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Description:
This filter comes complete with a cartridge containing Sulphur and buffering media and uses a natural biological process with live anaerobic bacteria to reduce nitrates found in aquarium. The bacteria in the reactor require a food source and oxygen to survive, with the food source being the sulphur media in the reactor. The bacteria can only thrive in the low oxygenated water, as such they must obtain the oxygen from another source. The bacteria take the oxygen they need from the Oxygen contained in the nitrate molecule, with the by product being nitrogen gas. (Bad Egg Smell!)
Installation:
These units must be installed vertically, but can either be installed in a sump, on the floor or on a vertical surface using the bracket supplied.
Commissioning:
We use these units on some of our stand alone tanks to help maintain low nitrate levels in the system. When the unit is first installed it is advisable to flush the reactor through for five minutes or until the water leaving runs clear. We leave the unit flushing through for an hour at which point we throttle the reactor back using the micro control valve on the exit side until the water leaving the filter is down to 1-2 drips per second. The unit can take from 7-10 days or up to a number of weeks to commission, and is temperature effected. The lower the temperature the longer the colonisation process will take.
Contact Information
Advertiser: Aquaculture Supplies
Town: Shrewsbury
County: Shropshire
Web Link: http://seahorsebreeder.co.uk/store/index ...
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