BRAVE7012 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Hi, For users of the Aquamedic denitrator, how long did it take before it became effective. i.e output from denitrator is free or reduced level of nitrate. I have been using mine for about 2 months now and I am still getting nitrite at the output. Yes, it is no mistake. NO2. Is this normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightningstrike Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 what is ur drip rate? Quote Austin the Westie: "I may be your best friend, but you are my everything". Lightning Strike's Back!!! Reefkeeping Is Not My Hobby, It's My Obsession. Austin's Birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVE7012 Posted October 6, 2004 Author Share Posted October 6, 2004 1 drip / sec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lightningstrike Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 i cannot quite remember liaoz....... it is in the manual and i dun hv it wif me now. hv u read the manual? or u can approach aquamart for help. Quote Austin the Westie: "I may be your best friend, but you are my everything". Lightning Strike's Back!!! Reefkeeping Is Not My Hobby, It's My Obsession. Austin's Birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member sunfish Posted October 7, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted October 7, 2004 there is no fix drip rate. One way to do it is this, slow down your drip rate to a point when you start to smell rotten eggs(drip rate too slow), this is potentially dangerous as it is going to foul up your water, so you must monitor closely. Then you increase your drip rate SLOWLY(have to be slow so you don't overshoot) until the point whereby the rotten egg smell just disappeared. That means you must be at the threshold point whereby a little bit slower you will get the rotten egg smell, a little bit faster the denitrator will not work. Quite a bit of tuning required, it took me 4 months to tune and bring down my nitrate level. Btw I am using the nitrate reductor 1000. Good Luck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightningstrike Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 there is no fix drip rate. One way to do it is this, slow down your drip rate to a point when you start to smell rotten eggs(drip rate too slow), this is potentially dangerous as it is going to foul up your water, so you must monitor closely. Then you increase your drip rate SLOWLY(have to be slow so you don't overshoot) until the point whereby the rotten egg smell just disappeared. That means you must be at the threshold point whereby a little bit slower you will get the rotten egg smell, a little bit faster the denitrator will not work. Quite a bit of tuning required, it took me 4 months to tune and bring down my nitrate level. Btw I am using the nitrate reductor 1000. Good Luck... i believe that's correct. took me abt 2 mths to tune it. Quote Austin the Westie: "I may be your best friend, but you are my everything". Lightning Strike's Back!!! Reefkeeping Is Not My Hobby, It's My Obsession. Austin's Birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member XPeriment 626 Posted October 7, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted October 7, 2004 wow so much effort for a denitrator to work better to go for a DSB then... Quote Be teachable always, nobody has a monopoly on wisdom. But learn to distinguish "fact" from "opinion". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member piglet Posted October 8, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted October 8, 2004 i heard that DSB will not last for ever. thus some reefers used denitrator and DSB together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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