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| Posted | Nitrate Reduction |
| 18-02-2008 18:52 by Fry Lover |
I know this pops up a lot, usually followed by "water changes" as the generic answer of choice, which tends to annoy peeps who already do loads of water changes and live in areas where tap-water is anything between 20-50 mg/l of nitrate.....
However, excluding "external" measures like RO, Nitragon etc..... Is there anything out there (filter wise, media wise etc) that has seperated itself from the others in effectiveness or peeps feel so good about from their own nitrate readings that they want to blow its trumpet? For example API Nitrazorb? Juwel Nitrate Sponge? which did nothing for my nitrates Tetra Easy Balance? i think the science of how it works is quite disputable from memory? What (if anything) is out there that i can use in my tank/filter to try and drop nitrates a bit? |
| 18-02-2008 19:21 by keith t |
Dont keep any fish in the tanks usually works |
| 18-02-2008 19:21 by Phill Austen |
The only thing I have used apart from Purigen was a home made slow filter, water travelling slowly through a lot of fine media will eventually produce an aneorobic filter that removes Nitrate, but the flow has to be slow and it takes a long time to build the bacteria colony. I think you can do it with any media but the flow must be slow, use a bit of the low oxygen water coming out of the regular filter system. |
| 18-02-2008 19:39 by Fry Lover |
yeh, i am thinking about going "fishless" Keith, sick of these Nitrates.
might just stack the tank full of ocean rock, plastic plants and maybe keep a couple of shrimp  |
| 18-02-2008 19:40 by Fry Lover |
thanks Phill, have you heard of this
http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/Matrix.html |
| 18-02-2008 20:35 by Phill Austen |
Sounds the business, I have never heard any criticism of Seachem products. It is my guess that you would need a lot of this stuff and again the water flow would have to be relatively slow. I think these sort of systems can work if you do not have too high bioload, it would probably not be able to cope if you were trying to grow fish on ie feeding a lot. |
| 18-02-2008 22:10 by telboy |
i use that stuff mate, very good, but doesnt last long,needs to go in a filter bag inside an external |
| 18-02-2008 22:38 by Fry Lover |
you use Matrix Telboy?
are you in the Matrix? can you dodge bullets? seriously, tell me more about the Matrix, how much it cost you? Do you even need it if you only using RO? |
| 18-02-2008 22:50 by telboy |
actually yes i have dodged a fully loaded pistol in germany when i was minding an old rockabilly star from 50s usa,big ol german teddy boy pointed the gun at me + evrything went into slo-mo, bang-whoosh,saw the bullets buzzin past my head but i digress,matrix is like small stones as i said goes in a media sock/bag in ya filter,works well on no2 no3 phos but needs replacing every 2-4 weeks depending on stocking levels |
| 18-02-2008 23:13 by Fry Lover |
replacing Telboy?
what makes you think that? It doesnt say that on any of the sites i am looking at, unless i am mistaken? let me show you the link http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/Matrix.html dodge that |
| 18-02-2008 23:37 by Fry Lover |
Tel, i am almost certain you dont have to renew Matrix like that, just had this conversation with a guy on another forum thats been using the same matrix for almost a year.
Its similar principles to other media like Ceramic rings, it might eventually lose some effectiveness when or if the pores get clogged, but this takes quite a while, much longer than 2-4 weeks are you sure its Seachem Matrix and you are not just confused about the film and your exploits in Germany? |
| 19-02-2008 10:04 by stevebrillo |
nice one telboy... |
| 19-02-2008 10:29 by keith t |
I think telboy has been smoking to much again |
| 19-02-2008 11:53 by telboy |
oooooooops, im talking bout the de-nitrate stuff lex sorry please dont spank me! keith, that pastime has long gone mate,mind you if anyone feels sorry for me + wants to send me a little parcel in the post feel freeeeeeeeeeeee |
| 19-02-2008 11:56 by Fry Lover |
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| 19-02-2008 12:13 by telboy |
why not just use alfagrog mate, much cheaper,that seachem stuff comes in small coffee jar sized containers, youll need a few for an external, + imo, alfagrog is just as good... |
| 19-02-2008 13:09 by Fry Lover |
where? |
| 19-02-2008 13:51 by telboy |
where what,who, why, when? |
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