Cheap carbon?

[Slickdonkey]

Hey, where do you folks buy your carbon around here? I know you can order 50-pound bags but that's more appropriate for a group-buy.

 

[reedman]

Hey, where do you folks buy your carbon around here? I know you can order 50-pound bags but that's more appropriate for a group-buy.

If there is enough interest you may be able to get the club to help out with this to get a group order. Maybe we can bring it in to a meeting and bag it up to take home...no guarantees.

 

[Al G.]

I've read on RC about people using the carbon sold at Walmart. It's packaged by Marineland. Never tried it though.

 

[Elmo18]

Slickdonkey, how much are you looking for?

I use Marineland, Black Diamond, and recently a very excellent carbon from aquaticecosystems.com

I only recommend the above three carbon, with a nice rinsing of each one before their use.

Best,
Ilham

 

[jesshimom]

I'd be interested to hear about the 50 pound purchase. What brand is that and hey club members who would be interested in that?

Colleen

 

[Slickdonkey]

Ilham, I'm looking for maybe a 5-gallon bucket worth, mostly to save on cost. I'm anticipating going through a lot of this stuff over the next year and the cost adds up over time.

I've seen a couple of threads from other clubs over on RC that have been getting ESV carbon by the 50-pound bag, though the details are unclear.

 

[reedman]

I'm getting ready to order up some carbon too, so I'd be in for some good quality carbon (I don't like the pelletized stuff).

There are a couple of ways to go about this in my opinion:

• Approach one of our local fish stores and see if they can get a bulk discount for us
• Go with one of the sponsors here at RF (there are a few that sell 40# or more quantities
• Approach one of the suppliers directly as a club and see if we can get a deal

People really need to get on the same page though on type and brand

 

[bc_slc]

I may be interested in some as well. Also interested in the small particle type....any decent brand would be fine. 5 pounds or so for me as well.

Mat

 

[jsmkmavity]

i would take 10 lbs or more if its high quality carbon!

 

[Llarian]

If its Black Diamond, I'd go in on some. I'd like to stick with that brand though. =)

-Dylan

 

[Slickdonkey]

Ok, well I'll poke around and see what I can find this weekend. If anyone has suggestions on where to start looking for this stuff, I'm all ears.

EDIT - Reed, just saw your comment above. Maybe I'll start by calling some of the LFS's and see if they could arrange this.

 

[Slickdonkey]

I spoke to Andy at SWC and he was unable to locate a supplier at least for the ESV. He wasn't familiar with their carbon and neither am I (Ilham?), but I know at least several clubs posted on RC that they were able to obtain it. I'll keep looking.

 

[jesshimom]

Thanks for your work on this!

 

[Slickdonkey]

So, are there any others that would be interested in a bulk carbon buy? If so, please state how much (in pounds) you'd be interested in. I'm not sure what brand we'll end up with, but if I can get a count of interested parties that's a good starting point.

 

[Slickdonkey]

Bump... anyone else interested?

 

[Elmo18]

Hey there.

I'm not sure which carbon you all want. I am sticking to this carbon currently. i will skip this group buy for now.

http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/4681/cid/1298

Best,
Ilham

 

[Slickdonkey]

I think the type depends on availability. Nice to know those guys sell it in bags, Ilham. I'll ask them what the shipping would be on one of those 40-lb bags.

 

[Slickdonkey]

... which is $40 for the 40-lb bag.

 

[northstaraquatics]

Sure I would, but not sure how much - 5-10 lbs. I poked around at Marineland but didn't figure anything out.

Jon

 

[Slickdonkey]

I think I'm going to order a 40-lb bag of the stuff Ilham mentioned above from Aquatic Ecosystems. They're one of the few people I found who sell it in bulk.

The price is about $160 shipped. Anyone who'd like a few dips from the bag, let me know and you can have some for say $4/lb.