Chemical filtering
 

Does anybody know---will chemical filtering - i.e., activated charcoal -
remove Excel from the water?

R. Hill

Chemical filtering
 

robert.hhill wrote:
Does anybody know---will chemical filtering - i.e., activated charcoal -
remove Excel from the water?

Seachem says you can use activated carbon with Excel.

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On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:03:58 GMT, Altum wrote:

robert.hhill wrote:
Does anybody know---will chemical filtering - i.e., activated charcoal -
remove Excel from the water?

Seachem says you can use activated carbon with Excel.

How's 'bout other plant fertilizers, iron, potassium, traces - do they
also escape adsorption by filter carbon?

-- Mr Gardener

Chemical filtering
 

Mr. Gardener wrote:
On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:03:58 GMT, Altum wrote:


robert.hhill wrote:

Does anybody know---will chemical filtering - i.e., activated charcoal -
remove Excel from the water?

Seachem says you can use activated carbon with Excel.


How's 'bout other plant fertilizers, iron, potassium, traces - do they
also escape adsorption by filter carbon?

My plants grow fine with or without carbon in the filter. There's
probably some adsorption of chelated iron but it doesn't seem to matter
much. NPK and traces aren't adsorbed.

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Mr. Gardener wrote:
On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:03:58 GMT, Altum wrote:

robert.hhill wrote:
Does anybody know---will chemical filtering - i.e., activated charcoal -
remove Excel from the water?

Seachem says you can use activated carbon with Excel.

How's 'bout other plant fertilizers, iron, potassium, traces - do they
also escape adsorption by filter carbon?

Some poeple think iron is taken out. I dunno. Trying to keep a residual
0.1 ppm of iron is damn hard even without carbon. The rest are absolutley
unaffected.

The dula guys recommend carbon. Most everybody else says to avoid it. I've
never seen a difference either way.

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