r0cksteady
New member
Hi All,
Ive been fine tuning my de-nitrator as ive realised it hasnt been working for the last 12 months. lol. Turns out I was feeding the water in too quick and it should be going no more than 4l per hour feeding into the reactor. (Obviously contradicts the pump supplied with them currently) anyway ive constantly had dramams with the sulphur beads sticking together and not tumbling and instead floating at the top in one solid lump. My understanding is many other people have this problem from people ive spoken to in the past.
Instead I put egg crate the same width of the reactor on top of the sponge to stop the sponge from lifting. This resolved the issue perfectly for the first few weeks until it seems the sponge has gotten slightly clogged and because of the egg crate stopping it from floating upwards instead a tiny lip of it has lifted enough for the water to gush up on one side of the reactor causing all the sulphur beads to tumble like mad (equiv to calcium reactor) is this a bad thing?
Ive read up on flow rates for the intake but not the circulation. Is the circulation even necessary?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Im coming back from a total tank crash so am having trouble getting the nitrates down to zero again.
Ive been fine tuning my de-nitrator as ive realised it hasnt been working for the last 12 months. lol. Turns out I was feeding the water in too quick and it should be going no more than 4l per hour feeding into the reactor. (Obviously contradicts the pump supplied with them currently) anyway ive constantly had dramams with the sulphur beads sticking together and not tumbling and instead floating at the top in one solid lump. My understanding is many other people have this problem from people ive spoken to in the past.
Instead I put egg crate the same width of the reactor on top of the sponge to stop the sponge from lifting. This resolved the issue perfectly for the first few weeks until it seems the sponge has gotten slightly clogged and because of the egg crate stopping it from floating upwards instead a tiny lip of it has lifted enough for the water to gush up on one side of the reactor causing all the sulphur beads to tumble like mad (equiv to calcium reactor) is this a bad thing?
Ive read up on flow rates for the intake but not the circulation. Is the circulation even necessary?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Im coming back from a total tank crash so am having trouble getting the nitrates down to zero again.
