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Hi Helgi,
Unless you are buying the high end, extreme activated charcoal I am not sure recharging/refreshing is worth the effort. Recharging seemed to work, but it was a hassle, I know some reefers use really high end charcoals and it may make sense there.
For the most part I do not use it in the typical way anymore; when I did I reused the AC buy using it in flower beds or pots.
A primer on activated charcoal, http://www.cee.vt.edu/ewr/environmental/teach/wtprimer/carbon/sketcarb.html and http://www.hallman.org/filter/gac.html
An activated charcoal comparison http://www.pets-warehouse.com/carbon.html
A practical guide http://www.mchportal.com/fishkeepin...ter-the-environment/571-activated-carbon.html
I think I may see where the problem lies…:gw
More in a bit. I caught some vegetarians, gonna through them on the grill…
Biollante
'Twas night in the dwelling,
and Norns there came,
Who shaped the life
of the lofty one;
They bade him most famed
of fighters all
And best of princes
ever to be.
Hi Helgi,
Unless you are buying the high end, extreme activated charcoal I am not sure recharging/refreshing is worth the effort. Recharging seemed to work, but it was a hassle, I know some reefers use really high end charcoals and it may make sense there.
- Basically soak the AC for a day or so in distilled or de-ionized water,
- then dry well in the sun and
- put it in the microwave at full power for 15 minutes or so…
- The best results seem to be when I put it the ceramics kiln and let it cycle through a firing.
- For some reason the LoudCreatureWhatSharesMySpace and the insidious (and they call me evil!) ThingWhatSpawnedTheLoudCreature do not seem to like me putting stuff in the kiln while they were firing stuff, go figure.
- I never really tested the effectiveness… So it is rather subjective, it seemed to work well.
For the most part I do not use it in the typical way anymore; when I did I reused the AC buy using it in flower beds or pots.
A primer on activated charcoal, http://www.cee.vt.edu/ewr/environmental/teach/wtprimer/carbon/sketcarb.html and http://www.hallman.org/filter/gac.html
An activated charcoal comparison http://www.pets-warehouse.com/carbon.html
A practical guide http://www.mchportal.com/fishkeepin...ter-the-environment/571-activated-carbon.html
I think I may see where the problem lies…:gw
More in a bit. I caught some vegetarians, gonna through them on the grill…
Biollante
'Twas night in the dwelling,
and Norns there came,
Who shaped the life
of the lofty one;
They bade him most famed
of fighters all
And best of princes
ever to be.