My new sulphur denitrator setup

Psyire · #1 02-13-2007, 05:45 AM

I hooked the reactor up to my system tonight, my starting nitrate level in the tank is just under 50ppm

Delphinus · #2 02-14-2007, 04:55 AM

Can you take some ORP readings? I'd like to know what's a good baseline. I don't have an ORP monitor but I have an ozonizer with ORP controller so I could probably use that for some rudimentary readings (or see if there's someone with a monitor I could borrow). I'm about ready to just crap can my whole reactor. Just tired of the lack of results. Wish I knew what was wrong with the way I'm running it.

Psyire · #3 02-14-2007, 04:33 PM

I can, it will be a bit though, I just had enough time to roughly plumb it to my system. I'll be setting it up more permanent with probes soon.

Psyire · #4 02-17-2007, 07:03 AM

Just did some tests:

Nitrate
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Tank: 30ppm
Reactor Effluent: < 1ppm

pH Reactor Effluent: 7.6
Drip Rate: 3-4 Drips per second

Glad it's working!

Delphinus · #5 02-17-2007, 02:56 PM

Are you measuring at the exit of stage 1 or stage 2? I just measured both mine and there was quite a difference, 10 after stage 1 and 22 after stage 2. I'm not sure if that means my second stage is producing nitrate, or whether the first stage started reducing more and the water simply hasn't passed all the way through the second stage yet. At any rate I changed my feed situation around again so I'll see if I can get to your kinds of results.

Psyire · #6 02-17-2007, 03:44 PM

By Effluent, I mean the water dripping back into my tank.

Psyire · #7 02-21-2007, 10:54 PM

Finally found some better sulphur media...

Aquarium Obsessed can get the media for the H&S reactors. The price is $39.99/ kg. It's quite a bit more pricey than the caribsea stuff, but there is quite a difference in size/shape. I have some in my hands, and I'll post some pictures soon.