a small step towards a big goal.

[schaadrak]

wow, DR. can you enlighten me as to how

"The Hiatt TBPC was used because of its large surface area per cu. ft. for a nitrifying bacteria platform. When used in conjunction with the RIght Now! bacteria, nitrates are converted to nitrogen gas and eliminated from the system. This has eliminated the need for constant water changes in order to reduce nitrates."

Is this possible? Do you know how it is that the nitrates are turned into nitrogen, which is a inert harmless gas?

There are bacteria that in the absence of O2 use nitrAtes to "breath". Do a search on "nitrate reactors" (I think that's what they're called). It's basically a extremely long length of tube or pipe that the water flows though and gets colonized with bacteria. As the water flows through the pipe the O2 is used up by the bacteria towards the inlet forcing the bacteria further down to use the nitrAtes. I imagine the pipe/tube would have to have some sort of media inside to give the bacteria more surface area to attach to than just the walls. And it would have to be kept in the dark to keep algae from growing in there and producing O2.

[P.S. - I corrected your spelling and grammar mistakes for you.

 

[schaadrak]

Also it needs to be mentioned that this is in no way a substitute for water changes. There are other things besides nitrAtes that can build up over time.

 

[FisHaRNekEd]

It would be even more 'eco firendly' if your shop ran on solar power, I almost boght a kit for my old house, there may even be a government grant in your area for a solar home power kit.

 

[Dr Joe]

wow, DR. can you enlighten me as to how

"The Hiatt TBPC was used because of its large surface area per cu. ft. for a nitrifying bacteria platform. When used in conjunction with the RIght Now! bacteria, nitrates are converted to nitrogen gas and eliminated from the system. This has eliminated the need for constant water changes in order to reduce nitrates."

is posable, do you know how it is that the mitraits are turned into nitrogen? which is a inert hemless gas?\


The Fish Bowl, I would think that haveing tempered glass tanks would help with ganeral saftey and insurance aswell, are you planning on haveing classes? or just a general larning attitude?, your missing statement sounds sound do you by chance have expirence keeping fish bolth Fresh water and salt water?...


I would have thought that a bio tower, large skimmer filter and uv was the way to go, but i dont yet keep salt and i havent kept a breeder setup for more then 5 years now, and that was a freshwater setup.


I have never seen or herd of that big "red torpido" filter before, it must be expensive and something that full of carbon must be extreemly expensive to maintain and replace the carbon...

Yes, but I'll let you form your own opinion first...

http://saltaquarium.about.com/library/weekly/aa012899.htm

http://www.hdltd.com/technical/t_24hour.html

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6562585-description.html

http://pmeenligne.ca/madcaptains/in...&Repertoire_No=2137987737&Voir=sections_liste

It starts getting redundant after that...

Hey, did you ever notice the little red line (kinda hard to see with the black screen) under some of your words? Put the cursor right after an underlined word and right click your mouse...Wala...Spell check...Ain't it cool .

Dr Joe

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[Dreaco]

Hey, did you ever notice the little red line (kinda hard to see with the black screen) under some of your words? Put the cursor right after an underlined word and right click your mouse...Wala...Spell check...Ain't it cool .

Dr Joe

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So thats how you do that!!!

 

[Mystix212]

Having numerous water tanks would save a big bill on water costs's. Solar heating would be good for the tanks. In my state of Queensland, the Gov gives residents rebates on eco-friendly products.

 

[scadarette]

where are yall located in Louisiana, near Baton Rouge????

 

[nquint1]

I'm wondering the same thing. Where in Louisiana are you located?