HOW TO RE-USE YOUR ACTIVATED CARBON IN AQUARIUM!!

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
  • Re-use activated carbon.
    Activated carbon adsorbs a number of dissolved contaminants such as chloramine and chlorine, tannins (which color the water), and phenols (which cause odors). It will help keep aquarium water from turning yellow over time.
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  • @observer8838
    @observer8838 5 дней назад +1

    Wow! Great idea. I have a koi pond so tons of carbon - but it will still save a fortune re-charging it.

  • @miraaj_
    @miraaj_ Год назад +4

    WOW! did not know about this. Have been throwing away my carbon all these years .
    Thanks for sharing that valuable information.

  • @michaelbooher612
    @michaelbooher612 Год назад +1

    Wow;
    What a tip,
    What a result !
    Thanx a million..

  • @ou812reefing
    @ou812reefing Год назад +4

    Great information thanks for sharing

  • @KeithCunningham-hj7nd
    @KeithCunningham-hj7nd 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great information!!!

  • @bernfran1313
    @bernfran1313 11 месяцев назад +3

    Interesting. Never thought about reusing the charcoal. If I should get an aquarium, this should be useful.

  • @aneshpatel7476
    @aneshpatel7476 Год назад +4

    All these years I’ve been throwing my carbon away, now I know what to do😆

  • @shaunobrien6425
    @shaunobrien6425 3 месяца назад +3

    This is only going to cook off the volatiles, you need a zero oxygen high heat environment, around 800c.

  • @texanleons
    @texanleons Год назад +3

    Thank you-informative.

  • @Nubi-fw3di
    @Nubi-fw3di Год назад +10

    Thanks for the making this video. I was hoping to see you tested in a more yellow water turns clear. I read several carbon regen method requires at least 800 degrees C to burn off whatever carbon absorbed. Your testing method between wet vs. dry bubbling might not be as effective to conclude that this regenerative technique is working. Good work still.

  • @motorcyclefailsnz4252
    @motorcyclefailsnz4252 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks definatly learned so everything 😊

  • @LilJohn_80
    @LilJohn_80 Год назад +2

    Thanks for making this video..very useful

  • @1969fishtank
    @1969fishtank  Год назад +1

    Hi guys this does REALLY WORK, please leave a comment on your experiences down below!

  • @patel2426
    @patel2426 Год назад +3

    Wow did not know that I.
    I have just done it and it works .😛😛😛

  • @fatherfoxstrongpaw8968
    @fatherfoxstrongpaw8968 4 месяца назад +3

    your process is interesting, i'm going to have to try it, but your conclusion is flawed. 1: the test should have been to head to head the freshly pulled carbon DRIED against the regen. 2: the bubbling says NOTHING about the regen. it's just releasing the air vs teh wet carbon which is still saturated. process=plausible, test=fail.

  • @VanNguyen-ns6ck
    @VanNguyen-ns6ck 4 месяца назад

    Great video! Now that both Seachem Purigen and Activated Carbon can be regenerated, no more excuses to not use them both in a canister.

  • @lizmurdoch6947
    @lizmurdoch6947 8 месяцев назад +3

    Careful how you re-release all the toxins it was made to absorb.... If re-heating in a household oven, surely they will just be released into your carbon filter cooking hood..? And bear in mind what the toxins might be - should they be released at all? And the electricity cost..?

  • @molinafamYSIRcorals2016
    @molinafamYSIRcorals2016 Год назад +5

    Great Idea, but I am trying this on my propane grill outside the house.. 👍🏽

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад +1

      Let us know us know of the out come .👍

    • @kdpjr8674
      @kdpjr8674 7 месяцев назад

      Good idea, for this can be a very toxic process at high heats. I would never attempt it in my kitchen lol!

  • @edwindhanasekar4575
    @edwindhanasekar4575 Год назад +2

    superb

  • @roadsmusic2
    @roadsmusic2 7 месяцев назад

    O yes ✅

  • @residentevil666ful
    @residentevil666ful Год назад +4

    Does this work? Carbon holds up a lot of toxins and heavy metals etc. Will heating help ?

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад +3

      Hi Amrit it’s worked for me for the past 8 years .
      I only re use my own carbon
      I do not reuse carbon from different reefers that way I know if any carbon has been used for medication.

  • @peterburmeister5762
    @peterburmeister5762 Год назад +3

    ​ @EconomicalReefer hi, great video, have being using the same method for many years but have never had the results scientifically, analytically tested for how well the process works, so thanks for your demo, appreciate. However getting lazy these days and with the cost of gas, wife pan issues, personal time used etc., find using new , just easier. But i see the cost range these days for activated carbon is quite large, 5 USA dollars in our country for 1kg, and going up to like 10 USA dollar and more for 1kg of the expensive brands of activated charcoal .... so i' m going back to your method. thanks again. and good luck with your wife's mercy..... hehe

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад +2

      Love your comment Peter.
      Wife has finally given up and gave me that pan (😂).

    • @peterburmeister5762
      @peterburmeister5762 Год назад +1

      @@1969fishtank hehe yes , good news ...... i have some awesome tech i will share with you when things settle down my side ...... things are advancing quickly with water treatments, for plottable water .. and thus for home pool, potable drinking and of course for our aquariums

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад

      @@peterburmeister5762 look forward to it .👍

  • @TomYaz
    @TomYaz Месяц назад

    Maybe in a mini air frier outdoors That would get it up to 400 degrees

  • @Jaxsology
    @Jaxsology Год назад +2

    Really appreciate this video. However, what kind of water are you using? Am I hearing RR water?

  • @steevareno2002
    @steevareno2002 Год назад +2

    Did you cook the new carbon too? Or just the used. Ty

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад +2

      Hi Steve I just cook the used
      The more you cook it the better.
      Hope that helps .

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад +2

      Just make sure all the RO water is removed from the cooked activation carbon.

    • @steevareno2002
      @steevareno2002 Год назад +1

      @@1969fishtank great ty

  • @csenior10
    @csenior10 Год назад +4

    Releasing everything you filtered right back into the air?

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад +1

      Correct .
      Just remember I only reuse my own carbon.
      Pleases subscribe thank you .🙏🏽

    • @usmc187
      @usmc187 Месяц назад

      My carbon footprint just increased 😂

  • @jamillefrancisco564
    @jamillefrancisco564 9 месяцев назад

    I think if you heat it up as hot as you can and then throwing it in clean water would have the same efffect youre trying to do.

  • @tutacat
    @tutacat 9 месяцев назад +1

    If you reduce the water, you may not remove it...
    Basically, you are clearing the pores in the wood/charcoal are that were opened by the activation. You need water and maybe want soap to to remove the compounds that attach to the carbon.

  • @peteroldroyd7531
    @peteroldroyd7531 9 месяцев назад +1

    looks like air coming from the dry AC... YOU SHOULD HAVE TESTED IT

  • @kdpjr8674
    @kdpjr8674 9 месяцев назад +10

    This can be dangerous and very toxic my friend, especially if you use it for filtering aquarius. All of that junk that it traps inside of its pores becomes very toxic at high temperatures. Definitely would do this outside or in a very very well ventilated area!

    • @dianeibsen5994
      @dianeibsen5994 7 месяцев назад +2

      Right I thought I heard you can just put it in the sun?

    • @dangleberries992
      @dangleberries992 4 месяца назад +6

      @@dianeibsen5994 you would melt well before you reached the sun to put carbon in it!

    • @Toybinging
      @Toybinging 4 месяца назад

      I would be very careful doing this in a Paly or zoanthid tank.

  • @kkyogish
    @kkyogish Год назад

    Can it be microwave it?

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад

      Never tried that method would be interesting to know pleases share.

  • @dianeibsen5994
    @dianeibsen5994 7 месяцев назад

    I heard you can just put it in the sun and not have to cook it.

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  7 месяцев назад

      Will have to try this one .

  • @tobiaskarl4939
    @tobiaskarl4939 3 месяца назад

    Nice Idea ! Very good ! But the camera work makes me seasick. 🤢😁

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  3 месяца назад

      Will
      Have to inprove on my camera work .🤓

  • @finnenjr
    @finnenjr 10 месяцев назад

    so you are using an teflon pan thats scard.. nah..

  • @boneybone8123
    @boneybone8123 Год назад +1

    Couldn't this process simplified by boiling the carbon in deep water only once then just baking it in the oven?

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад +1

      Yes the idea of boiling it a few time is so you are getting as much crap out of the carbon first and then yes bake it .
      If we had ovens that can produce extremely high heat would be great.👍

    • @boneybone8123
      @boneybone8123 Год назад

      @@1969fishtank Ah, so we need more than conventional 220C(some ovens go 250C) of heat and that's why you use a pan; which can go well around 400C over a regular household gas stove. Does heat required in this process only to completely dry out the carbon granules or it serves some kind of purification? If it's only to dry it out, maybe 220C of a regular oven would suffice with longer periods of baking with occasional stirring of the carbon and airing out the steam inside the oven. I am going to try this with a 3 liters of carbon and doing that in pan, I have to repeat your method 12-18 times which is not feasible.

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад +1

      @@boneybone8123 heat is required for both purification and dry .

    • @boneybone8123
      @boneybone8123 Год назад +1

      @@1969fishtank Thanks a lot for the info and conversing man!

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  Год назад +1

      @@boneybone8123 hey man your very welcome.
      If you haven’t subscribed pleases do .👍

  • @acuariomarino5075
    @acuariomarino5075 Год назад +4

    Sorry to much work,gas,water carbon is not expensive

  • @jakeMTSU
    @jakeMTSU 6 месяцев назад

    yea, no thanks lol 30$ for 30 lbs and it last like 6 years..

    • @matt.604
      @matt.604 18 дней назад

      Where do you get it for $1 per pound ? Where I live its $20 to $40 per pound.

  • @ruidadgmailcanada8508
    @ruidadgmailcanada8508 8 месяцев назад

    Neat!
    Thanks for testing and sharing idea. I’m sure that the organic matter is mostly ’burned’ off, leaving the minerals. But that’s fine for your aquatic pets.
    I bet if you were to heat it in an oxygen-poor chamber it’d reset the carbon to freshly activated form.
    👍

  • @ruidadgmailcanada8508
    @ruidadgmailcanada8508 8 месяцев назад

    I ❤ how you repeatedly warned everyone to get permission 1st from your spouse. lol
    I can tell you got in trouble the 1st time. 😂

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  8 месяцев назад

      Funny that.
      I did 🤣

    • @fahimmahmad9731
      @fahimmahmad9731 6 месяцев назад +1

      Very interesting video but to be honest I just couldn't be bothered doing all that panafanaila it's not expensive to buy the activated carbon, but thanks for the video 👍

    • @fahimmahmad9731
      @fahimmahmad9731 6 месяцев назад +1

      @1969fishtank believe or not, I have subscribed to your videos 😉

    • @1969fishtank
      @1969fishtank  6 месяцев назад

      @@fahimmahmad9731
      Thank you so much ❤️