SRC Member ml708 Posted February 23, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted February 23, 2014 are nitrate reactors effective at removing nitrates? those of you who have heavy feeding of frozen foods/heavily stocked tank, do you use a nitrate reactor? is it essential? or do you have other means of keeping the nitrates down. I'm not referring to a FOWLR but a reef system where nitrate params are critical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammy Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Not necessary. You might wanna try biopellet... Quote 2x1.5x1.5 tank Lighting: AI hydra 52HD Skimmer: Deltec SC 1455 Reactor: Minimax; rowaphos Skimz ; NP biopellets Wave Maker: MP 40 WQD Return pump: Eheim 1262 Chiller: Arctica 1/10 hp A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel -- Proverbs 12:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ml708 Posted February 24, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted February 24, 2014 you mean those by polyp lab? I do use those. why do people use nitrate reactors in that case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member youdontnowm Posted February 24, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted February 24, 2014 +1 biopellet. Not by polyp lab , biopellet got alot brand. But i prefer np-biopellet. Go google search Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk Quote | Display : 48x30x22 Skimmer : SK-201 skimz | Sump : 30x24x18 Wavemaker : 2x RW-15 , 1x RW-8 | Cooling : 1HP titanium drop in coil ATO : JBJ | Lighting : ATI Sunpower 8x54w + 48x cree xte royal blue Return : Jebao dc-6000 | Dosing : Jebao dosing pump [ CaCl2 + NaHCO3 ] Pump : | Reactor : FSZ Z160 zeolite reactor & phosban 150 | System : ZEOVIT decomm-ed : Ydkm SPS reef >><< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengreef Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 mine is a ultra heavy feeding tank but NP biopellet is useless for me ... me running sulphur now the best nitrate reducer but the low ph affected kH drop in main tank so need kalk drip daily ... I have 2x oversize skimmer running but my nutrient still at very high side ... have try prodibio & brightwell carbon dosing but useless too ... dun think any carbon dosing can bring down nutrient level for a heavy feeding tank to ultra low level ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ml708 Posted February 25, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 mine is a ultra heavy feeding tank but NP biopellet is useless for me ... me running sulphur now the best nitrate reducer but the low ph affected kH drop in main tank so need kalk drip daily ... I have 2x oversize skimmer running but my nutrient still at very high side ... have try prodibio & brightwell carbon dosing but useless too ... dun think any carbon dosing can bring down nutrient level for a heavy feeding tank to ultra low level ... what kind of foods are you feeding? is the pH drastically affected by the sulphur beads? how often do you need to change the beads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengreef Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 what kind of foods are you feeding? is the pH drastically affected by the sulphur beads? how often do you need to change the beads? feeding few types of pellet 2~3 times daily, frozen brine & mysis 5 cubes 1~2 time daily, dry brine shrimp 1~2 time daily ... never change sulphur bead just add it cos it will become smaller & smaller ... add about 1~2 years once ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ml708 Posted February 27, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted February 27, 2014 feeding few types of pellet 2~3 times daily, frozen brine & mysis 5 cubes 1~2 time daily, dry brine shrimp 1~2 time daily ... never change sulphur bead just add it cos it will become smaller & smaller ... add about 1~2 years once ... for your two skimmers, do they compete with each other to remove the excess protein content in that one ends up working much more than the other? I heard of that happening in some cases and proteins were not removed efficiently as a result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengreef Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 for your two skimmers, do they compete with each other to remove the excess protein content in that one ends up working much more than the other? I heard of that happening in some cases and proteins were not removed efficiently as a result yes ... me using Skimz SM251 & SK251 for my 1800L tank but SM251 doing better and SK251(cone) most of the time skim nothing ... if I turn off SM251 than SK251 will do all the job skimming crazily ... both skimmer rated for 3000L tank so consider overskim but when I feeding crazily NO3 still go very high 40~80ppm even running with SR but PO4 at 0.1~0.2 with rowaphos ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kakani Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I think I read in some where for no3 to be remove they need to remove po4 together. Let say if your po4 is low then no3 is high when they want to remove no3 unable bec due to low po4. Both need to be high in order to be more effective remove both. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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