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Old 04/28/2007, 04:49 PM
6 man reef 6 man reef is offline
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Carbon cloud ????

Thought I had rinsed the bag very well before adding the carbon to my filter Now I have a black tank. Will it hurt any of the fish or corals? How do I get rid of it?

I already removed the bag...

What else.......?
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Old 04/28/2007, 05:07 PM
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Try mechanical filter, add some sponge or fiber to your filter. The skimmer will also remove some.
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Old 04/28/2007, 05:41 PM
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wow what kind off carbon and how much

i have never had that problem i only rinse for like 3 seconds and toss it in
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Old 04/28/2007, 06:13 PM
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I had the same thing happen to me a while back. I got a bag of poly fiber for my filter replaced fiber twice a day and did 50% water changes daily till it was clear again, took 3 days. It was a FW tank with plants, so I'm not sure how corals will react. There was no loss of life, but giving your fish black lung sucks...

Good luck man
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Old 04/28/2007, 06:44 PM
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I had the same thing happen to me about a week ago. I added a bag a chemi pure and everything turned black. It went a way after about 3 hours. My clown fish and corals all made it through fine!
 

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