Great Thread to show how a bio reactor works!!

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Interesting. How would the efficiency of these compare to a fluidized bed filter (sand filter)? Moving bed filter would be an eye sore to me if kept in the main tank, but in a sump would be nice.
 
ajsmith235;4860651; said:
wow thats pretty cool. does it help with nitrates trev??
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No it will not help with nitrates...nitrates need to be removed by water changes or massive plant growth.

I have recently added threads about deltec reactors dosed with vodka and ion exchange resins but it have gone over to a 30gal daily drip.


I have been playing with k1 to get it moving in the first chamber of my sump, I have also been helping a friend with his discus sump but we are trying it without the noise of air and trying normal pumps and gravity fed inlet from the main tank.

I prefer this to fluidized sand bed as the sand can block over time.
 
thats the filtration under my main tank.mine is set-up in a 6x2x2 sump with (4) 50micron socks ahead of the media with a bunch of air stones under the kaldnes media..i also have 2 aqua-ultraviolet 1000g model bead filters running with it as well.i have been running this for nearly a year now and wish i could convert all my tanks to this..it works quite well with a very heavy bio-load..
 
Actually I think it could help with Nitrates. The moving media is less likely to collect detritus staying cleaner and as a result keeping nitrates lower. I know the main reason I have any Nitrates in my 150 is because my pot scrubbers collect so much detritus.

Maybe Trev can confirm my suspicions
 
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