Brs carbon or chemipure elite

angelfish7 · 05/07/2012, 10:11 AM

I've been using Chemipure carbon for about ten years now and was considering swiching to something new. I noticed alot of folks use the BRS Carbon 0.80. How would you rate these two(BRS ROX 0.80 vs Chemipure Elite)? are they relavtively the same? Planning to use it with a reactor. Btw this is for a fowlr tank with heavy bio and a Protein Skimmer.

thanks

tkeracer619 · 05/07/2012, 12:11 PM

I use BRS. It is very good stuff.

Reef or Die · 05/07/2012, 07:37 PM

I use the BRS too and like it a lot. However, my favorite carbon is ESV!

These carbons are in a different league than chemi pure elite. Good stuff also but I prefer to run my carbon in a reactor

lostmyz · 05/08/2012, 12:57 AM

I use a BRS dual reactor...GFO and Carbon also I have a BioPellet Reactor

FriedaTakaha · 05/08/2012, 01:08 AM

I use the BRS too and like it a lot.

billdogg · 05/08/2012, 06:22 AM

I switched from ChemiPure to BRS carbon about 5 years ago (after ~20 years of ChemiPure) and have not looked back. By it bulk - 5gallon bucket - it will last a long long time. I use it in a reactor in one system, in the other I use it in a canister filter. For the CF, I use reclaimed chemipure bags to put it in.

mxpro32 · 05/10/2012, 10:21 PM

When you guys say you like it a lot, what specifically do you like? What do you notice that is better than chemipure?

shiladitya1991 · 05/10/2012, 10:44 PM

Any thoughts on the Seachem Matrix Carbon..how is that?

05/07/2012, 10:11 AM	#1
angelfish7 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Central Jersey Posts: 359	Brs carbon or chemipure elite I've been using Chemipure carbon for about ten years now and was considering swiching to something new. I noticed alot of folks use the BRS Carbon 0.80. How would you rate these two(BRS ROX 0.80 vs Chemipure Elite)? are they relavtively the same? Planning to use it with a reactor. Btw this is for a fowlr tank with heavy bio and a Protein Skimmer. thanks __________________ Peter Current Tank Info: Scribbled angel, blond naso tang, purple tang, fowleri tang, percula clown. /f - SRO 3000 INT skimmer

05/07/2012, 12:11 PM	#2
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	I use BRS. It is very good stuff. __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

05/08/2012, 12:57 AM	#4
lostmyz Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Glendale, Az Posts: 2,374	I use a BRS dual reactor...GFO and Carbon also I have a BioPellet Reactor __________________ 72 gal bow front FOWLR with some few corals - Damn you Rabbitfish! 5 gal Fluval Spec (over complicated) PICO - build thread

05/08/2012, 06:22 AM	#6
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	I switched from ChemiPure to BRS carbon about 5 years ago (after ~20 years of ChemiPure) and have not looked back. By it bulk - 5gallon bucket - it will last a long long time. I use it in a reactor in one system, in the other I use it in a canister filter. For the CF, I use reclaimed chemipure bags to put it in. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

05/07/2012, 07:37 PM	#3
Reef or Die Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York Posts: 393	I use the BRS too and like it a lot. However, my favorite carbon is ESV! These carbons are in a different league than chemi pure elite. Good stuff also but I prefer to run my carbon in a reactor

05/08/2012, 01:08 AM	#5
FriedaTakaha Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 8	I use the BRS too and like it a lot.

05/10/2012, 10:21 PM	#7
mxpro32 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Visalia,CA Posts: 22	When you guys say you like it a lot, what specifically do you like? What do you notice that is better than chemipure?

05/10/2012, 10:44 PM	#8
shiladitya1991 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: India Posts: 376	Any thoughts on the Seachem Matrix Carbon..how is that?