Is the type of charcoal to be precise used surrounded by wet filter alike as the charcoal specifically used contained by grills? I'm designing a filter type thing for our pond and we have...

I'm designing a filter type thing for our pond and we have a in one piece bunch of charcoal bricketts in our garage that we don't use. would I be able to smash/grind the bricketts and put them surrounded by a 'container' that could be used to filter water? (not drinking water, pond water)

fixture: we do have fish and water lilies surrounded by our pond also, plz tell me if that is not a pious idea, with the charcoal.

hope this help.

---

Answers:    Briquettes are mostly made from Bituminous coal in the USA now...I would not even want to chomp through food cooked over them. Hardwood charcoal is usually called 'Lump Charcoal'..good to cook on but not what you want. Filtering charcoal is call 'activated charcoal"

---

Charcoal briquettes for barbecue are made of charcoal dust and are held together with fillers and glue. They would not work as a filter for a pond. They are far denser than filter charcoal which is pure wood charcoal. You would probably poison your marine and kill the fish in the pond.

if you enjoy fish and water lilies you really don't need charcoal filtration for your pond river. That is overkill for an outdoor pond. Sponge filtration or biofiltration or a settling tank. is just fine.

---