coil denitrator question?

[kags]

[docbrian]

[kags]

[docbrian]

hi kags
it went up to 50 because your drip was too fast. The smell of rotten eggs is not bad for fishes. you need to decrease the drip rate and test after 4 to 5 days. you don't just test it right away or after 24 hours because you need to let the bacteria to grow inside the coil denitrator. I have a DIY coil and another denitrator from Direct Aquatic.

[kags]

ok thank you sir cguro decrease ko na lang yun drip rate ng 20 drops/min.

[jolt26]

yup. you need to settle down the bacteria there muna. also, baka kailangang pakainin yung bacteria dun.

[docbrian]

if you have coil DIY then you need not feed your bacteria kasi supposedly sealed yun para anaerobic yung environment. one technique is to shut off your denitrator for 24 to 48 hours then start a slow drip rate.
Happy Fish Keeping...

[kags]

[chonglai]

[kags]

[docbrian]

In order for the anaerobes to survive they will try to eat up all the Oxygen in the water. so yung water natin sank has always oxygen in it as the chemical formula shows H2O. you have 2 moleculs of hydrogen for every oxygen. Enough na yun for your bacteria to grow. No need to feed the anaerobes. However if you expose anaerobes to too much oxygen mamatay din sila kaya hindi na kailangan e feed. The more sealed your coil denitrator is, the better. you need to have at least 200 pcs of bioballs inside your coil to increase the surface area for the anaerobes to cling on to. my set up is a water container from the water dispenser with a coil of 80 meters inside and 350 pcs of bioballs. Its running for almost 1 year and a half at a rate of 90 drops per minute. Zero nitrate is coming out from the denitrator. No feeding being done.

[kags]

[jolt26]

[kags]

[kags]