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Old 01-14-2007, 02:11 AM
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Anyone using a DIY coil denitrator? Success? Thoughts? Ideas? Total waste of time?
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If any success, any plans onhow to make a DIY DENITRATOR?

i need some type of DENITRATOR PDQ..
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I was looking here and here. Seems pretty straight forward and possibly quite effective?
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Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?....Bueller?....Bueller?....
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I built one useing my old Fluval 403. Works great, my nitrates have been 0 ever since it broke in. Used irrigation drip line. Got 100 feet into it. Set it to 2 drips a second. So i guess you could say I believe it is a good idea.
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Hi Osiris,

Did you use the 403 to power the drip or did you use something else?

How long did it take to cycle in?

Running it on your FW or SW tank?
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How would a Fluval create such a slow drip? In my research, most simply use a small powerhead and a ball valve before the input fitting to control the drip rate (like the Kent Marine reverse osmosis ball valves, etc.)
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Doesn't the Fluval itself have a powerhead? So a valve on the input or output might work? That's mostly why I was asking the question though, just curious how the flow was handled, if it was the built-in powerhead or whether that just sits idle and an external powerhead is used.
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Ok, Tony. Gotcha. My understanding is that you never want to restrict the input of a powerhead, but that you can restrict the output. As such, I guess a ball valve on the output INSIDE the Fluval would be the only way I can imagine? I don't know! Interesting question.

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Doesn't the Fluval itself have a powerhead? So a valve on the input or output might work? That's mostly why I was asking the question though, just curious how the flow was handled, if it was the built-in powerhead or whether that just sits idle and an external powerhead is used.
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Albert had one set up at Gold's a while ago, not sure if it's still there. Very simple design. It just used 1/4" line coiled around 3-4" ABS pipe as many times as would fit. Fed by a small pump and controlled by a valve.

If you are reading Albert, tell us how well your design works.
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