Are Bamboo Charcoal Shelter Safe For Shrimps?

[Crystal Red Shrimp]

Are Bamboo Charcoal Shelter Safe For Shrimps? I realised that alot people saying that charcoal will release harmful substance back to the water after a few months of used so are the bamboo shelter safe?

[mopa]

yes i would like to know if they have a limited use and more about them!! please guys! thanks

[eeeeemo]

i have had mine for quite a while..
doesn't seem to affect them. but of course i wouldn't have a clue if it really did released toxins.

all i can say is, no visible effects!
if you're worried i was at the fish shops recently and saw some plastic kinds by dennerle.

[Fuzzy]

I don't think charcoal tubes have ever been proven to release toxins after a certain amount of time, and I have not found any scientific research supporting this theory either.

I have also used bamboo charcoal tubes in my shrimp tanks for over a year with no ill effects.

[bluebubbles]

I have about 10 baby bamboo tubes in my 1 foot tank. So far no visible bad effect. My shrimps sometime hide inside it and my nana roots love to curl and tightened its grip on it too. I think if it has toxic, should be minimal and WC should rid it until it cannot release any more toxics.

[eeeeemo]

heys, anyone want free charcoal tubes can PM me.
i have two... FOC not cause i think it releases toxic, but i don't want it to spoil my scape and have no use for it alr.

[wenjun]

Usually charcoal takes in all the toxic in the aquarium, after 1year or a few months its starts releasing back all the toxic it absorbed, back into the aquarium.

[Fuzzy]

Usually charcoal takes in all the toxic in the aquarium, after 1year or a few months its starts releasing back all the toxic it absorbed, back into the aquarium.

That is the rumour that is widely circulated, but there is no evidence that this actually occurs.

[mopa]

hopefully we will get some evidence soon ..

[Crystal Red Shrimp]

maybe someone can try on water with no lifestock to prevent any casualities.

[eeeeemo]

try on water with no lifestock??
haha i thought i already tried it with life stock...

all shrimps seems fine. used for more than a yr ready.
initially used in pleco tank, then used in shrimp tank.

shall go see online what i can find bt charcoal leaking toxins...

[k3nlim]

Don't seems to have any adverse effects on lifestock despite dosing with excel, ferts and medicines in tank with charcoal shelter

[lorba]

There are many different type of charcoal around, and made for different grades and purposes.

Bamboo charcoal contains and releases minerals and might help raising TDS in small amount.

[kendrick_86]

so does it release toxic back into the water after a while?

[Galatea]

I believe it doesnt. Just that once its durability has been used up, its unable to absorb anymore harmful metals.

[Crystal Red Shrimp]

i saw those bamboo shelters from daiso,they recommend us to rewash the bamboo shelter once every few months before reusing it again.

[lorba]

you can try reading on how to recharge bamboo charcoals in the Internet.

[bluebubbles]

i saw those bamboo shelters from daiso,they recommend us to rewash the bamboo shelter once every few months before reusing it again.

But theirs are not in tube form right? all cut into pieces. You can buy those tube type in Y618, quite cheap for a small packet if you add one more gold coin to the daiso price.

I usually rinsed them thoroughly until the water turned clean. Than soak it for couple of days and select those that sank and discard those that floated. On top of which, I tie mosses around them so that they look nice.
http://aquasense-aquasense.blogspot....-charcoal.html

[Fuzzy]

Actually Daiso does sell bamboo charcoal in tube for, there is a small catch though.

Not all the tubes are hollow straight through so you have to open each pack and check one by one

Cheaper than buying from LFS and the bamboo charcoal is food grade, meant to be placed into your rice cooker when you cook rice to absorb any odours. But it is of a smaller diameter than the pieces you find at LFS.

[eeeeemo]

i believe the shrimps will appreciate the smaller diameters =)