Nitrate Removal System
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bobsingh1
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A Nitrate removal system. I saw this piece of equipment at www.championlighting.com called a Nitrate Reductor Reactor. It uses some kind of deniballs denitrification media which eats away the nitrates.
I was talking about that. This is a fairly expensive piece of equipment. Please let me know if there are alternatives other than very frequent water changes.
I was talking about that. This is a fairly expensive piece of equipment. Please let me know if there are alternatives other than very frequent water changes.
terry
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Hi there. I use a Nitrate removal system in my tank and it works great. The piece of this peace of equipment was fairly expensive. Around 500.00 It does use deniballs denitrification media which eats away the nitrates.
It is a good alternative than very frequent water changes.
Terry
It is a good alternative than very frequent water changes.
Terry
porkypuffer
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I'M BUILDING ONE WITH PLANS THAT I GOT FROM DOITYOURSELF.COM
WELL NOW I CAN'T FIND IT. I GUESS IT'S A GOOD THING I PRINTED IT.
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WELL NOW I CAN'T FIND IT. I GUESS IT'S A GOOD THING I PRINTED IT.
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dennish
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I just checked the saltaquarium.about.com site because I remembered seeing a DIY section there. Sure enough, there is a page with half a dozen or so denitrafactor projects. http://saltaquarium.about.com/pets/s...ldenitrate.htm
-Dennis
-Dennis
porkypuffer
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YEA, I FOUND IT AGAIN. ABOUT.COM THEN TYPE IN "NITRATE CONTROL" IN THE SEARCH BROCK
the bus
New Member
I saw a nice unit from aqua medic while surfing: www.aqua-medic.de I think I'll buy one myself the larger one.
Originally posted by Bobsingh1:
A Nitrate removal system. I saw this piece of equipment at www.championlighting.com called a Nitrate Reductor Reactor. It uses some kind of deniballs denitrification media which eats away the nitrates.
I was talking about that. This is a fairly expensive piece of equipment. Please let me know if there are alternatives other than very frequent water changes.
Originally posted by Bobsingh1:
A Nitrate removal system. I saw this piece of equipment at www.championlighting.com called a Nitrate Reductor Reactor. It uses some kind of deniballs denitrification media which eats away the nitrates.
I was talking about that. This is a fairly expensive piece of equipment. Please let me know if there are alternatives other than very frequent water changes.
reptilicus
Member
I've got one. It's called a Deep Sand Bed seeded with live sand. It sits on the bottom of my aquarium like all sand does. I've got about 3" of 0.3mm diameter aragonite sitting on the bottom of my tank and it works brilliantly as a nitrate removal system.
HTH,
Tom
HTH,
Tom
reptilicus
Member
Hi,
the modified Berlin system (ie including live sand, the original Berlin system does not include this as it was not discovered yet) does seem to be the most effective and easiest method of nitrate reduction. Lighting is important but IME lighting only works as well as the system will allow. For example, if you have 1200 watts of MH lighting but high nitrates and phosphates your tank will still never look good. However, once you have mastered your water parameters lighting does seem to be the next most important factor.
Regards,
Tom
the modified Berlin system (ie including live sand, the original Berlin system does not include this as it was not discovered yet) does seem to be the most effective and easiest method of nitrate reduction. Lighting is important but IME lighting only works as well as the system will allow. For example, if you have 1200 watts of MH lighting but high nitrates and phosphates your tank will still never look good. However, once you have mastered your water parameters lighting does seem to be the next most important factor.
Regards,
Tom