Activated carbon reactor

Pszemol wrote:
"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"Pszemol" wrote in message
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Other than hanging a bag filled with carbon in the sump,
what do you use to make carbon work more efficiently?

Tha idea with a bag works, but in my understanding
water would penetrate carbon better if it was flowing
forced through not around the bag...

I was trying to put a layer of carbon in the phosphate
reactor, but carbon is very light and it is easily
lifted up with water and travels back to my tank...

How do you put carbon to work in your reef tanks?

Now I have an idea... what if I dump the carbon loose
into the sock in the sump? The sock I am using is quite
fine to prevent carbon escaping to the sump and the
water is pretty well agitated in the sock so the carbon
will work efficiently there...
The sock lasts about a week or two before it clogs
with dirt, so I could dump the sock with used up carbon
to the garbagge and put new sock with new carbon portion.
Sounds like a good idea - have to test it :-)

This is the stupidest idea ever :-)

I tested it and it caused carbon in the sock to turn
into a microparticles (crushed) and passed through
the sock coloring my water and covering everything with black dust... Do
not try it at home :-)))


I use carbon in my phosphate reactor, but I put some floss on top of the
carbon to keep it from moving. I've also learned to run the filter in
some RO/DI water first to make sure there is no loose dust ready to go
into the tank. It seems that some carbon has problems and some do not.

I can't imagine using it in a filter sock as you discovered.

--Kurt

"KurtG" wrote in message ...
I can't imagine using it in a filter sock as you discovered.

Looks like I will pay penalty for experimenting... :-(
Not all animals are doing good with this black dust on them.
Some probably ingested these particles with water... sad thing.

"Pszemol" wrote in message ...
"KurtG" wrote in message ...
I can't imagine using it in a filter sock as you discovered.

Looks like I will pay penalty for experimenting... :-(
Not all animals are doing good with this black dust on them.
Some probably ingested these particles with water... sad thing.

Well, the anemone, my pride, looks like it is spliting.

It started gaping couple of days ago and I noticed that
the bottom of its foot is visible through mouth opening.
The foot had small hole going through his body to the
substrate. Anemone continues to eat normally and stays
inflated with bubbles on the tips of the tentacles -healthy
look. Except this hole in his mouth :-) Fish were interesting
for couple of days in his guts accessible by gaping mouth...
I saw male and female clown picking on the guts.

Today afternoon I noticed the anemone slightly moved from
his usual position to the left, little smaller, and the gaping
of the mouth is quite dramatic now - about 2" diameter.
You could see base rock naked through his mouth whole
afternoon.

Now, just after midnight I see with the flashlight that
anemone is already not full circle - it is in shape of letter C.
One part is draging one direction than the rest of anemone.

Anemone stays inflated with bubbles on its tentacles tips
sporting healthy look during the whole process.

There were two major differences in the tank environment
which could be assumed a cause for splitting:

1. Change of intensity of lights new power compacts tubes
replaced over year old ones with brightly visible change.

2. Accident with the activated carbon dust...

I am not happy even if the anemone survives this event
and I will have two of them :-) I would preffered one
big anemone than two small ones in my tank. Especially that
the part of it is already moving in the unknown direction...

Will see what happens next :-(

"Pszemol" wrote in message ...
Well, the anemone, my pride, looks like it is spliting.

It started gaping couple of days ago and I noticed that
the bottom of its foot is visible through mouth opening.
The foot had small hole going through his body to the
substrate. Anemone continues to eat normally and stays
inflated with bubbles on the tips of the tentacles -healthy
look. Except this hole in his mouth :-) Fish were interesting
for couple of days in his guts accessible by gaping mouth...
I saw male and female clown picking on the guts.

Today afternoon I noticed the anemone slightly moved from
his usual position to the left, little smaller, and the gaping
of the mouth is quite dramatic now - about 2" diameter.
You could see base rock naked through his mouth whole
afternoon.

Now, just after midnight I see with the flashlight that
anemone is already not full circle - it is in shape of letter C.
One part is draging one direction than the rest of anemone.

Anemone stays inflated with bubbles on its tentacles tips
sporting healthy look during the whole process.

There were two major differences in the tank environment
which could be assumed a cause for splitting:

1. Change of intensity of lights new power compacts tubes
replaced over year old ones with brightly visible change.

2. Accident with the activated carbon dust...

I am not happy even if the anemone survives this event
and I will have two of them :-) I would preffered one
big anemone than two small ones in my tank. Especially that
the part of it is already moving in the unknown direction...

Will see what happens next :-(

This morning there are two inflated anemones - one bigger
in the old place, looks like a big letter C, second one
on a different rock about 1/3 smaller than the "parent".
Oh well...

"Pszemol" wrote on Thu, 11 Oct 2007:
This morning there are two inflated anemones - one bigger in the old place,
looks like a big letter C, second one on a different rock about 1/3 smaller
than the "parent". Oh well...

Photos?

__________________________________________________ _____________________________
Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
Wanted, Dead or Alive: Schrodinger's Cat.

"Don Geddis" wrote in message ...
"Pszemol" wrote on Thu, 11 Oct 2007:
This morning there are two inflated anemones - one bigger in the old place,
looks like a big letter C, second one on a different rock about 1/3 smaller
than the "parent". Oh well...

Photos?

Sure... why not? Enjoy!

These photos were made yesterday evening around 9pm:
http://i24.tinypic.com/24v5kys.jpg
http://i24.tinypic.com/x3i9n4.jpg
http://i22.tinypic.com/mvi876.jpg
http://i24.tinypic.com/j9386f.jpg
http://i23.tinypic.com/nt89d.jpg

These were made around midnight when the anemone ring
was opened and become big letter C:
http://i23.tinypic.com/abqzd1.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/2cduyok.jpg
http://i23.tinypic.com/e99bbq.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/wsqsrm.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/2nsca2w.jpg
http://i24.tinypic.com/2pqmlc4.jpg

And these two a moment ago, small anemone is on the
left lower rock, not touching the overflow pilar at all:
http://i24.tinypic.com/67uufp.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/2ui7xno.jpg

Here are some pictures of the other anemone, 'rose' variety
mentioned in our other discussion. This one was in other,
10 gallon pico reef with two baby maroon clownfish I have
risen myself from eggs lied by the maroon pair in the main tank.

Pre injury pictures, beautiful specimen under power compacts:
http://i24.tinypic.com/1zx8nme.jpg
http://i24.tinypic.com/im077l.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/t7d82r.jpg
http://i23.tinypic.com/sl06yv.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/21omrnd.jpg
Here is the same anemone weeks after the tragic accident with
the power filter intake tube (AquaClear Mini) in the same tank
after it traveled on the other side of the tank, behind the rock,
next to the hiden behind the rock intake tube of the filter (removed).
http://i23.tinypic.com/vmvclj.jpg
http://i21.tinypic.com/4jn9kh.jpg
You can see almost whole oral disk was lacerated, only
one tentacle was left from the old oral disk - rest is regrown.
Anemone is still recovering and has a long road before it
will look as good as it looked before injury but it is already
fully healed inflating/deflating and eating normally.

How many gallons is your tank/sump?

Or should I ask, how many tanks do you have?

Just curious =)

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"Don Geddis" wrote in message
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"Pszemol" wrote on Thu, 11 Oct 2007:
This morning there are two inflated anemones - one bigger in the old
place,
looks like a big letter C, second one on a different rock about 1/3
smaller
than the "parent". Oh well...

Photos?

Sure... why not? Enjoy!

These photos were made yesterday evening around 9pm:
http://i24.tinypic.com/24v5kys.jpg
http://i24.tinypic.com/x3i9n4.jpg
http://i22.tinypic.com/mvi876.jpg
http://i24.tinypic.com/j9386f.jpg
http://i23.tinypic.com/nt89d.jpg

These were made around midnight when the anemone ring
was opened and become big letter C:
http://i23.tinypic.com/abqzd1.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/2cduyok.jpg
http://i23.tinypic.com/e99bbq.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/wsqsrm.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/2nsca2w.jpg
http://i24.tinypic.com/2pqmlc4.jpg

And these two a moment ago, small anemone is on the
left lower rock, not touching the overflow pilar at all:
http://i24.tinypic.com/67uufp.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/2ui7xno.jpg

Here are some pictures of the other anemone, 'rose' variety
mentioned in our other discussion. This one was in other,
10 gallon pico reef with two baby maroon clownfish I have
risen myself from eggs lied by the maroon pair in the main tank.

Pre injury pictures, beautiful specimen under power compacts:
http://i24.tinypic.com/1zx8nme.jpg
http://i24.tinypic.com/im077l.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/t7d82r.jpg
http://i23.tinypic.com/sl06yv.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/21omrnd.jpg
Here is the same anemone weeks after the tragic accident with
the power filter intake tube (AquaClear Mini) in the same tank
after it traveled on the other side of the tank, behind the rock,
next to the hiden behind the rock intake tube of the filter (removed).
http://i23.tinypic.com/vmvclj.jpg
http://i21.tinypic.com/4jn9kh.jpg
You can see almost whole oral disk was lacerated, only
one tentacle was left from the old oral disk - rest is regrown.
Anemone is still recovering and has a long road before it
will look as good as it looked before injury but it is already
fully healed inflating/deflating and eating normally.