Nitrate Reactor
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HighlandReefer
Team RC
Randy discusses your options with nitrate problems in this article:
Nitrate in the Reef Aquarium
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/august2003/chem.htm
Nitrate reactors will work but there are concerns with the effluent if it is not properly maintained and monitored.
I personally feel dosing a carbon source like Vodka would be a better alternative. This method can have draw-backs also and one should be familiar the the proper method to administer it.
Vodka Dosing...Distilled!
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php
Nitrate in the Reef Aquarium
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/august2003/chem.htm
Nitrate reactors will work but there are concerns with the effluent if it is not properly maintained and monitored.
I personally feel dosing a carbon source like Vodka would be a better alternative. This method can have draw-backs also and one should be familiar the the proper method to administer it.
Vodka Dosing...Distilled!
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php
r-balljunkie
Registered Reefer
if you have an old calcium reactor, just buy some sulpher media, load it and set the drip rate. i set one up, and all my SPS put on fur coats!!!! super extension. very happy with it.
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Jonathan76
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. . .or just dose a carbon source. . . . Just don't be a freak a go overboard like everyone else . . .
I myself had the same problem. My sump (fuge) was being fed directly from my aquarium. What I did was cook my rock, bought a sulphur denitrator, shut down my fuge (now I use it to house my denitrator), change out my sand and now I have 0 nitrates. I actually have less rocks in my tank now because I went with a more open bonsai theme. I cooked the rocks to get any gunk that may have been in there. I replaced my sand because I believe it was just used up! I did an inch and some change just to cover my bottom because Initially I wanted to go bare bottom. Also I bought a wave maker to keep more stuff suspended so it can be skimmed out of the tank etc...Tried dosing vodka but it didn't work for me...maybe because I had other forces working against what it was supposed to do.
r-balljunkie
Registered Reefer
i tried vitamin C dosing...meh seemed to make my skimmer work overtime, but didn’t really move my nitrates too much. i don’t have anything bad to say about Vit C dosing, didn’t seem to hurt anything. Have to say again, running sulfur in my old reactor has really zeroed nitrates, plus it knocked out my high alkalinity issue, good counterbalance. i test every so often, but seems a 10-15% water change every two weeks keeps everything in line. I might do a large 40% WC every 3 months or so.
Good luck
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Good luck
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