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A DIY solution would be to get activated carbon that's intended for water filtration (fish tanks, etc). Then add a step that moves the air through the media (pu
by sparker72678 5y ago
A DIY solution would be to get activated carbon that's intended for water filtration (fish tanks, etc). Then add a step that moves the air through the media (put it into a mesh box, or heck even just blow the air down onto the carbon that's sitting in a "dish" or some kind.
Certainly not as efficient as a commercial all-in-one solution, but it that's not available to you, it can work.
You can even make your own "activated charcoal" but it's a pretty messy and time consuming process.
- malfist 5y agoWould activated charcoal for aquarium work thought for gas? We're talking about a significant difference in porosity here. Even going with something like ROX (https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/bulk-premium-rox-0-8-aquarium-carbon.html https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/bulk-premium-rox-0-8-aquarium...) it's going to have much larger pores and much smaller surface area than a carbon coating on a filter
- sparker72678 5y agoGood question. I'm imagining that with a small enough space / large enough quantity of charcoal you'd still get benefits, but it's not like I sat down and tried to do all the math.