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08-09-2006, 12:30 AM
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New Biodenitrator
 Woohoo! Just got it today from an eBay deal - $200... After getting my nitrates down to 20ppm with 200g worth of water changes over the past few weeks, I will run this on a rubbermaid with old tank water in it until I detect no more nitrites being produced... I'll keep everyone posted. If anyone has had one of these or any experience with one, your thoughts would be appreciated!
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135G Mixed Reef. Bullet 2, 25 gal refugium, 2 X250W MH + 4X 96W PC\'s, DIY Calcium Reactor, Coralife 1/6 HP Chiller, Phosban, Tunze, 2 closed loops & SQWD\'s, Seios, Coralife 4 stage RO/DI & a bunch of other expensive gadgets... I may never retire, but I'm gonnahavahelluvanaquarium! 
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08-09-2006, 01:12 AM
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Yup it is. I like to keep lots of fish AND SPS... not a great combo when trying to keep nitrates low...
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135G Mixed Reef. Bullet 2, 25 gal refugium, 2 X250W MH + 4X 96W PC\'s, DIY Calcium Reactor, Coralife 1/6 HP Chiller, Phosban, Tunze, 2 closed loops & SQWD\'s, Seios, Coralife 4 stage RO/DI & a bunch of other expensive gadgets... I may never retire, but I'm gonnahavahelluvanaquarium!
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08-09-2006, 04:42 AM
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135G Mixed Reef. Bullet 2, 25 gal refugium, 2 X250W MH + 4X 96W PC\'s, DIY Calcium Reactor, Coralife 1/6 HP Chiller, Phosban, Tunze, 2 closed loops & SQWD\'s, Seios, Coralife 4 stage RO/DI & a bunch of other expensive gadgets... I may never retire, but I'm gonnahavahelluvanaquarium!
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08-20-2006, 06:26 PM
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Allrighty then! I promised updates as soon as I had any...
I did a water change last weekend and tank nitrates were at 20+ ppm ... I took 20g of old water to seed the reactor outside the system, and set it at a steady drip rate, actual volume not determined as of yet... Hooked up the reactor Tuesday and so far in 5 days nitrates are already down to <10ppm... I wasn't expecting any change so quickly... Gotta get a nitrite test kit to see if there are any... if not, I'll be plumbing this little godsend into the main system!  Maybe I CAN keep my fish and corals after all! 
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135G Mixed Reef. Bullet 2, 25 gal refugium, 2 X250W MH + 4X 96W PC\'s, DIY Calcium Reactor, Coralife 1/6 HP Chiller, Phosban, Tunze, 2 closed loops & SQWD\'s, Seios, Coralife 4 stage RO/DI & a bunch of other expensive gadgets... I may never retire, but I'm gonnahavahelluvanaquarium!
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11-12-2006, 09:26 PM
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I don't see why not, might work well on a small system. (less than 100g)
It would probably be better to run 2 phosban reactors in series. One with sulphur & one with the calcium carbonate. You would have to recirculate from the inlet to the outlet using a low flow pump. Then tee into both lines and run a slip stream from your tank through the Tee'd in lines. Last edited by Psyire; 11-12-2006 at 09:29 PM.
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11-12-2006, 10:17 PM
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Hi Mike, that's actually my plan (to convert one of my unused Ca reactors into a sulfur reactor). The Korallin units actually have the same model #'s as their calcium reactors which tells me it's the same units, just plumbed a little different because there's no CO2.
Psyire - I was looking at those Midwest units -- they look good too. Premiumaquatics has them in case you (or anyone else) is looking for a vendor. They carry both the Korallin and those (unless I have my brandnames mixed up -- they have another one besides the Korallin at any rate). So H2S is only a concern in the event of a power failure or pump stop? Hmmmmmmmm ... I need to do more reading. The problem is ... well .. H2S is some seriously nasty stuff. Reducing the nitrates isn't worth dying for!
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-- Tony My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
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