"Gottcha" wrote in message
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I recently had an ick outbreak in my tank and was wondering. If i add kick
ick do i need to take my activated carbon out of my filter? I was told
that
it will remove all medications from the water.



Carbon will take any meds or plant ferts out the water - it works by
absorbtion. However, that also means it has a finite capacity and doesn't
work for very long in reality - maybe 4-6 weeks at most.

Its very useful to have around for removing meds etc when necessary but
generally isn't needed in your filter because it can also remove things that
you don't want to remove (i.e. plant food).

FWIW , the only cure I have ever used for Ich is Protazin by waterlife -
never failed, never lost a fish to it.

rgds

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