| | |  | Carbon | Home » » » » » Zoo Med Carbon Bag for 501 Turtle Filter | | | | | | | Description: | | Activated carbon insert for Zoo Med's 501 External filter. Zoo Med's activated carbon filter media is made from the highest quality carbon available for superior absorption of ammonia waste products produced by captive turtles, amphibians, or aquarium fish. High ammonia levels can be deadly to amphibians and aquarium fish and will cause eye problems in captive turtles. Activated carbon is one step in reducing ammonia in your terrarium or aquarium. | | | Features: | |
• Super absorption
• High grade activated carbon
• Just rinse and drop in
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.4 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.3 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.1 pounds | | Package Length:
| 3.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 2.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 6 reviews |
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27 of 28 found the following review helpful:
 No! No! No!Aug 25, 2007
By Professor Bubba
Don't buy. If you have already ordered, cancel the order.
This Carbon Insert is the reason why the excellent Zoo Med filter is selling on clearance.
Basically, this insert is a bag of carbon which has been machined into smooth pellets. The smooth surfaces fail to allow for the absorption of organics, and it left my tank with a high ammonia content for weeks. It doesn't work.
Go to the pet store, buy a nylon bag and over-the-counter activated carbon chips. The chips have rough porous surfaces which increase the absorption rate. This makes the Zoo Med filter run exceedingly well; transparent water and ammonia at zero.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Don't use thisDec 30, 2010
By DL
Instead of using this, just buy Hagen Fluval Carbon 300G off Amazon and drop one in. You get three bags for the same price and its MUCH higher quality.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
DO NOT BUY!!!Sep 18, 2010
By Seandan Ng
Im currently using the 501 filter and had to get rid of this carbon bag... First its very hard to fit in, 2nd it restrict the amount of turtle waste it sucks in. I had to modify the bag to make it efficient.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Buy The Hagen Fluval Carbon 300G (replacement) BagsMar 30, 2011
By Jersey Chuck
My 501 filter wasn't doing a good job with the Zoo Med Carbon Bag until I bought the Hagen Fluval Carbon 300G bags.
BTW you get 3 bags of the Fluval compared to one from Zoo Med for the same (give or take a few cents) price!
 Dont see the problem with this productMay 15, 2012
By brownboy
I'm not sure why others are having bad experiences with this carbon bag, I got a 511 and it came with the bag, I put it in the way the instructions said to that came with the filter and I just changed the bag with a new one after over a month ago {March/31}...anyway it has done an amazing job keeping my turtle aquarium {18x24x14} clean and smell free. One thing I noticed when I got the new carbon bag was that on the box it says to put the carbon bag above the ceramic media, on my 511 instructions it says to put the ceramic media on top of the carbon bag ...I'm not sure what the difference is between the two filters that would require the two to differentiate in how they are placed in the canisters. Not sure if that's a reason for the bad experiences others have had. All I can say, I highly recommend it for the 511 filter with the ceramic on top.
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