--- product_id: 39296498 title: "Aquacity™ Activated Charcoal Carbon Pellets in Free Mesh Media Bags for Aquarium Fish Pond Tank Canister Filter (6-Pack (6 lbs))" brand: "aquapapa" price: "387.57 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Aquapapa" url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/39296498-aquacity-activated-charcoal-carbon-pellets-in-free-mesh-media-bags store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Reusable zipper mesh bags for easy handling 6 lbs activated charcoal pellets Phosphate-free & safe for fresh & saltwater Aquacity™ Activated Charcoal Carbon Pellets in Free Mesh Media Bags for Aquarium Fish Pond Tank Canister Filter (6-Pack (6 lbs)) **Brand:** aquapapa **Price:** 387.57 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🖤 Elevate your aquarium’s clarity with Aquacity™ — because your aquatic life deserves the best! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Aquacity™ Activated Charcoal Carbon Pellets in Free Mesh Media Bags for Aquarium Fish Pond Tank Canister Filter (6-Pack (6 lbs)) by aquapapa - **How much does it cost?** 387.57 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/39296498-aquacity-activated-charcoal-carbon-pellets-in-free-mesh-media-bags) ## Best For - aquapapa enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted aquapapa brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Versatile & Safe:** Phosphate-free formula perfect for freshwater, saltwater, reef tanks, and ponds. - • **Long-Lasting Performance:** High adsorption capacity keeps your water clean longer, reducing maintenance frequency. - • **Crystal Clear Water, Fast:** Rapidly removes odors, discoloration & impurities for pristine aquatic environments. - • **Effortless Media Management:** Reusable zipper mesh bags ensure precise placement and prevent carbon escape. - • **DIY Air & Water Purification:** Multi-use activated carbon pellets also excel in emergency air filtration setups. ## Overview Aquacity™ Activated Charcoal Carbon Pellets (6 lbs, 6-pack) come in reusable zipper mesh bags designed for easy handling and precise placement in aquarium, pond, or canister filters. This phosphate-free, low-ash carbon media rapidly adsorbs organic pollutants, odors, discoloration, and toxins, ensuring crystal-clear water safe for freshwater, saltwater, and reef environments. Trusted by hobbyists for both water and emergency air purification, these pellets offer long-lasting filtration performance and versatile applications. ## Description This activated carbon provides effective and rapid removal of organic pollutants with high adsorption capacity. It serves as a versatile chemical filter media that eliminates toxic compounds and medications from your system. The ready-to-use media bag offers convenience for use with canister filters, power filters, or pond filters. Made with low ash and low phosphate output, it is safe for freshwater, saltwater, reef, and pond environments, as well as for air conditioning and air filtration applications. It effectively removes odors, discoloration, impurities, and dissolved organic waste from aquarium water, keeping it crystal clear and healthy for aquatic life. Review: Working great for a highly effective, DIY air purification of VOCs. - These are being successfully used in a serious air-quality emergency with dangerously high levels of VOCs (let me be clear: we are talking about emergency room visits, people having to move out or wear P100 respiration masks 24/7. The carbon is adsorbing the problematic VOCs well. It will do that for a wide range of them (not all). Now that the source was found and encapsulated, the carbon can "catch up" and we are getting quick improvement in our indoor air quality. If you are interested and want details and hints on how to do this, read on! First: prepare the carbon. As others wrote, it will arrive with fine particulates. Yes, other manufacturers may rinse more, and you are charged for that service. The fines can be useful, for example, as additional odor control for potted plants or gardens. There are other uses; here I'll stick to making an air filter! To remove the fines, wear a respirator or a mask, use water, and one more thing... Some reviewers complain about their difficulty in rinsing. That is because the carbon starts out hydrophobic. Make it hydrophilic, and it will suspend into the water for easier clean-up. TiO2 is a common paint or cement additive, as well as a food additive. You may have some of that. Toss in a touch, swirl it up and you'll be in good shape. There are some other methods, and it depends what you have, so for this part an internet search may help you to identify a method. I used two buckets, transferred the carbon back and forth for four rinses, and then it was coming clean. (Handle gently, or they never will rinse clear as you'll be the one breaking them down). Next, dry them. If your climate allows, the sun works great. Otherwise a low oven will work. For your filter, you'll need: 1) a fan with power to pull or push air through. Used/dirty fans, clean up as best you can and have it push air through, so the air is cleaned after the fan. If your fan is new, then it may pull and have clean air running through to keep it that way. My choice: 4 new box fans. 2) a filter, preferably HEPA or other filter that can remove fine particulates. Without it, your carbon will get clogged up too quick and you'll have to wash it all over again. My choices: 3 HEPA filters+prefilters lashed to the box fans with twine, and a washable filter for the 4th fan, purchased here: New Fan Buddy Ultra Flow Box Fan Electrostatic Dust air Filter - Made for 20.5" x 20.5" Box Fan Frame FILTER ONLY, Fan Not Included These two arrangements have been working equally well. 3) A large container, with plentiful holes for good air flow. Metal is strongly recommended, unless you plan to only use this as a "one off" and trash it. Then you could get plastic containers with lots of holes from a dollar store. Another option if you are using a box fan is to construct a large "sleeve" for the carbon that matches the shape of the fan. If the air can escape around the charcoal rather than push through, then it will. I add lighting and more advanced reduction methods and benefit from a round container, so I am using this: Rolodex Mesh Round Wastebasket, 11-1/2 Diameter x 14-1/4 H, Black (22351) 4) A smaller container, that fits inside the larger container, also allowing for great air flow. I am forming these from copper mesh "window screen:" M-D Hobby & Craft Copper Mesh Sheet Rolled, 12 x 24-Inch You may use something else. There can be a benefit to using copper as it may build a relationship with your carbon and eliminate some VOCs better. It can be hard to know what you have, though! Aluminum window screening may be used. An advantage to window screen is that you can fashion it so that it has enough diameter and length at the top to fold over the gap from the outer container, and trap the activated charcoal between them. 5) The prepared carbon (at least rinsed well and dried. If you are going to load it, now is the time. This is referring to things that someone with a chemistry background might add to the carbon to target specific VOCs. Only those with the right background can do this, so if you know the source of the problem and therefore what VOCs are most likely, then you could ask someone for help. If you do not know any of this yet, then it would be hard for someone to help as they wouldn't know what to target. Specific symptoms sometimes help with this, too). 6) Lay down a plastic bag or tarp, or assemble outside. The outer container and inner container will sandwich the carbon. If you are using screen, then heavy-gauge wire is helpful to form the shape, with heavy gloves and trimmers. Make it work! The thicker the carbon is, the more filtration you will obtain. Your fan must be able to handle it, so you may need to experiment. Keep the carbon from falling out of the top: aluminum foil is helpful, if you need it. Once assembled, you can still expect some carbon dust to escape, as it will be created when you move this and cause friction among the pieces. Put something underneath it, and keep your fan at an appropriate speed. This isn't for everyone: $650 will get you the carbon in a nice, clean housing, with wheels! 7) If you are using PCO or APCO, then use what you need to secure your lighting in the center. Make sure your switch is outside of this, especially if you are using UV, and an "easy off again" method will be appreciated later when it is time to re-activate. If I have lost you here, then that is OK, this is optional. Skip this step. 8) Connect your fan to the activated carbon filter, however you wish. I use a plastic bag, secured around the fan at the top end, slit open at the bottom and secured around the carbon filter. This doesn't look pretty, but it is effective, cheap, easy, fast, and temporary, and so it suits my needs perfectly. 9) You are ready! Turn on the fan, check that the air flow is working, and that the fan is not working too hard. Again, don't blast it! :) Give the harmful gasses time to lose themselves in your carbon. Let it be. 10) Your carbon will work for anywhere from 2 hours to 5 years, depending on the amount of VOCs to the amount of carbon. T."he heavier the contamination, the quicker the carbon will be "spent." The carbon can be recharged with heat. Industries use a LOT of heat. I can't, so I remove the basket from the rest, and this is when having everything made out of metal is great: I steam the heck out of the carbon, outside, or well hooded and vented to outside. Your steam has to be really rolling to vent to outside, before introducing the carbon. Otherwise your contaminants may coalesce inside the vent, before getting out. This will release a STINK. Wear a P100 respirator- these are the VOCs that, so far you have spared your lungs and organs from filtering, as you had the carbon do that. It will be undone if you breathe it, now! The more carbon and contamination you have, the longer you have to steam. It will stop stinking when you are done; I do not use that, as I do not want to breathe this or sniff it. Instead, I use tongs to pass a piece of aluminum foil in the path of the steam above, when it is time to check. Heavy VOCs become visible, discoloring the foil. Clean steam does not do that. (If you left your carbon dirty, then you'll have issues all along). When it is done, then I dry it in my oven. You do NOT want to do this until you are certain that your carbon has released the pollutants. Otherwise, you are just re-introducing them to your home, and around and around you would go! Activated carbon can trap down to 0.01 micrometers. It will do a range of sizes, which is fortunate! This is an additional caution: these submicron-sized particles can get deep into your lungs and cause health problems. That's why we need them OUT of our homes and why we do something like this. Protect your breathing! After the carbon is dry, and the metal has cooled, you can re-assemble your fan to it, and keep filtering. Nice, eh? Your carbon does not get used up, it forms rather weak bonds with the VOCs, and now you know how to release them. Again, only do this if you are able to, safely. I hope that this was helpful to you! Enjoy clean air! Review: Great for a clean pond - I've not tried these before. Our 20 year old pond filter came with a pre-cut circular filter with carbon in it. These bags are easy to use, have a zipper so I can refill them with carbon when needed. My pond became cleaner and clearer after I started using this. I put one bag on top of my filter where the water pours on it. ## Features - Removes odors, discoloration, and impurities to keep water crystal clear. - Phosphate free. Safe for both fresh and saltwater tanks. Fast working and long lasting. - Bagged in free mesh bag for easy handling and precise placement of carbon and ensure granular media not travel thru pumps and pipes. - Bag size: 8" x 5.5". Zipper-designed; reusable; the zipper is made of plastic. - ****As with all carbon media, Rinse well till the water runs clear before use. ****Friendly reminder: the mesh bag is inside the plastic bag. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B01EPPUFDC | | Best Sellers Rank | #262,851 in Pet Supplies ( See Top 100 in Pet Supplies ) #4,204 in Aquarium Filter Accessories | | Brand | Aquapapa | | Brand Name | Aquapapa | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 184 Reviews | | Item Form | Granules, Pellets | | Manufacturer | Aquacity | | Manufacturer Part Number | AQU-CARB-SML-6 | | Model Number | AQU-CARB-SML-6 | | Target Species | Fish | | UPC | 753864202133 | ## Images ![Aquacity™ Activated Charcoal Carbon Pellets in Free Mesh Media Bags for Aquarium Fish Pond Tank Canister Filter (6-Pack (6 lbs)) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71b3f1Kr9hL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Size** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Working great for a highly effective, DIY air purification of VOCs. *by A***R on August 29, 2017* These are being successfully used in a serious air-quality emergency with dangerously high levels of VOCs (let me be clear: we are talking about emergency room visits, people having to move out or wear P100 respiration masks 24/7. The carbon is adsorbing the problematic VOCs well. It will do that for a wide range of them (not all). Now that the source was found and encapsulated, the carbon can "catch up" and we are getting quick improvement in our indoor air quality. If you are interested and want details and hints on how to do this, read on! First: prepare the carbon. As others wrote, it will arrive with fine particulates. Yes, other manufacturers may rinse more, and you are charged for that service. The fines can be useful, for example, as additional odor control for potted plants or gardens. There are other uses; here I'll stick to making an air filter! To remove the fines, wear a respirator or a mask, use water, and one more thing... Some reviewers complain about their difficulty in rinsing. That is because the carbon starts out hydrophobic. Make it hydrophilic, and it will suspend into the water for easier clean-up. TiO2 is a common paint or cement additive, as well as a food additive. You may have some of that. Toss in a touch, swirl it up and you'll be in good shape. There are some other methods, and it depends what you have, so for this part an internet search may help you to identify a method. I used two buckets, transferred the carbon back and forth for four rinses, and then it was coming clean. (Handle gently, or they never will rinse clear as you'll be the one breaking them down). Next, dry them. If your climate allows, the sun works great. Otherwise a low oven will work. For your filter, you'll need: 1) a fan with power to pull or push air through. Used/dirty fans, clean up as best you can and have it push air through, so the air is cleaned after the fan. If your fan is new, then it may pull and have clean air running through to keep it that way. My choice: 4 new box fans. 2) a filter, preferably HEPA or other filter that can remove fine particulates. Without it, your carbon will get clogged up too quick and you'll have to wash it all over again. My choices: 3 HEPA filters+prefilters lashed to the box fans with twine, and a washable filter for the 4th fan, purchased here: New Fan Buddy Ultra Flow Box Fan Electrostatic Dust air Filter - Made for 20.5" x 20.5" Box Fan Frame FILTER ONLY, Fan Not Included These two arrangements have been working equally well. 3) A large container, with plentiful holes for good air flow. Metal is strongly recommended, unless you plan to only use this as a "one off" and trash it. Then you could get plastic containers with lots of holes from a dollar store. Another option if you are using a box fan is to construct a large "sleeve" for the carbon that matches the shape of the fan. If the air can escape around the charcoal rather than push through, then it will. I add lighting and more advanced reduction methods and benefit from a round container, so I am using this: Rolodex Mesh Round Wastebasket, 11-1/2 Diameter x 14-1/4 H, Black (22351) 4) A smaller container, that fits inside the larger container, also allowing for great air flow. I am forming these from copper mesh "window screen:" M-D Hobby & Craft Copper Mesh Sheet Rolled, 12 x 24-Inch You may use something else. There can be a benefit to using copper as it may build a relationship with your carbon and eliminate some VOCs better. It can be hard to know what you have, though! Aluminum window screening may be used. An advantage to window screen is that you can fashion it so that it has enough diameter and length at the top to fold over the gap from the outer container, and trap the activated charcoal between them. 5) The prepared carbon (at least rinsed well and dried. If you are going to load it, now is the time. This is referring to things that someone with a chemistry background might add to the carbon to target specific VOCs. Only those with the right background can do this, so if you know the source of the problem and therefore what VOCs are most likely, then you could ask someone for help. If you do not know any of this yet, then it would be hard for someone to help as they wouldn't know what to target. Specific symptoms sometimes help with this, too). 6) Lay down a plastic bag or tarp, or assemble outside. The outer container and inner container will sandwich the carbon. If you are using screen, then heavy-gauge wire is helpful to form the shape, with heavy gloves and trimmers. Make it work! The thicker the carbon is, the more filtration you will obtain. Your fan must be able to handle it, so you may need to experiment. Keep the carbon from falling out of the top: aluminum foil is helpful, if you need it. Once assembled, you can still expect some carbon dust to escape, as it will be created when you move this and cause friction among the pieces. Put something underneath it, and keep your fan at an appropriate speed. This isn't for everyone: $650 will get you the carbon in a nice, clean housing, with wheels! 7) If you are using PCO or APCO, then use what you need to secure your lighting in the center. Make sure your switch is outside of this, especially if you are using UV, and an "easy off again" method will be appreciated later when it is time to re-activate. If I have lost you here, then that is OK, this is optional. Skip this step. 8) Connect your fan to the activated carbon filter, however you wish. I use a plastic bag, secured around the fan at the top end, slit open at the bottom and secured around the carbon filter. This doesn't look pretty, but it is effective, cheap, easy, fast, and temporary, and so it suits my needs perfectly. 9) You are ready! Turn on the fan, check that the air flow is working, and that the fan is not working too hard. Again, don't blast it! :) Give the harmful gasses time to lose themselves in your carbon. Let it be. 10) Your carbon will work for anywhere from 2 hours to 5 years, depending on the amount of VOCs to the amount of carbon. T."he heavier the contamination, the quicker the carbon will be "spent." The carbon can be recharged with heat. Industries use a LOT of heat. I can't, so I remove the basket from the rest, and this is when having everything made out of metal is great: I steam the heck out of the carbon, outside, or well hooded and vented to outside. Your steam has to be really rolling to vent to outside, before introducing the carbon. Otherwise your contaminants may coalesce inside the vent, before getting out. This will release a STINK. Wear a P100 respirator- these are the VOCs that, so far you have spared your lungs and organs from filtering, as you had the carbon do that. It will be undone if you breathe it, now! The more carbon and contamination you have, the longer you have to steam. It will stop stinking when you are done; I do not use that, as I do not want to breathe this or sniff it. Instead, I use tongs to pass a piece of aluminum foil in the path of the steam above, when it is time to check. Heavy VOCs become visible, discoloring the foil. Clean steam does not do that. (If you left your carbon dirty, then you'll have issues all along). When it is done, then I dry it in my oven. You do NOT want to do this until you are certain that your carbon has released the pollutants. Otherwise, you are just re-introducing them to your home, and around and around you would go! Activated carbon can trap down to 0.01 micrometers. It will do a range of sizes, which is fortunate! This is an additional caution: these submicron-sized particles can get deep into your lungs and cause health problems. That's why we need them OUT of our homes and why we do something like this. Protect your breathing! After the carbon is dry, and the metal has cooled, you can re-assemble your fan to it, and keep filtering. Nice, eh? Your carbon does not get used up, it forms rather weak bonds with the VOCs, and now you know how to release them. Again, only do this if you are able to, safely. I hope that this was helpful to you! Enjoy clean air! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great for a clean pond *by D***E on June 11, 2020* I've not tried these before. Our 20 year old pond filter came with a pre-cut circular filter with carbon in it. These bags are easy to use, have a zipper so I can refill them with carbon when needed. My pond became cleaner and clearer after I started using this. I put one bag on top of my filter where the water pours on it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great BAGS ! *by T***C on November 27, 2017* I like the bags, weather the charcoal works or not the bags are great. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/39296498-aquacity-activated-charcoal-carbon-pellets-in-free-mesh-media-bags](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/39296498-aquacity-activated-charcoal-carbon-pellets-in-free-mesh-media-bags) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-08-29*