How PURIT or Chemi-Pure works? Carbon in a filter sock? These and More Top 22 Filter Media Mistakes

Do you know that each Carbon Media is different? How long does your GFO last? When should you change out your carbon? What exactly is GFO used for? There are a ton of questions surrounding Carbon and GFO filter media for our reef aquariums and along with that a TON of mistakes we make. Put yourself ahead of the game and avoid those mistakes by learning from ours! Top-22 Filter Media Mistakes Cheat Sheet: 1. Running GFO 24/7 - 00:19 2. Not understanding why we use GFO - 01:04 3. Not understanding GFO effect on nitrate - 02:17 4. Not knowing when GFO is depleted - 03:15 5. Missing liquid phosphate remover - 04:14 6. Missing the connection between PAR and water quality - 05:10 7. Not having carbon around for emergencies - 06:07 8. Missing the value of carbon on tank toxins - 06:56 9. Not knowing when the carbon is depleted - 07:35 10. Using too much carbon - 08:35 11. Not rinsing media thoroughly enough - 09:40 12. Thinking the larger pellets work better - 10:53 13. Not thinking about where your media comes from - 11:32 14. Assuming all carbon is the same - 12:41 15. Not understanding how the filter media bag works - 13:39 16. Not using two single reactors instead of one dual reactor - 14:43 17. Missing the value of the mini reactor - 15:46 18. Tumbling carbon -16:39 19. Using a reactor that force tumbles carbon - 17:22 20. Putting carbon directly in your filter sock -18:24 21. Not mixing carbon and GFO together - 19:17 22. Not considering hybrid media - 20:25 Have you seen...