[AquaticLife] Re: homemade replacement filters

 

--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, "daydreamdesign13" wrote:
> Do I also need to get charcoal? The commercial replacement filters
> have the charcoal sewn in. I found nothing in the files about making
> filters. If it matters, I have an Aqueon Power Filter.

Hi Deb,

I personally don't use any activated carbon in my tanks. Fortunately my well water is good water to begin with. But carbon can easily be replaced simply by keeping up regular partial water changes. Usually a lot cheaper in the long run. But those proprietary filter cartridges have so little carbon in them anyway, they are basically useless as far as being a chemical filter. What little carbon is in them is probably used up in the first day (or less) of use.

So my advice is try simply rinsing the cartridges out under the tap, maybe with hotter water to loosen stuff up. Many of them under enough water pressure clean up very nicely and that cartridge that you used to replace ever two weeks or so might not last a couple months and that three pack might get you through half a year or more.

And as I said, if you are not already doing regular partial water changes, step those up and you won't miss having charcoal in the tank, especially the little bit those cartridges normally hold.

Patrick

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