Thanks for the making this video. I was hoping to see you tested in a more yellow water turns clear. I read several carbon regen method requires at least 800 degrees C to burn off whatever carbon absorbed. Your testing method between wet vs. dry bubbling might not be as effective to conclude that this regenerative technique is working. Good work still.
your process is interesting, i'm going to have to try it, but your conclusion is flawed. 1: the test should have been to head to head the freshly pulled carbon DRIED against the regen. 2: the bubbling says NOTHING about the regen. it's just releasing the air vs teh wet carbon which is still saturated. process=plausible, test=fail.
Careful how you re-release all the toxins it was made to absorb.... If re-heating in a household oven, surely they will just be released into your carbon filter cooking hood..? And bear in mind what the toxins might be - should they be released at all? And the electricity cost..?
Hi Amrit it’s worked for me for the past 8 years . I only re use my own carbon I do not reuse carbon from different reefers that way I know if any carbon has been used for medication.
This can be dangerous and very toxic my friend, especially if you use it for filtering aquarius. All of that junk that it traps inside of its pores becomes very toxic at high temperatures. Definitely would do this outside or in a very very well ventilated area!
Of course the activated carbon drawn in the glass due to wet, whereby the other is dry and newly heated it will first float and slowly dissolve in water. Common sense
@EconomicalReefer hi, great video, have being using the same method for many years but have never had the results scientifically, analytically tested for how well the process works, so thanks for your demo, appreciate. However getting lazy these days and with the cost of gas, wife pan issues, personal time used etc., find using new , just easier. But i see the cost range these days for activated carbon is quite large, 5 USA dollars in our country for 1kg, and going up to like 10 USA dollar and more for 1kg of the expensive brands of activated charcoal .... so i' m going back to your method. thanks again. and good luck with your wife's mercy..... hehe
@@1969fishtank hehe yes , good news ...... i have some awesome tech i will share with you when things settle down my side ...... things are advancing quickly with water treatments, for plottable water .. and thus for home pool, potable drinking and of course for our aquariums
If you reduce the water, you may not remove it... Basically, you are clearing the pores in the wood/charcoal are that were opened by the activation. You need water and maybe want soap to to remove the compounds that attach to the carbon.
Yes the idea of boiling it a few time is so you are getting as much crap out of the carbon first and then yes bake it . If we had ovens that can produce extremely high heat would be great.👍
@@1969fishtank Ah, so we need more than conventional 220C(some ovens go 250C) of heat and that's why you use a pan; which can go well around 400C over a regular household gas stove. Does heat required in this process only to completely dry out the carbon granules or it serves some kind of purification? If it's only to dry it out, maybe 220C of a regular oven would suffice with longer periods of baking with occasional stirring of the carbon and airing out the steam inside the oven. I am going to try this with a 3 liters of carbon and doing that in pan, I have to repeat your method 12-18 times which is not feasible.
Very interesting video but to be honest I just couldn't be bothered doing all that panafanaila it's not expensive to buy the activated carbon, but thanks for the video 👍
Neat! Thanks for testing and sharing idea. I’m sure that the organic matter is mostly ’burned’ off, leaving the minerals. But that’s fine for your aquatic pets. I bet if you were to heat it in an oxygen-poor chamber it’d reset the carbon to freshly activated form. 👍
WOW! did not know about this. Have been throwing away my carbon all these years .
Thanks for sharing that valuable information.
Thanks for the making this video. I was hoping to see you tested in a more yellow water turns clear. I read several carbon regen method requires at least 800 degrees C to burn off whatever carbon absorbed. Your testing method between wet vs. dry bubbling might not be as effective to conclude that this regenerative technique is working. Good work still.
Wow! Great idea. I have a koi pond so tons of carbon - but it will still save a fortune re-charging it.
Glad it was helpful!
Interesting. Never thought about reusing the charcoal. If I should get an aquarium, this should be useful.
This is only going to cook off the volatiles, you need a zero oxygen high heat environment, around 800c.
Great information there, not very costly but quite effective! Thank you
Great information thanks for sharing
your process is interesting, i'm going to have to try it, but your conclusion is flawed. 1: the test should have been to head to head the freshly pulled carbon DRIED against the regen. 2: the bubbling says NOTHING about the regen. it's just releasing the air vs teh wet carbon which is still saturated. process=plausible, test=fail.
Careful how you re-release all the toxins it was made to absorb.... If re-heating in a household oven, surely they will just be released into your carbon filter cooking hood..? And bear in mind what the toxins might be - should they be released at all? And the electricity cost..?
Thanks definatly learned so everything 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Wow;
What a tip,
What a result !
Thanx a million..
Great video! Now that both Seachem Purigen and Activated Carbon can be regenerated, no more excuses to not use them both in a canister.
Great information!!!
All these years I’ve been throwing my carbon away, now I know what to do😆
Thanks for making this video..very useful
Please subscribe thank you
Great Idea, but I am trying this on my propane grill outside the house.. 👍🏽
Let us know us know of the out come .👍
Good idea, for this can be a very toxic process at high heats. I would never attempt it in my kitchen lol!
Thank you-informative.
Glad to help 😊
Wow did not know that I.
I have just done it and it works .😛😛😛
Hi guys this does REALLY WORK, please leave a comment on your experiences down below!
Does this work? Carbon holds up a lot of toxins and heavy metals etc. Will heating help ?
Hi Amrit it’s worked for me for the past 8 years .
I only re use my own carbon
I do not reuse carbon from different reefers that way I know if any carbon has been used for medication.
Releasing everything you filtered right back into the air?
Correct .
Just remember I only reuse my own carbon.
Pleases subscribe thank you .🙏🏽
My carbon footprint just increased 😂
Maybe in a mini air frier outdoors That would get it up to 400 degrees
Really appreciate this video. However, what kind of water are you using? Am I hearing RR water?
Thank you . Yes RO.
This can be dangerous and very toxic my friend, especially if you use it for filtering aquarius. All of that junk that it traps inside of its pores becomes very toxic at high temperatures. Definitely would do this outside or in a very very well ventilated area!
Right I thought I heard you can just put it in the sun?
@@dianeibsen5994 you would melt well before you reached the sun to put carbon in it!
I would be very careful doing this in a Paly or zoanthid tank.
Did you cook the new carbon too? Or just the used. Ty
Hi Steve I just cook the used
The more you cook it the better.
Hope that helps .
Just make sure all the RO water is removed from the cooked activation carbon.
@@1969fishtank great ty
Of course the activated carbon drawn in the glass due to wet, whereby the other is dry and newly heated it will first float and slowly dissolve in water. Common sense
@EconomicalReefer hi, great video, have being using the same method for many years but have never had the results scientifically, analytically tested for how well the process works, so thanks for your demo, appreciate. However getting lazy these days and with the cost of gas, wife pan issues, personal time used etc., find using new , just easier. But i see the cost range these days for activated carbon is quite large, 5 USA dollars in our country for 1kg, and going up to like 10 USA dollar and more for 1kg of the expensive brands of activated charcoal .... so i' m going back to your method. thanks again. and good luck with your wife's mercy..... hehe
Love your comment Peter.
Wife has finally given up and gave me that pan (😂).
@@1969fishtank hehe yes , good news ...... i have some awesome tech i will share with you when things settle down my side ...... things are advancing quickly with water treatments, for plottable water .. and thus for home pool, potable drinking and of course for our aquariums
@@peterburmeister5762 look forward to it .👍
looks like air coming from the dry AC... YOU SHOULD HAVE TESTED IT
If you reduce the water, you may not remove it...
Basically, you are clearing the pores in the wood/charcoal are that were opened by the activation. You need water and maybe want soap to to remove the compounds that attach to the carbon.
Dose it have to be a stainless steel pan ?
No not necessarily as long as it is done on high heat. .(Air fryer.)ect.
I think if you heat it up as hot as you can and then throwing it in clean water would have the same efffect youre trying to do.
superb
Couldn't this process simplified by boiling the carbon in deep water only once then just baking it in the oven?
Yes the idea of boiling it a few time is so you are getting as much crap out of the carbon first and then yes bake it .
If we had ovens that can produce extremely high heat would be great.👍
@@1969fishtank Ah, so we need more than conventional 220C(some ovens go 250C) of heat and that's why you use a pan; which can go well around 400C over a regular household gas stove. Does heat required in this process only to completely dry out the carbon granules or it serves some kind of purification? If it's only to dry it out, maybe 220C of a regular oven would suffice with longer periods of baking with occasional stirring of the carbon and airing out the steam inside the oven. I am going to try this with a 3 liters of carbon and doing that in pan, I have to repeat your method 12-18 times which is not feasible.
@@boneybone8123 heat is required for both purification and dry .
@@1969fishtank Thanks a lot for the info and conversing man!
@@boneybone8123 hey man your very welcome.
If you haven’t subscribed pleases do .👍
I heard you can just put it in the sun and not have to cook it.
Will have to try this one .
Nice Idea ! Very good ! But the camera work makes me seasick. 🤢😁
Will
Have to inprove on my camera work .🤓
Can it be microwave it?
Never tried that method would be interesting to know pleases share.
O yes ✅
Sorry to much work,gas,water carbon is not expensive
so you are using an teflon pan thats scard.. nah..
yea, no thanks lol 30$ for 30 lbs and it last like 6 years..
Where do you get it for $1 per pound ? Where I live its $20 to $40 per pound.
I ❤ how you repeatedly warned everyone to get permission 1st from your spouse. lol
I can tell you got in trouble the 1st time. 😂
Funny that.
I did 🤣
Very interesting video but to be honest I just couldn't be bothered doing all that panafanaila it's not expensive to buy the activated carbon, but thanks for the video 👍
@1969fishtank believe or not, I have subscribed to your videos 😉
@@fahimmahmad9731
Thank you so much ❤️
Neat!
Thanks for testing and sharing idea. I’m sure that the organic matter is mostly ’burned’ off, leaving the minerals. But that’s fine for your aquatic pets.
I bet if you were to heat it in an oxygen-poor chamber it’d reset the carbon to freshly activated form.
👍