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[Nanook]

Main system nitrate 75-100ppm. Had 1 1/3 gallon of sulphur, hope it's enough.

 

[Scubareefman]

dude your systems so clean and polished. How slow do you run the flow for that media? I didn't know mag drives could be run In line.

 

[Pife]

dude your systems so clean and polished. How slow do you run the flow for that media? I didn't know mag drives could be run In line.

That is the recirculating portion of this Sulphur denitatrator.

 

[Pife]

Let me know if you want to sell your matrix.

 

[Nanook]

Matrix reactor is still online but not reducing nitrate at all. I've tried slower and faster flow rates to no avail.

 

[Nanook]

dude your systems so clean and polished. How slow do you run the flow for that media?.

On the sulphur reactor, I start at a drip per second, then when zero nitrate out, slowly increase. The fun starts from there.

 

[Pife]

Matrix reactor is still online but not reducing nitrate at all. I've tried slower and faster flow rates to no avail.

I would dose some bacteria. Look into the aquaforest line if you're interested.

 

[Nanook]

I would dose some bacteria. Look into the aquaforest line if you're interested.

Into the reactor?

 

[Pife]

Some do. I think it would be a good idea. Or at least a try.

 

[Nanook]

Aquaforest bacteria?

 

[Pife]

I think probioF or S

 

[Scubareefman]

I'm going to wait 6 months and learn how to use my dosers before I take on the challenge of more complex reactors like that setup. I'm confused just following this post lol. The media in the bottom that looks like granite gravel, is that something I can use in bags in the baffles of my sump? Not trying to high jack a super simple answers cool. ��

 

[Pife]

I'm going to wait 6 months and learn how to use my dosers before I take on the challenge of more complex reactors like that setup. I'm confused just following this post lol. The media in the bottom that looks like granite gravel, is that something I can use in bags in the baffles of my sump? Not trying to high jack a super simple answers cool. ��

I believe it is calcium reactor medium. It doesn't do anything for your water unless subjected to low pH.

 

[Nanook]

I'm going to wait 6 months and learn how to use my dosers before I take on the challenge of more complex reactors like that setup. I'm confused just following this post lol. The media in the bottom that looks like granite gravel, is that something I can use in bags in the baffles of my sump? Not trying to high jack a super simple answers cool. ��

The gravel is just ARM calcium reactor media. Not good for media bags.

 

[Pife]

The gravel is just ARM calcium reactor media. Not good for media bags.

Did your nitrates ever go down with the matrix?

 

[Nanook]

Did your nitrates ever go down with the matrix?

Nope, not a bit.

 

[Pife]

Have you tried changing where the reactor gets is water. As in some place with less or more bubbles? My matrix really kicked in when I got it into baskets.

 

[Nanook]

Have you tried changing where the reactor gets is water. As in some place with less or more bubbles? My matrix really kicked in when I got it into baskets.

It's fed fro the return pump at the end of my sump, pretty dead water flow down there.

 

[Tigé21v]

Did your nitrates ever go down with the matrix?

How much Matrix do you use, and for what size system? I've got about a gallon of it in my system now (about 300 gallon TWV), but it didn't seem to make much of a difference. So I picked a sulfur denitrator ad plumbed the matrix in front of the SD reactor. Figure it has to help somewhat to use up any oxygen in the water before it gets to the SD reactor. Been running it like this for quite a while (a few years). But the reactor kinda gets to be a bit of a pain, have to check it every day, the outfeed valve seems to get some sort of buildup inside of it every few days. Forever having to readjust the flow.
I'd like to pull it offline, if I thought enough of the Matrix would do the job. I have most of a 5 gallon bucket of the stuff sitting in the basement.
Do you ever rinse yours off?

 

[Pife]

I have over 15 liters on a 60 gallon frag tank and about 210 total gallons. I just added 10 liters of siporax too.

I have rinsed it all in ro di.