Originally Posted by johanswan

i do apalogise as i misspelled schuran schuran nitrate reactor.You can google it.By using a nitrate reactor only make it safer.Vodka contain ethinol spirits and that si the product that kills off nitrate.It takes about a week to bring your no3 from 50ppm down to zero,but due to having my clams wich need phosfate and no3 i keep my no3 at 10ppm and my phosfate at 10ppm.I started to use the vodka by adding it to my sump direct and i do not use a skimmer without any illeffect to my tank.The only reason i mentioned to check out schuran is for a detailled description off how the proccess works as they described it quite usefull or to use sulpherbeads one off the two.However i got a d.i.y nitrate reactor wich i used as n phosefate reactor and ive spend a lot off money on rowaphos and all makes and my phosfate just would not came down.That is why i cinverted my nitrate reductor to the vodka with media in it and it realy gave results.I downloaded the schuran nitrate reductor drawing and description and made my d.i.y. reactor the identical same.Sorry if their were any misunderstandings.A lot off forums recommend not to dose vodka without a skimmer but i took the change as the hairalgea took over and my phosfaytelevels would came down and it worked for me.