Kedar wrote:
Friends,

I have a hangon type power filter for my 10 G tank. I recently found a
new type of cartridge which has zeolite crystals along with GACarbon.
The manufacturer claims this cartridge can remove Ammonia ..now my
question...Is it a good idea to use such a cartridge...since the Bio
filter is already happy to consume all the Ammonia ..then why remove it
artificially.

Any other comment/suggestions are welcome.

Thanks
Kedar

This can be a controversial area. I have used Ammo-Carb and similar
products in healthy aquariums with no noticeable improvements in water
parameters, but I have seen better results with Zeolite (Ammo-carb) in
new aquariums or established aquariums where something went wrong.
What is controversial is some claim Zeolite can add ammonia back into
the water in the right conditions. But those conditions usually involve
a lot of sodium chloride (salt), which is why you should not use
zeolite in marine aquariums. But in all my years maintaining aquariums,
I have never seen this happen in FW aquariums.

Carl
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