Tyler3533
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So recently I was cleaning out the foam in my aqua clear 50. And I was picking up the carbon and the bag completely fell apart. I went to the store today to replace the carbon with something. I decided to actually use another foam pad instead of the carbon because I did not replace the carbon for a couple of months and my tank was doing fine. And I realized today the carbon should be change every month or it's useless.
So my questions are:
Do you actually need carbon in the filter?
The guy at my LFS said the carbon was the stuff that actually cleaned the water?? (Confused??wrong?)
My current set up now is 2 foam pad then the bio bag on top. The tank is 29gal about 80% stocked with bi weekly water changes of 60-70%. Been up and stable for 6 months(no deaths). Is my filter fine?
So my questions are:
Do you actually need carbon in the filter?
The guy at my LFS said the carbon was the stuff that actually cleaned the water?? (Confused??wrong?)
My current set up now is 2 foam pad then the bio bag on top. The tank is 29gal about 80% stocked with bi weekly water changes of 60-70%. Been up and stable for 6 months(no deaths). Is my filter fine?