Smoothdog's 150DD build
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VSpeck
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Talking smack and killin coral!
Mr D smack
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test and adjustment on a denitrator:headwalls:
How is the denitrator tuning coming along?
VSpeck
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Everything is dead how would he know :lmao:
Mr D smack
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slow around 4 drips per second this evening. 0s on both test
Mr D smack
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Oh its not pretty :hmm3:
Mr D smack
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RBTAs are liking it so not everything:lolspin:
You need to start measuring the effluent over a minute as 4 drips per second is tough to count. Figure out your milliliters per minute and then add about 5cc per minute and give it a day. You don't want to keep it at zero more than a day or it could produce hydrogen sulfide. The bacteria in the reactor have to be kept fed, so when you have zero nitrite and zero nitrate coming out, you need to increase the effluent rate some. After increasing the rate, re-measure over a minute and write that number down. You might start building up some gas while cycling the reactor too, so if you notice the rate slowing down, just bleed some gas off with that stopcock, but be careful not to bleed too much off as you will be introducing that much tank water into the reactor as you do, introducing too much oxygenated water into the reactor.
Mr D smack
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Im on it :hammer:
smoothdog
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Mr D smack
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Hows that skimmer :blown:
Mr D smack
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yeah mon :thumbsup:
VSpeck
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Your pouring your beers wrong if they have nasty head. But anyway how's the skimmer doing?
