various diy projects: b-ionic, denitrifier, etc

[nightwing]

Ok, so suppose one had a bio-ball type denitrifier and that the drip rate had been set too low and the effluent smells like sulfur. Does the entire system need to be scrapped, or can the drip-rate be increased slowly over the next few days/weeks until the smell goes away?

 

[Kreeger1]

I don't believe the bio-ball type one gives off a sulfur smell.

 

[Kreeger1]

I'd like to build something nice and simple such as this reactor. Nothing to wild for a DIY saturday meeting down the road.

 

[CleveYank]

nitrate removal/reduction

nitrate removal/reduction

I am setting up a timer based multiple dose nitragone fed DIY for nitrate removal. When I have it set and my water testing and charting proves that it works or not. I'll share full details of my results.

 

[DaveOSU]

Nightwing,

I don't recall Sprung's book specifically addressing your question; I'll check to see if I can find an your answer. Based on some other maintenance tasks they discuss I would say if you allowed full flow through the denitrator and flushed some of the water into a bucket to discard you could probably procede with bringing up the flow rate.

At any rate; I don't think you need to discard the whole thing or start over.

-Dave

 

[DaveOSU]

Eric,

Thanks for posting the pic. Count me in on the DIY workshop; also be glad to help if I can.

-Dave

 

[bond007069]

cool idea for a DIY project

I am in

 

[sohal1025]

Kreeger1. I would like to build something like that reactor as well, that would be awesome.