carbon rinsing

[devonian]

How do you best rinse carbon when replacing it in your filter/reactor?

I remember back in the day you simply ran the little bag under some running tap water, but now you get get it in bulk and need to add some to the appropriate filters, ... what is the easiest way?

[CoryDude]

I use a plastic collendar and rinse the carbon w/tap water for a few minutes. Then rinse it off w/RO water. Nothing too fancy.

[clone]

when i do a water change,turn of the mainsystem pump.I throw out the old carbon, by that time the last chamber in my sump is full. Then I fill the reactor with the new carbon, put the pump used to run the reactor in the last chamber and let it run clean. I'll shake it up the reactor a couple times. By the time ive emptyed the last chamber of my sump ive also rinsed the carbon of most of that dusty stuff.

[Still Learning]

I don't rinse it.

[ErikH]

There is a current study going on by some fellows on RC about the affect of carbon dust in relation to Head, Line, and Lateral Erosion (HLLE) and I think it may have some base in fact. When I got all of my tangs, within two days the Hippo started to show signs of it. I immediately removed the carbon from my system, and the HLLE stopped. It is now receeding.

[Still Learning]

Just the dust or pellets too?