Re: [GSAS-Member] Does activated carbon in a filter leach phosphate into your water? Is this bad for the plants?

[Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

Activated carbon binds stuff pretty well. I don't have any references but I
suspect that it would have a hard time giving giving phosphate back. Why not
change the carbon, or just pull it out, and see if things improve?

I haven't run carbon in my tanks in forever. But then again, you are talking
to the guy who lets his silver dollars eat all his plants, so what do I
know? :)


On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Jeff <jeff@gotperk.com> wrote:

> My amazon swords have some of their leaves covered in a dark colored slime;
> could this be caused by too high of a phosphate level? I don't have a
> phosphate test kit yet to check the level; Thanks, Jeff.
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