The Use of Activated Carbon Must be Understood

Activated Charcoal Manufacturer summarize the following points that should be paid attention to when using activated carbon:

1. Clean and remove dust before use, otherwise these black dust may temporarily affect the cleanliness of water quality. However, it is not recommended to wash it directly with fresh tap water, because once the porous activated carbon absorbs a large amount of chlorine and bleach in tap water, it will damage the water quality when it is placed in the filter for use. I believe I don’t need to say more. Remember to rinse the activated carbon with clean water about 4 times before putting it in the water to remove the activated carbon ash, so as not to stain the water tank and fish. Communicate with each other. Use activated carbon to remove the fishy smell

2. It is impossible to clean the clogged debris in the porous pores of activated carbon by simple cleaning. Therefore, the activated carbon must be replaced regularly to prevent the activated carbon from losing its efficacy due to "saturation of adsorption". And the timing of the replacement is best not to wait for it to fail before replacing it, so as to ensure that the activated carbon can continuously remove the harmful substances in the water quality of the aquarium. It is recommended to replace it 1-2 times a month!

3. The efficiency of activated carbon's treatment of water quality is related to its treatment dosage. It is usually "the effect of treating water quality with more dosage is relatively good."

4. After the quantitative activated carbon is used, you should always observe the changes in water quality in the initial stage of use, and pay attention to the observation results, as the basis for judging how long the activated carbon will fail and replace it.

5. When using medicines to treat fish diseases, the Activated Carbon should be temporarily taken out and the use should be suspended. In order to prevent the drug from being adsorbed by the activated carbon and reducing the therapeutic effect.

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The efficiency of activated carbon depends on many factors. The shorter the tank setting time of the aquarium, the more frequent the replacement of activated carbon is required. The longer the tank setting time is, the longer the effective time of activated carbon in the aquarium is.

Activated carbon is best placed in a mesh bag and then fasten it tightly. The bag filled with activated carbon can be placed in an external filter or in the sink of a trickle filter. If necessary, the entire water flow can be forced to pass through the activated carbon, but under certain circumstances this will increase the resistance of the filter and reduce its effectiveness. However, because the action of activated carbon is very slow, it is recommended to use part of the water flow through the activated carbon filter, so that it will not affect the resistance of the filter. The advantage of this method is that aerobic and anaerobic bacteria can grow in the filter at the same time. Aerobic bacteria can oxidize and decompose, while anaerobic bacteria decompose nitrate into nitrogen in the anaerobic zone of activated carbon. Therefore, the activated carbon filter material will change from chemical filtering properties to biological filtering properties over time.

In addition, the Activated Carbon Filter has another function in the aquarium. That is, when using the ozone machine, the water stream containing ozone must be filtered through activated carbon to ensure that the filtered water does not have any ozone.