Mel's 4' x 2' x 2' Tank

[Melvyn Tan]

Oh no it is not really that expensive an equipment considering what a poor man i am...if it does its job then it is really worth it since it is more controllable than a DSB or any other more natural means of denitrification which can go haywire.

Yes i eagerly await it to do its job.

[sunny03]

Next will sure call you bro !!!

better not

you can call me when u are going to farm or there is food ahahha

[cityofangels]

In it goes...into the chambers of filtration...

Will monitor it over the next few days...

Would love to know how the progress of your nitrate levels!

[Melvyn Tan]

Will let ya know the progress, first is to let the chamber be fully colonise with the Thiobacillus denitrificans and Thiomicrospira denitrificans.

[Melvyn Tan]

Ok about 3-4 days after i ran the Sulphur/Nitrate Reactor.

Bubbles start to form from within the S/N Reactor, an indication of the presence of T. denitrificans.

[Melvyn Tan]

Another pic

[Melvyn Tan]

Yet another pic

[Melvyn Tan]

Last pic of the food source

[Melvyn Tan]

Some progress pics on the nitrogen production.

[Melvyn Tan]

Getting bigger...

[weileong]

cool, very soon this will also work as a CR

[Melvyn Tan]

Yeah hor

[Melvyn Tan]

Noticed the top part of the crush coral, the water is chalky.

Measurement of the the drip water is about 12dkh

[Melvyn Tan]

The colonisation of the T.denitrificans

[Tigger]

Any drop in NO3 after running this system?

[Melvyn Tan]

Yes there is a drop, but measured from the output of the unit. Will do a measurement on the main system soon.

[Melvyn Tan]

Slight less than a month from 15 Sept 05 to 11 Oct 05 (today) a measurement was taken from the Sulphur/Nitrate Reactor and the reading is as such :

[Melvyn Tan]

Reading is now 2.5 ppm for nitrate and once it hit 0 ppm (lets give it a few more days), the reactor is well into the optimised stage in its job of denitrification....

[sunny03]

the colour look 5 to me hahah

[Melvyn Tan]

Yeah...when taken via the DC somehow scale inbetween 2.5 - 5 but physical viewing shows 2.5. Anyway, it'll be only a matter of time....a matter of time...

[Tigger]

5 and 2.5 make no differnece lah. Wah, this is a good equipment. Denitrate and can up dkh somemore.

[Melvyn Tan]

Yep, after doing some reading and understanding the usefulness, decided to give it a tryout.

[sunny03]

a high end equipment trigger u should get one

[Melvyn Tan]

Another measurement after 2 days, dropped to between 2.5 - 0 ppm (picture taken scale towards 2.5ppm).

[Melvyn Tan]

Another measurement today 0ppm from unit.