Has anyone tried this?

[demjor19]

I came across an advertisement for this on another site and decided to check it out. seems pretty hoaxy. Does anyone here use one of these and what is your opinions on it??

http://www.aquaripure.com/index.htm

 

[jmart.cooper]

Denitraters are a real thing. They use anaerobic bacteria to make nitrogen gas which can then enter the atmosphere. This product seems way WAY overpriced and you could just make one yourself or an algae scrubber that would do the same thing. I think its funny that they use a planted tank as an example. In a planted tank the plants would remove the nitrates on there own. One of these days I think I will make an algae scrubber for my 240.

 

[knifegill]

Algae scrubber?

 

[brianp]

You're still stuck with phosphates and the other organic contaminants accumulating in the water. If it was really expensive to perform wcs, I would use this technology in conjunction with other measures to remove contaminants. However, for routine water maintenance, wcs are still the way to go (IMO).

 

[John7429]

Wet/dry serve a similar purpose...

Some reefers use scrubbers but they get noisy and smelly....

If you're serious about the hobby, I would hope you enjoy the maintenance involved... lol

 

[Toby_H]

In salt water... it is expensive to do water changes (RO water + salt)... that simply is not the case with fresh water...

Therefore salt water fish keepers stock their tanks quite lightly (bioload) compared to Cichlid keepers to minimize water changes needed...

and it becomes worthwhile for them to spend more money on fancy filtration to keep water changes ($) down...

Just adding a denitrate filter does not serve any of the many other functions that a water change serves and using such a filter should in no way be seen as a way to stop or even minimize water changes.