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daddy01 09-10-2007 04:20 PM

Dentrifier -quesion
 
Hi
I read the diy on denitrifiers apparatus and was wondering this.
If yo have a fluval 105 filter why could you not remove all 'filter' media, add bio balls and run that as denitrifier? It might take a while longer to 'cycle' in but I can't see why it wouldn't work. ( I am new to Saltwater by the way)
Jim

untamed 09-10-2007 05:14 PM

You would need to ensure that this was a low-oxygen environment somehow. Just changing the media won't do it.

andrewsk 09-10-2007 05:30 PM

Agreed. The Bioballs will actually create Nitrates. Not remove them.

Whatigot 09-11-2007 08:47 PM

I packed my xp1 with live rock rubble and smaller pieces and am running it on a 30 gallon with a prizm pro hob skimmer with next to no nitrate.

cav~firez22 09-12-2007 01:05 AM

The coil Denitrator works, because it goes through so slowly, that the oxygen is depleted before the water even fills the canister,

then the output of it @ 2 drops / sec on average, is roughly 60 Gallons . day


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