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Natureef Denitrifier
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dnov99
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Edwardw771
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http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2506817
Congrats to Spotter Steve Natureef Denitrifer is awesome.
Congrats to Spotter Steve Natureef Denitrifer is awesome.
So I have been using the Natureef Reactor since I started my tank about a year ago. It has taken some minor adjustments along the way but I have to say this reactor is amazing. My bio load is far from light and couldn't begin to tell you how many fish I have but I do know I have more tangs than I probably should! Given the number of tangs I feed fairly heavy and my nitrates are steady at 5-10ppm and po4 holds in the .03-.05ppm range. Interesting thing was within the last two weeks my po4 dropped to zero all of a sudden. I don't run a fuge and while I was using 1/3 of the suggested amount of rowa for a while I have taken that offline now too. Even though you don't need to do water changes I still do a 20% change every 5-6 weeks. Anyone that is thinking about this reactor or is on the fence about it....I would highly recommend you do it.
arvin
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I have a 180g+60g DT, 75g sump and a 75g Fuge. Never had a nitrate issue. It is undetectable probably due to my weekly water change regimen which I am doing currently to battle hair algae and cyano. Thinking of going Natureef. I see many have recently joined the bandwagon. Any advice that I can use?
dnov99
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I also had zero measurable nitrates and phosphates, but had runaway nuisance algae. Excess algae will suck nitrates out off the water and tests will come up clean. It took 4 months after starting Natureef for the algae to disappear.
Dont be fooled by test results. Get started now and be patient. It takes time to starve out the enemy.
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Dont be fooled by test results. Get started now and be patient. It takes time to starve out the enemy.
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dnov99
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Good to hear it's working out Doug!
That's interesting. I'm curious what @dnov99 might have to say. Reading the description, it appears to be based on a similar methanol consuming bacteria to "digest" the nitrates. Although, if I understand this correctly, you need to inject the methanol manually with this system while the Natureef is automated.
After reading through the Deltec manual, the biggest difference I see is that it is intended to operate on a continuous feed, not an fill and dump cycle like the Natureef. I'm not sure which would be more effective. From what I understand about the Natureef, the conversion of nitrates is not linear throughout the cycle. I don't know how that plays out with a continuous feed. I could see it being fussier, since it probably must have just the right flow rate to function efficiently. With the Natureef, it doesn't much matter if the nitrates are all used up before the end of the cycle. The only thing to avoid with Natureef is overdosing the alcohol, since you don't want it getting dumped into the tank. The other thing I wonder, seeing how gunked up my Natureef gets, is how the Deltec doesn't get clogged up with bacteria, given that it is full of some sort of media balls.
Eagerly waiting... [emoji3]