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Aquaripure Denitrator
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radiata
NJRC Member
I can't quite figure out the modus operandi of this filter, based on the description at http://aquaripure.com/Products.htm#Nitrate%20Filters . They seem to poo-poo sulfur denitrators, but I built my own sulfur denitrator and I am too pleased with it to consider using anything else.
I'm right here 
I fell out of my chair and hurt my head when I saw this
be the equivalent of up to a 50 gallon weekly water change.
No filter can do that
I'll bet it is nothing more than having a porous media like a zeolite media, aka, Kitty litter, Nitrate sponge or ZeoVit media, which produce a surface area bacteria like to live/grow on. It is usually the Zeolite mineral, Clinoptilolite. It is the same thing as dosing the tank with Vodka, only here it is controlled in the canister filter and fed a small carbon source like a sugar. This is on the same line that Nitrate Sponge works on, in a canister filter, but these are not feed and just end up as LR and not all that efficient. I will say I have no clue why nobody has ever brought this idea up before. It should work fine as long as you do not over dose it with a carbon source.
BUT, I still want to see somebody test one. I do not buy into webpage hype, i.e., so called testimonial crap
I fell out of my chair and hurt my head when I saw this
be the equivalent of up to a 50 gallon weekly water change.
No filter can do that
I'll bet it is nothing more than having a porous media like a zeolite media, aka, Kitty litter, Nitrate sponge or ZeoVit media, which produce a surface area bacteria like to live/grow on. It is usually the Zeolite mineral, Clinoptilolite. It is the same thing as dosing the tank with Vodka, only here it is controlled in the canister filter and fed a small carbon source like a sugar. This is on the same line that Nitrate Sponge works on, in a canister filter, but these are not feed and just end up as LR and not all that efficient. I will say I have no clue why nobody has ever brought this idea up before. It should work fine as long as you do not over dose it with a carbon source.
BUT, I still want to see somebody test one. I do not buy into webpage hype, i.e., so called testimonial crap
radiata
NJRC Member
Phyl said:
I don't see any downside. Maybe they don't know that sulfur is a major element in saltwater. I use a PhosBan reactor filled with CaribSea Geo-Marine Araganite as a second chamber to deacidify the water coming out of the first chamber. I don't think carbon would work to deacidify the output.
Yes Yes it is the one I had......SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!
Unlike other filters in which you have to replace the internal media, you will never have to change anything on the Aquaripure. There are no filters to change and no mess to deal with. There is a "feeding" tube on all of Aquaripure's filters that is very easy to use. You simply inject sugar water or alcohol into the Aquaripure once a week. Feeding and adjusting the Aquaripure only costs pennies and will only take seconds of your time. Aquaripure's filters are designed to be easy to setup and maintain, and will give you many years of service.
Unlike other filters in which you have to replace the internal media, you will never have to change anything on the Aquaripure. There are no filters to change and no mess to deal with. There is a "feeding" tube on all of Aquaripure's filters that is very easy to use. You simply inject sugar water or alcohol into the Aquaripure once a week. Feeding and adjusting the Aquaripure only costs pennies and will only take seconds of your time. Aquaripure's filters are designed to be easy to setup and maintain, and will give you many years of service.
In my opinion if you are going to DIY make a sulfure denitrator. You can actually use 2 of the little fishies reactors in line together. Take the first tube and fill it with sulfur take the second tube and fill it with aragonite. Have the pump run thru the sulfur first then thru the aragonite then just control the flow rate coming out with a small valve. Start with a drip rate of around 1 drip per second. Just monitor your nitrate level and thats it....It will take a few weeks for the bacteria to start to work but it will work.