Availability of Charcoal Bamboo tubes

Would the Bamboo Charcoal work like activated carbon?
= Removes Ammonia
= Neutralizes Chloromine in the water

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Originally Posted by fireopal

saw the bamboo charcoal at Daiso..
but not sure if safe for aquaria use

No worries. From the pics on the box, we can even put it in a pot of rice, I think.

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hmm... seems like a good product for aquarium usage...

anyone knows their lifespan? similar to AC?

for those who are going daiso to buy the cylinderical bamboo charcoal, its advisable to take out and check for broken ones inside.. was at IMM daiso and saw quite a few boxes inside the charcoal were broken. if u really want the value of your $ worth it, change the non-hollow ones inside your box with hollow ones from other boxes before buying and thats what i did haha.. cos inside every box got 4, and 1 or 2 of them isnt totally hollow as u know the way bamboo grow there are "segments" in between. dunno how to explain but when u see the actual product u'll know what i mean liao.

Originally Posted by koonac

for those who are going daiso to buy the cylinderical bamboo charcoal, its advisable to take out and check for broken ones inside.. was at IMM daiso and saw quite a few boxes inside the charcoal were broken. if u really want the value of your $ worth it, change the non-hollow ones inside your box with hollow ones from other boxes before buying and thats what i did haha.. cos inside every box got 4, and 1 or 2 of them isnt totally hollow as u know the way bamboo grow there are "segments" in between. dunno how to explain but when u see the actual product u'll know what i mean liao.

Bro, this is not very ethical to do! You may opened to see if there were any broken pieces but to swap with another box is not right Each box come with mix size bamboo charcoal, if you start to swap around, it will not be fair to others.

Originally Posted by boonpeiu

Bro, this is not very ethical to do! You may opened to see if there were any broken pieces but to swap with another box is not right Each box come with mix size bamboo charcoal, if you start to swap around, it will not be fair to others.

haha no lah.. inside got 4 diff size from big to small
i switched the right size ones with each other to be fair. e.g. non-hollow large for hollow large.
if people use the bamboo just for cleaning water or deodorise air or put inside fridge to remove smell dont think they need a hollow one, the non-hollow 1 will do just fine for them. ya i know very auntie like change underwear color in the box before buying.

edit: just kena zap: "you are not ethical, $2 things also need swap". this 1 is not ethical or not is whether inside the head got something called brain. so people use charcoal bamboo deodorise surrounding air will smell better if its hollow? not ethical is change my small one for another big from another box. whoever zap pls use the thing inside head, even if its small, to read and think properly.

Originally Posted by koonac

haha no lah.. inside got 4 diff size from big to small
i switched the right size ones with each other to be fair. e.g. non-hollow large for hollow large.
if people use the bamboo just for cleaning water or deodorise air or put inside fridge to remove smell dont think they need a hollow one, the non-hollow 1 will do just fine for them. ya i know very auntie like change underwear color in the box before buying.

edit: just kena zap: "you are not ethical, $2 things also need swap". this 1 is not ethical or not is whether inside the head got something called brain. so people use charcoal bamboo deodorise surrounding air will smell better if its hollow? not ethical is change my small one for another big from another box. whoever zap pls use the thing inside head, even if its small, to read and think properly.

I think it is not nice to meddle with things that are for sale, esp when it is potentially for consumption.
Auntie see auntie do doesn't mean it is correct.
Like when you buy a loaf of bread, you certainly don't like others to touch it before right?

Originally Posted by Kensk

I think it is not nice to meddle with things that are for sale, esp when it is potentially for consumption.
Auntie see auntie do doesn't mean it is correct.
Like when you buy a loaf of bread, you certainly don't like others to touch it before right?

for consumption i hope u mean put bamboo charcoal in rice cooker steam with rice like what the pic on the box put and not mean eat directly.. anyway i think people before put the bamboo inside the rice cooker will wash it throughly like how they always wash rice throughly before cooking it. bread is different case cos u cant wash and then sun it like rice and charcoal bamboo. and i think this is getting off-topic..

anyway i noticed my crs dont graze on the charcoal bamboo as much as it did on the previous normal bamboo.. they somehow "try" to avoid it if necessary. last time my crs babies like to congregate on top the normal bamboo and graze there.. after i put the charcoal bamboo they dont go on top anymore but stay here and there in the tank except on the charcoal bamboo. anyone notice anything similar to this?

I manage to get four boxes of Charcoal Bamboo from Daiso in PS. I try to find those which are hollow. Tie them up and submerge them in water for a few days before introduce them to the tank. The shrimps are doing fine. Check out my gallery to see the product.

I have been also using it in my tank containing mosuras and hinos for 2 weeks.

So far so good.
If something wrong i can give up hobby liao.