Sulphur Denitrators and Calcium Reactor

[lonewolf451]

Does any one have any experiance with these beside myself. I keep zero nitrates and calcium at 450-580 ppm. It does not use co2 and has no pump. I have been running it for about 21 months now. I only do water changes every 10-12 weeks. I have had any crashes and grow and propagate corals. I was trying too see if anyone else had any info. too share. Thanks James

 

[natereinhold1]

I use one that I made awhile back and never have to mess with my ca either, stays around 440. no nitrates either. Only problem is that I have to add alk alot. I believe that the bacteria that grows on the sulfur produce co2 in small quantities, which in therory would work like a ca reactor if buffered with a ca media, I use crushed aragonite. It keeps up with my CA demand just not alk, along with my water changes.

 

[ari5736]

What do you do for alk adjustments?

 

[sunsetSPS]

I used to have a sulfur NO3 reactor running and dosing baking soda for raising alk. Since I have Ca reactor and didn't pay attention on the contribution of sulfur reactor on the Calcium but I would guess it only produced very little of Calcium as the pH in the sulfur chamber wasn't that low.

 

[lonewolf451]

You have too beable too adjust the water flow and it has too be a very low flow it took me 14 years too get it right. I know it takes a lot of adjusting at first but now everything stays normal. I also use a special bacteria.