The (very few) commercial de-nitrators I've seen people post about have either been drastically less effective than the DIY version or insanely expensive. There's plenty of info here: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=180385 I cant find the link, but some Scandinavian company has an effective freshwater protein skimmer. Its aimed at large-scale Koi ponds, but they may have a smaller one. Do some searching homie.
Nitrate filters/denitrators
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Heres a DIY Coil Denitrator I was thinking about building. It seems getting straight answers about its effectiveness in fresh water is difficult.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/diydenitratorplans/ss/sbscoildenitrat.htm
Plants or and algae scrubber are definitely effective, but I'm not a plant person (yet) and I don't have a sump or overflows for a scrubber. I'm not adverse to any of that though.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/diydenitratorplans/ss/sbscoildenitrat.htm
Plants or and algae scrubber are definitely effective, but I'm not a plant person (yet) and I don't have a sump or overflows for a scrubber. I'm not adverse to any of that though.
Thatdude;3404709; said:
No. Go search
.TODDO- I usually prefer buying a commercial product over DIY too. If I remember correctly, the issue with the coil de-nitrator was that it was near impossible to clean out the built up algae in the coil. It builds quickly & restricts the flow to almost nothing, so you have to find a way to clean it all the time. I really like the FW protein skimmer idea, but I couldnt find one small enough for aquarium use. My buddy uses some kind of chemical denitrator on his SW tank, but I dont know much about it. Java Ferns & Amazon Sword plants work well for me, but not that well.
