Carbon ??

ryno81 · 04-08-2006, 03:07 PM

Hey. New to the site. Just had a quick question. I bought some activated carbon today for my freshwater tank. I rinsed the carbon as directed, but once I put it in it turned my tank cloudy black from the carbon dust. I rinsed it for a long while too. I don't understand why it happened. It is 20 g tank. I wrapped the carbon bag inside a cut to fit filter as someone at the store told me to. I used maybe 1/3 cu total. Anyone have an idea why it happened and will it clear up or will I need to change water to clear it up.

**TheOldSalt** · 04-08-2006, 08:46 PM

It'll clear up in a couple of days. On the bright side, the water will be even cleaner than it would have been otherwise once it's done.

**fish_doc** · 04-08-2006, 09:41 PM

It will clear up on its own.. Next time rinse the carbon out a bit longer or you will have the same thing happen again.

**Cichlid Man** · 04-09-2006, 01:25 PM

Turning the water slightly black is actually a good thing. The free carbon particles will help extract toxic substances from the water, At least you haven't got green water, that's undesirable.

04-08-2006, 03:07 PM	#1
ryno81 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2	Carbon ?? Hey. New to the site. Just had a quick question. I bought some activated carbon today for my freshwater tank. I rinsed the carbon as directed, but once I put it in it turned my tank cloudy black from the carbon dust. I rinsed it for a long while too. I don't understand why it happened. It is 20 g tank. I wrapped the carbon bag inside a cut to fit filter as someone at the store told me to. I used maybe 1/3 cu total. Anyone have an idea why it happened and will it clear up or will I need to change water to clear it up.

04-08-2006, 09:41 PM	#3
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,878 Blog Entries: 13	It will clear up on its own.. Next time rinse the carbon out a bit longer or you will have the same thing happen again. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

04-09-2006, 01:25 PM	#4
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,095	Turning the water slightly black is actually a good thing. The free carbon particles will help extract toxic substances from the water, At least you haven't got green water, that's undesirable. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,476	It'll clear up in a couple of days. On the bright side, the water will be even cleaner than it would have been otherwise once it's done.

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