my aquaripure nitrate filter
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flower
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Originally Posted by socaman http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3483282
Would my aquaripure nitrate filter uncycle or go bad if I put it on another new tank with fish?
Hi,
No, the filters good bacteria will only go bad if you don't have a constant flow of saltwater. That means to always make sure there is a drip from the tube and if it clogs and stops dripping for more than 24 hours.....flush it in a bucket, I killed my 4 erectus seahorses because I flushed it right into the sump to get the drip going again. If it is under 24 hours it's safe to flush it in the sump but if you are not sure when it clogged...don't chance it and use a bucket to get the drip flowing again.
The good bacteria feeds on the vodka you inject into it each week, it doesn't depend on the fish tanks water for food...so it won't "uncycle" or go bad. If you forget to feed the filter, it won't work to get rid of nitrates but it won't hurt it as long as you keep the drip going.
Originally Posted by socaman http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3483282
Would my aquaripure nitrate filter uncycle or go bad if I put it on another new tank with fish?
Hi,
No, the filters good bacteria will only go bad if you don't have a constant flow of saltwater. That means to always make sure there is a drip from the tube and if it clogs and stops dripping for more than 24 hours.....flush it in a bucket, I killed my 4 erectus seahorses because I flushed it right into the sump to get the drip going again. If it is under 24 hours it's safe to flush it in the sump but if you are not sure when it clogged...don't chance it and use a bucket to get the drip flowing again.
The good bacteria feeds on the vodka you inject into it each week, it doesn't depend on the fish tanks water for food...so it won't "uncycle" or go bad. If you forget to feed the filter, it won't work to get rid of nitrates but it won't hurt it as long as you keep the drip going.
flower
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Originally Posted by socaman http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3483291
Thank you Flower. I read some where that the aqua-filter can uncycle, putting it on another tank.
I have two of them and I have had only the problem of the drip clogging, as mentioned above.
I called the fellow who manufactures the filter and asked about using just plain old saltwater in a bucket to keep the filter "alive" while I set up my new tank for the potbelly seahorses. I didn't want to detatch the filter and have no flow....I had problems setting up the new tank, and what used to take me a day took a week. The filter was fine dripping in a closed loop from a bucket of saltwater. The bucket had that bacteria smell (like the little bottles of good bacteria they sell for starters) to the water since the bactera was allowed to just breed in the filter and through to the bucket....the bucket water made good bacteria to seed the new tank.
You must keep the drip going or the water inside becomes stagnant and poison to fish. As long as that drip continues and moves thru the filter it is alive.
On a dead filter (one that was clogged for days un-noticed)...flush fresh saltwater thru it and let it drip for a day...then order a new batch of bacteria from the filter manufacturer....then attach the filter to your tank and inject vodka and keep injecting the perscribed amount of vodka each week and the filter will cycle and be good to remove nitrates.
So the filter "cycling" doesn't mean a thing except it won't remove nitrates because it isn't strong enough with good bacteria colonies inside. As you use the filter it gets more and more colonies to keep your tank water pristine.
Originally Posted by socaman http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3483291
Thank you Flower. I read some where that the aqua-filter can uncycle, putting it on another tank.
I have two of them and I have had only the problem of the drip clogging, as mentioned above.
I called the fellow who manufactures the filter and asked about using just plain old saltwater in a bucket to keep the filter "alive" while I set up my new tank for the potbelly seahorses. I didn't want to detatch the filter and have no flow....I had problems setting up the new tank, and what used to take me a day took a week. The filter was fine dripping in a closed loop from a bucket of saltwater. The bucket had that bacteria smell (like the little bottles of good bacteria they sell for starters) to the water since the bactera was allowed to just breed in the filter and through to the bucket....the bucket water made good bacteria to seed the new tank.
You must keep the drip going or the water inside becomes stagnant and poison to fish. As long as that drip continues and moves thru the filter it is alive.
On a dead filter (one that was clogged for days un-noticed)...flush fresh saltwater thru it and let it drip for a day...then order a new batch of bacteria from the filter manufacturer....then attach the filter to your tank and inject vodka and keep injecting the perscribed amount of vodka each week and the filter will cycle and be good to remove nitrates.
So the filter "cycling" doesn't mean a thing except it won't remove nitrates because it isn't strong enough with good bacteria colonies inside. As you use the filter it gets more and more colonies to keep your tank water pristine.
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Can one of our Moderators DO THEIR JOB and move this out of my aquarium? It does not belong here.
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flower
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Originally Posted by Jerth6932 http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3483345
Vodka is one of the topics.... Sounds like a good aquarium topic...... Proceed
LOL...
Originally Posted by Jerth6932 http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3483345
Vodka is one of the topics.... Sounds like a good aquarium topic...... Proceed
LOL...
flower
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Originally Posted by socaman http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3483911
what could I do with my aquaripure nitrate filter if I go away for 8 weeks
Just let it be...the manufacturer told me the filter won't work as well if you don' feed it each week, but as soon as you get home...inject some vodka and it will work just fine like always after a few days.
Originally Posted by socaman http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3483911
what could I do with my aquaripure nitrate filter if I go away for 8 weeks
Just let it be...the manufacturer told me the filter won't work as well if you don' feed it each week, but as soon as you get home...inject some vodka and it will work just fine like always after a few days.
S
steve620
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After looking at the Aquaripure Filter it looks like its just a filter for your kitchen sink, with adapters to get to 1/4 " and another inlet on top to inject the vodka.
flower
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Originally Posted by steve620 http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3534614
After looking at the Aquaripure Filter it looks like its just a filter for your kitchen sink, with adapters to get to 1/4 " and another inlet on top to inject the vodka.
Say what????
Mine is a tall blue container, attached to a tube for intake with a small utility pump...the other end has a nozzle and a valve to regulate the drip. It doesn't attach to the kitchen sink at all, it sits beside the fish tank. There is a place on the top of the filter to inject vodka or your choice of carbon (you can use sugar). The water from the fish tank is taken in, goes through the filter and is pumped out back into the tank... one drip at a time, after being exposed to super nitrate eating bacteria that is inside the container. With regular vodka dosing you dose the tank itself, the super bacteria then grows right in the display at super rates. This depletes the oxygen levels, and any bad bacteria like a disease also super grows. The Aquaripure affects only the contents inside the filter, and protects the display from those possible adverse affects.
Originally Posted by steve620 http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3534614
After looking at the Aquaripure Filter it looks like its just a filter for your kitchen sink, with adapters to get to 1/4 " and another inlet on top to inject the vodka.
Say what????
Mine is a tall blue container, attached to a tube for intake with a small utility pump...the other end has a nozzle and a valve to regulate the drip. It doesn't attach to the kitchen sink at all, it sits beside the fish tank. There is a place on the top of the filter to inject vodka or your choice of carbon (you can use sugar). The water from the fish tank is taken in, goes through the filter and is pumped out back into the tank... one drip at a time, after being exposed to super nitrate eating bacteria that is inside the container. With regular vodka dosing you dose the tank itself, the super bacteria then grows right in the display at super rates. This depletes the oxygen levels, and any bad bacteria like a disease also super grows. The Aquaripure affects only the contents inside the filter, and protects the display from those possible adverse affects.
S
steve620
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I will take a picture of the filter I have and then post it.
S
steve620
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did you ever open your filter? and if so what did the inside look like
S
steve620
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Here are some pictures of a kitchen sink filter. All you have to do is add a cheap pump and 1/4 " tubing and valve for the drip. Do u have any pictures of what yours looks like inside?
flower
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Originally Posted by steve620 http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3534640
Here are some pictures of a kitchen sink filter. All you have to do is add a cheap pump and 1/4 " tubing and valve for the drip. Do u have any pictures of what yours looks like inside?
LOL...No... that's the beauty of the Aquaripure filter. I never have to open it, clean it, or replace a thing.
There are always DIY projects that work just fine, and some even better then store bought. For those of us with no time, or a handy ability (me), we buy what we need. I'm always happy when a product does what it's advertised to do.
I'm certain the fellow who makes the Aquaripure is either a very small company, or a guy working to try and make it a business. He answers e-mails personally, and helps on the spot...big companies don't do that. No doubt he is a handy guy who made a nitrate filter, and found a way to market it.
You may be his competition in the future if you figure out how to make and market the same or similar, product. LOL...There is not a doubt in my mind that if you got your hands on one, the first thing you would do is take it apart to see what's inside...just because you had to know. Folks like you, keep non-handy folks like me, able to have what we need.
Truth be told, an algae scrubber, or keeping macoalgae, will work better then the Aquaripure filter, because they remove phosphates as well as nitrates.
Originally Posted by steve620 http:///t/392362/my-aquaripure-nitrate-filter#post_3534640
Here are some pictures of a kitchen sink filter. All you have to do is add a cheap pump and 1/4 " tubing and valve for the drip. Do u have any pictures of what yours looks like inside?
LOL...No... that's the beauty of the Aquaripure filter. I never have to open it, clean it, or replace a thing.
There are always DIY projects that work just fine, and some even better then store bought. For those of us with no time, or a handy ability (me), we buy what we need. I'm always happy when a product does what it's advertised to do.
I'm certain the fellow who makes the Aquaripure is either a very small company, or a guy working to try and make it a business. He answers e-mails personally, and helps on the spot...big companies don't do that. No doubt he is a handy guy who made a nitrate filter, and found a way to market it.
You may be his competition in the future if you figure out how to make and market the same or similar, product. LOL...There is not a doubt in my mind that if you got your hands on one, the first thing you would do is take it apart to see what's inside...just because you had to know. Folks like you, keep non-handy folks like me, able to have what we need.
Truth be told, an algae scrubber, or keeping macoalgae, will work better then the Aquaripure filter, because they remove phosphates as well as nitrates.
S
steve620
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I did check it out more and I am wrong.