is this true about activated carbon?
fishyou.com aquarium information
mainly the part where it says carbon removes all ammonia and therefore beneficial bacteria cannot develop and when the carbon loses its effectiveness ammonia will shoot up? basically creating an uncycled aquarium?
i am wondering because i have an aquaclear 70 filter that came with carbon. also all my friends use carbon in their filters. is it that bad? i thought everyone uses carbon
fishyou.com aquarium information
mainly the part where it says carbon removes all ammonia and therefore beneficial bacteria cannot develop and when the carbon loses its effectiveness ammonia will shoot up? basically creating an uncycled aquarium?
i am wondering because i have an aquaclear 70 filter that came with carbon. also all my friends use carbon in their filters. is it that bad? i thought everyone uses carbon