Anaerobic Bacteria
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Full fllow run through a coil of airline tubing would probably clog in less than a month.
now at least I can say something intelligent.if one coil can't keep up with bioload, add another. They don't effect each others effectiveness, as we have seen they will work all the way down to zero. If a lone pearsei needs a coil, a large SA/CA community can work with ten. IMO, the best system on a large scale seems to be a large bucket of sand with a low top to bottom flow and the ability to clean by pumping backwards doing mech bio and denitrite in one long pass, say 75gph, with circulation pumps in the tank.
For me, I'll stick to my aquaponics and beat every denitraror and every algae filter every time
But is ir really working if the intended result is to lower nitrates in the tank ? Plus hes using it on a reef tank where im sure he has other forms of filtration like a protein skimmer. I know youtube is hardly a reliable form of research but i went back and read the domments he pretty much doesnt have an answer for what was said.
In theory that may sound like it would work but by adding 10 of them but in reality thats probably not possible for most of us...where would you put 10 1ft to 2 ft pvc pipes ? My wife would have a field day lol.
The build that i originally copied used a 9ft tower, the thought was the longer contact time and distance the water had to travel would help de-oxygenate the warer. It worked for him but he reported after some time the media clogged necame inneffective and no ammount of cleaning woukd resolve it.
Never again dude..... it looked like the creature from the black lagoon took a bath in my sump lol
That can be worked around. I'd use something a little thicker.
Any sort of floss or whatever will help. In fact the probiotic bacteria used to reduce solid waste reduces o2 levels and eats waste as well which could seriously increase the efficiency of the reactor when used in tandem.
Yesterday I began a longterm test on the denitrator, dosing carbon (vodka), and nitrate as necessary. I plan to let nitrate fall to ~20 ppm and then add enough nitrate over 24 hours to maintain 20 ppm. If I add fish to the test tank nitrification should be encouraged in the 4 deoxygenating towers. A separate filter with established media would also be added to the tank. When nitrate stabalizes at 20 ppm the flowrate will be increased from 1 gpH in order to see how fast it can operate.
Nitrate = 80 ppm
Added 1 ml vodka and 2 ml bacteria supplement
An airpump/airstone is in the main tank with a circulation pump to make sure the water is re-oxygenated.
Heat is set to 82º
Nitrate = 80 ppm
Added 1 ml vodka and 2 ml bacteria supplement
An airpump/airstone is in the main tank with a circulation pump to make sure the water is re-oxygenated.
Heat is set to 82º
Thicker or larger diameter ? Thicker would make matters worse.
You have to consider the nitrate creep and bioload also how would 02 levels drop if your running it at full flow ?
Ive been dosing probiotics for a couple of yrs now and yes it does reduce waste but not to the extent your thinking. I still have to swap socks and squeeze out foam pads. It woukd probably extend the time the airline tubing gets clogged.
Where did you read probiotics reduce 02 ?
You know you have to build a coil denitrator now right ? Lol
