If you plan on having any plants other than the simple slow growers you will need to remove it. Chemical filtration is not necessary in a planted tank anyway because the plants will take care of that. As already said, carbon will remove nutrients from the tank.
As odd as it sounds, you may want to consider adding carbon to help the plants grow. People use CO2 injections, liquid carbon additives, etc....just not the carbon in a filter...
Like Dr. Nick says "Inflamable means Flamable?, What a country!"
IMHO activated carbon (which is chemical filtration) should not be introduced into a filtration process except under anomalous conditions which occur very, very infrequently whether the tank is or is not planted.
Activated carbon filtration is not appropriate for a planted tank as the various elements and compounds which constitute liquid fertilizers will be substantially removed by this chemical filtration.
Plant nutrients and required catalystic trace elements which may become available in the tank water for "whatever reason" will also be removed by the activated carbon filtration.
You can use zeolite ammonia absorbing crystals. They work the same way as activated carbon, but they do not remove meds or liquid ferts. I hear they also make a good bio-bed.
Yeah it did. Sorry for such a silly question, I think I am in the overwhelmed mode where I think I have to ask about every little thing rather than just use logic or read the side of a box.
I removed my carbon filter, hopefully that helps with some of my browning problems that I put in my other thread...
Please ask all the questions on this Forum which you feel you need answered.
I (and I believe that the remainder of the Forum members) would rather respond now rather than two months from now in the Emergency topic.
TR
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