{"product_id":"aquario-neo-bag-carbon","title":"Aquario Neo Bag Carbon","description":"\u003cp\u003eReady-to-drop activated carbon in a mesh bag — food-grade rather than industrial, and specified not to move pH.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo \u003cstrong\u003eadsorb\u003c\/strong\u003e is to make something stick to a surface: activated carbon is charcoal processed to be riddled with microscopic pores, and it works by holding impurities on all that internal surface rather than adding anything to the water. \u003cstrong\u003epH\u003c\/strong\u003e is the acidity scale — below 7 is acidic, above 7 is alkaline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Aquario's own words, Neo Bag Carbon “quickly adsorbs various chemical compounds and pollutants, making water transparent and removing odors”, and is “the highest grade activated carbon used in food manufacturing processes, not for industrial use”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe pH point is the one worth knowing.\u003c\/strong\u003e Aquario state plainly: “mostly activated carbon generates a lot of hydroxide in the manufacturing process, which increases the pH of the water, but the neo bag carbon does not affect the pH”, because it has little ash. (Ash is the mineral residue left over from manufacture — the part of a carbon that pushes pH up.) If you have ever had carbon nudge your pH up, that is the problem this is specified against.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat that does in a tank:\u003c\/strong\u003e it pulls dissolved organics (waste compounds from food and livestock), tannins (the compounds from driftwood and leaves that tint water tea-brown) and odour compounds out of the water column — the open water itself — which clears tinting from driftwood and botanicals and takes the musty edge off after a big clean-up. As with any carbon, it saturates (its pores eventually fill and it stops working) — run it as a temporary or rotating stage rather than leaving it in indefinitely. Aquario also design for internal flow, so adsorption happens inside the granule and not only on its surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFood-manufacturing-grade activated carbon, pre-bagged for canister and hang-on-back baskets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdsorbs dissolved organics, tannins and odour-causing compounds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAquario specify \u003cstrong\u003eno effect on pH\u003c\/strong\u003e — low ash, unlike carbons that raise pH via hydroxide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePore structure designed so water flows inside the granule, not just across its surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaturates with use — run as a temporary or rotating stage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Amazon listing title claims it “stabilizes pH levels”; Aquario's own page says no pH effect, so we have not repeated the Amazon wording\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Aquario","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52798405869880,"sku":"D-NEO CARBON","price":17.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/3339\/6280\/files\/neo-bag-carbon.jpg?v=1786596493","url":"https:\/\/shrimpzone.com.au\/products\/aquario-neo-bag-carbon","provider":"Shrimp Zone ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}