DIY Sulfur Denitrator
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1scienceguy
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Excellent. Thanks for the photos. I am getting some good ideas for my build this next week.
If you get a chance, more photos would help.
Thanks
If you get a chance, more photos would help.
Thanks
reefrubble
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adnup , When are you going to hook it up to your system ? Ted
djfrankie
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12029608#post12029608 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by adnup
I finally got mine completed. The Eheim 1250 was floating the media so I made a strainer and all seems well.
Is it normal to have the sulfur "bubbles" at the top? FYI I'm jusst running it with some water from my last water change.
It's kind of hard to tell from a static picture.
You may be grinding the media with all that flow and that's not good for the media or your pump's impeller.
Why is the sulfur media separated in the middle?
It would be easy to add a ball valve in the output of that eheim and regulate the flow.
Otherwise, it's a nice design.
HTH,
djfrankie
djfrankie
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12027736#post12027736 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by t-bone2
[/IMG] no degassing
the first chamber is like a coil denitrator its has 50 ft of tube in it it then goes into the second chamber filled with lsm( there is a tube that empties in the bottom water travels up though the media empties out the top. the third chamber has arm and the water travels the same way. the fourth one has carbon. the water leaves each pipe out the very top
A little complicated there
Are you recirculating the water inside the sulfur container?
How are u degassing?
Are those caps removeable?
how many liters of media are u using in the reactor?
How much water volume in your system?
What are your nitrate levels now?
I could only help if I get a clear understanding of how you're trying to accomplish this.
djfrankie
redFishblue
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Is there a concern about sulpher leaching into the tank, especially one with a smaller water volume? And if there is leaching, what are some known effects?
djfrankie
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Hydrogen Sulfide and the Reef Aquarium
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-12/rhf/index.php
Make sure you size the media accordingly so you don't run into any issues from HS production once your tank's nitrates are zero.
Here are a couple of things you can do to minimize some of the HS from going into the tank as well:
These are taken straight from the article by Randy.
(1) Maximize aeration. A high oxygen level drives hydrogen sulfide oxidation, and high aeration will drive some off as volatile H2S gas.
(2) Pass the water over iron oxide/hydroxide (GFO) to convert hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur.
Check out page 14 for guidelines.
I believe this hasn't been brought up here in this thread before so thanks!
HTH,
djfrankie
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bawla47
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hey salty, actually i WAS dosing vodka immedialely prior to putting this on the tank. it brought my nitrates from around 40-50 to maybe 20ish.
whats causing that? will it go away slowly?
i thought it was cuz my magnesium was low, that calcium precipitates out even at low calcium
i did test my mag with an old test kit, and got almost 1000. so i bumped it back up.
i hope i get this worked out soon!
saltydog64
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ba47--------As you saw by recent update...no first...are you saying the TANK is cloudy??????. You haven't posted since 03/03.
When I ran a sugar source into the Sulfur reactor it did several things...it OVER-DROVE the whole deal...Yes I got ZERO nitrites, Zero Nitrates, BUT the water clouded up so bad(remember this a 5 Gal Bucket) you couldn't see the bottom of the bucket and stayed that way.
I have since dumped that bucket, drained what I could from the SR and restarted...the clear water (from a water change) soon turned "silghty" hazing (no way to remove all the water in the reactor, I think when I update this unit I'll put in a bottom drain), but has cleared after 24 Hours. and the unit is resetting and I'll post test results ASAP. My next move is to shutdown and remove the LSM to inspect it for "breakdown"and whatever else I can learn. I not worried about the "good" bacteria growing in there as I have the unit 2/3 full of Matrix and the bacteria should be fine for the short time it will be down.
You don't mention your setup...maybe I missed that.
Post your test results out of your of your SR and your tank..maybe some one here can jump in:lol: :lol:
Dick
Thank You for the reply DJ.
This is a GREAT thread & sharing exp. with everyone.
I am sure that all will agree
I was wondering if the Ca level would be too high after using a
TO with Kalk +a Ca reactor along with the
"DJ Denitrator " .:dance: :dance:
Are you using a reverse photo period with your sump & the main, & if you are what is it ?/? period. I would like to set the Ca reactor to the Ac jr. & give it a try.
My only other ? is how long should this denitrator run on the system before it should be shut down.
As Always
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Steve
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Works great, I prefer the dbl., set level to what you want, no overfill / flood worries, easy to clean out, I spray mine with some ro/di water now & then to clean off any salt residue. I have had it in the sump for 7~8 months, just did a cleaning wether it needed it or not, set it in a 16 oz cup of w / vinegar for 10 min, rinse with water, good to go for another 6~8 maybe longer.
Cheap $ for peace of mind.
I also purchased one of their smaller pumps to use with it
Steve
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t-bone2
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12030816#post12030816 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by djfrankie
A little complicated there
Are you recirculating the water inside the sulfur container?
no gavity feed
How are u degassing?
no water leaves through the top
Are those caps removeable?
no you access through the bottom
how many liters of media are u using in the reactor?
i gallon lsm
How much water volume in your system?
225gal
What are your nitrate levels now?
100+ ro and test kit was bad at the same time
dj i originally had coil denitrators so i just converted them
saltydog64
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Goofed !!
Goofed !!
Hi everyone,
I'm bad...I meant to post my updates but in a brain cramp I started a "new Tread" :smokin: :smokin:
So for a read on this if your interested please read the first page on "Do it Yourself" sorry for that.
Several of you reading this should go there...well you see when you do: t-bone2, ba 47 for example.
Dick
Goofed !!
Hi everyone,
I'm bad...I meant to post my updates but in a brain cramp I started a "new Tread" :smokin: :smokin:
So for a read on this if your interested please read the first page on "Do it Yourself" sorry for that.
Several of you reading this should go there...well you see when you do: t-bone2, ba 47 for example.
Dick
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