How long do carbon bottles last?

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Brand New Carbon Tank

Oh that's right, houses come with softeners.

[cu0ngsayz]

Say what?

Noob.. You cant put the water softener before the carbon bottle because he would have soft water and he has cichlids. So he has to tap the carbon bottle somewhere before the softener on the main water line to the house.

comprende?

[cu0ngsayz]

So here's my situation...dilemma...
(and by the way, sorry to hijack the thread but if things work out I'd be interested in your tank)
We'll be finished with our new house in a few weeks. I did splice in a water source line from the laundry room to right behind where the fish tank will reside. Problem is, that line will be receiving whatever the rest of the house is receiving. I'd like to install a water softener for the house but that'd mean that the fish tank water source would also be softened. I could place the carbon tank in the laundry room where it'd splice in before the tank water but it'd be softened. One idea would be to simply cut the supply from the water softener when doing water changes. The first few liters/gallons would be softened because of the stagnant water in the line but being a 210 gallon tank I'd get plenty of un-softened water. So...would a carbon tank be a good idea for my situation and if so, where should it be placed?
....again, sorry to discuss this in your for sale thread but hopefully it will help you sell it <hopefully to me>

if you can cut off the softener source then that would be fine. I also have a softener at the house. I spliced the main water line to the house so I can have regular tap water also( for water lawn etc.) as long as the carbon tank doesn't get the soft water you're ok

[tshort]

So here's my situation...dilemma...
(and by the way, sorry to hijack the thread but if things work out I'd be interested in your tank)
We'll be finished with our new house in a few weeks. I did splice in a water source line from the laundry room to right behind where the fish tank will reside. Problem is, that line will be receiving whatever the rest of the house is receiving. I'd like to install a water softener for the house but that'd mean that the fish tank water source would also be softened. I could place the carbon tank in the laundry room where it'd splice in before the tank water but it'd be softened. One idea would be to simply cut the supply from the water softener when doing water changes. The first few liters/gallons would be softened because of the stagnant water in the line but being a 210 gallon tank I'd get plenty of un-softened water. So...would a carbon tank be a good idea for my situation and if so, where should it be placed?
....again, sorry to discuss this in your for sale thread but hopefully it will help you sell it <hopefully to me>

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Brand New Carbon Tank

the carbon tank should be before the water softener if you are keeping africans.

Say what?

[cu0ngsayz]

Africans require harder water. Straight out the tap is usually what most people use. Some also use the buffer from sea chem to get the water Ph a bit higher for the fish.

the carbon tank should be before the water softener if you are keeping africans.

[tshort]

Sorry...Africans.

[moganman]

Guess that would depend on the type of fish. I'm not certain that carbon alters the PH

[tshort]

Do you need hard water coming into it or do the fish do well with softened water then through the carbon tank?

[chrishem]

How long does it last?

i was told it last for 5-10 yrs or more depending on your usage.

[Totenkampf]

how long it would last would depend on the level of pollutants coming into it

[mistahoo]

A very long time especially one of that size.

[nugent]

How long does it last?

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