/29/2008, 09:54 PM

thanks
I have a phosban but I just throw it in a huge bag and hit it with a hose

jobes · 10/29/2008, 10:03 PM

I change it every fourth (four weeks)water change by filling the sock, running it under cold tap water and then a final rinse dip into my dirty tank water being dumped.

ljosh · 10/29/2008, 10:06 PM

I put it in the reactor and run ro/di water through it.

_E_ · 10/29/2008, 10:19 PM

Rinse mine with, what else, water.

Sorry, couldn't help myself. Rinse mine with RO water in a collander, place it in a reactor, and then pump the reactor output into a 5gal bucket until it runs clean. I do my water change at this time too.

heyfredyourhat · 10/29/2008, 11:10 PM

I use the wife's cooking strainer over the kitchen sink. I only need to rinse about 2 cups at a time and i do this every month or so. Same time as i clean out my sump.

Tswifty · 10/30/2008, 01:40 AM

I also use a pasta strainer... picked a cheapo one up at wal-mart... so it's "fish only"

dump however much carbon I need in there... rinse under the tap, then add to the reactor.

Then I rinse it again by pumping about 3 gallons of RO/DI water through the reactor before hooking it up on the system.

mlbarry · 10/30/2008, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ljosh
I put it in the reactor and run ro/di water through it.

Dito!

klm2500hd · 10/30/2008, 05:56 AM

I change carbon and gfo out when it's time to do a water change. Soak it in ro in a cup for about 2 hrs, change out the media in the reactors, then run tank water through the reactors into a bucket until clear. Then complete water change normally.

otrlynn · 10/30/2008, 06:38 AM

Slight hijack with an additional question...is rinsing adequate, or should carbon really be soaked then rinsed? I have heard that it can leach phosphate into the tank water if not soaked first. Anyone have any thought/experience on that?

calkulon · 10/30/2008, 06:39 AM

I load carbon and gfo into the reactor, the connect it to a hose tee'd of of my ro/di. I just turn a valve and flush till it runs clear, then reinstall in the sump. Quick and easy, with no mess or wet carbon sticking to every thing. I use rox carbon, and man, thats some small stuff, it's a mess once it gets wet.

crvz · 10/30/2008, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ljosh
I put it in the reactor and run ro/di water through it.

I do that, but just with tap water. Then I pour out the tap water and hook it back up to the tank, allowing it to fill back up with tank water.

ser_renely · 10/30/2008, 07:30 AM

I use tap water, then rinse with RO water before putting into the tank.

dkh0331 · 10/30/2008, 07:34 AM

I put it in a pair of my wifes old stockings and rinse it w/ RODI water.

10/29/2008, 09:45 PM	#1
tmcgaughey Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 353	How do YOU rinse carbon? I havn't found a way I like yet how do you do it?

10/29/2008, 09:48 PM	#2
erbio Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NY Posts: 625	I recently discovered water. Works great. Last edited by erbio; 10/29/2008 at 10:26 PM.

10/29/2008, 09:48 PM	#3
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	I put it in the mesh bag that I use, and run it under the tap of the bathtub in the spare bathroom. For one of my tank I have it in a phosban reactor --- fill it up as normal, hang it on a bucket of tap water, and run the pump until the discharge is clear. __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

10/29/2008, 09:49 PM	#4
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	I purge all the dust from my reactor setup by running water through it into a bucket until it runs clear. Before I started using the reactor I just put it in a bag and ran it under the RO outlet until the dust was gone. Before that I just ran it under tap water. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

10/29/2008, 10:19 PM	#8
_E_ Professional Lurker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Du Quoin, Illinois Posts: 1,169	Rinse mine with, what else, water. Sorry, couldn't help myself. Rinse mine with RO water in a collander, place it in a reactor, and then pump the reactor output into a 5gal bucket until it runs clean. I do my water change at this time too. __________________ Eric "If you think things can't get worse it's probably only because you lack sufficient imagination." Current Tank Info: 140 DSA with basement sump room

10/29/2008, 09:54 PM	#5
tmcgaughey Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 353	thanks I have a phosban but I just throw it in a huge bag and hit it with a hose

10/29/2008, 10:03 PM	#6
jobes Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Algonquin, IL Posts: 73	I change it every fourth (four weeks)water change by filling the sock, running it under cold tap water and then a final rinse dip into my dirty tank water being dumped.

10/29/2008, 10:06 PM	#7
ljosh Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 354	I put it in the reactor and run ro/di water through it.

10/29/2008, 11:10 PM	#9
heyfredyourhat Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: BC Canada Posts: 963	I use the wife's cooking strainer over the kitchen sink. I only need to rinse about 2 cups at a time and i do this every month or so. Same time as i clean out my sump.

10/30/2008, 01:40 AM	#10
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	I also use a pasta strainer... picked a cheapo one up at wal-mart... so it's "fish only" dump however much carbon I need in there... rinse under the tap, then add to the reactor. Then I rinse it again by pumping about 3 gallons of RO/DI water through the reactor before hooking it up on the system. __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

10/30/2008, 05:56 AM	#12
klm2500hd Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: chicago burbs Posts: 194	I change carbon and gfo out when it's time to do a water change. Soak it in ro in a cup for about 2 hrs, change out the media in the reactors, then run tank water through the reactors into a bucket until clear. Then complete water change normally.

10/30/2008, 06:38 AM	#13
otrlynn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chester County PA Posts: 1,508	Slight hijack with an additional question...is rinsing adequate, or should carbon really be soaked then rinsed? I have heard that it can leach phosphate into the tank water if not soaked first. Anyone have any thought/experience on that? __________________ Lynn 1 horse, 1 dog, 2 cats, small pond with a few koi. The fish tank is gone.

10/30/2008, 06:39 AM	#14
calkulon Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: eagle lake, fl. Posts: 89	I load carbon and gfo into the reactor, the connect it to a hose tee'd of of my ro/di. I just turn a valve and flush till it runs clear, then reinstall in the sump. Quick and easy, with no mess or wet carbon sticking to every thing. I use rox carbon, and man, thats some small stuff, it's a mess once it gets wet.

10/30/2008, 07:30 AM	#16
ser_renely Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,820	I use tap water, then rinse with RO water before putting into the tank. __________________ RIP: Osc. Clown - Ammonia, YW GobY - overflow, YW Goby - Pistol shrimp, Firefish - acclimation. 5 Fire fish - pistol shrimp, Mandarin - Pistol shrimp!!!!! Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 15g sump/fuge,Tunze 9010 skimmer, Reefbreeders Photon 16" - 2 Osc. Clowns,2 Lyretail Anthias, Blue Chromis, mp20, mp10....another DAMN pistol shrimp!

10/30/2008, 07:34 AM	#17
dkh0331 Es gibt keinen ersatz Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Close to the edge, down by a river Posts: 3,581	I put it in a pair of my wifes old stockings and rinse it w/ RODI water. __________________ Just found out that grandpa has a drug addiction. He is addicted to viagra. No one is taking it harder than grandma.