So feeding the denitrifying bacteria, carbon or denimar, increases the efficiency of the bacteria so you can increase the flow rate?
NITRATE FILTER PROJECT UNDERWAY
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tunerX;1429390; said:
i dont know if denimar would work here....
increase flow rate from what ??
johnptc;1430293; said:i dont know if denimar would work here....
increase flow rate from what ??
Denimar is just a carbon food source. I guess will not work in a larger application.
I thought you were building something similar to this. http://www.evolutionaqua.com/display.php?display_id=18&class_id=18
It would seem that if you weren't going to put all of the chambers in it you would want to slow the flow down to about 250GPH per each of your 500 gallon barrels.
tunerX;1430402; said:
i believe the nexus is a nitrifying filter ( ammonia->nitrite->nitrate)
this one will be de nitrifying breaking down the nitrates.
the flow rate was calculated from a textbook on wastewater treatment.....
thanks for your interest
The K1 media is used to grow the nitrifying bacteria and there is another chamber that does the low flow which allows for the denitrification process.
It actually does all of it mechanical, and all of the stages of nitrification and denitrification.
It actually does all of it mechanical, and all of the stages of nitrification and denitrification.
edotero;1430882; said:
it is a liquid.....continuously added to the filter in ppm in proportion to the ppm of nitrate
Can you overdose the micro C G product? and is it very expensive?
The biggest problem in my system is Nitrate and my system is only about 1100G.
I have to change out about 250G a day...
The biggest problem in my system is Nitrate and my system is only about 1100G.
I have to change out about 250G a day...
