Nitrate Reactor

[Waterloo Kid]

Would it not be possible to partition off 150mm at the end of the tank with an acrylic sheet with holes in it and stick in a load of nitrate sponge type plants. I'm talking about the indestructable fast grower types (vallis etc.). Instant nitrate reactor!

WK

 

[T1KARMANN]

Would it not be possible to partition off 150mm at the end of the tank with an acrylic sheet with holes in it and stick in a load of nitrate sponge type plants. I'm talking about the indestructable fast grower types (vallis etc.). Instant nitrate reactor!

WK

maybe but im not giving up tank space for a bunch of girly plants


i have done well with the way my tank is set for the last 10yrs so i dont realy need to change anything its just that now i have all the fish i have ever wanted in the same place at the same time

i wont need to speen any money on fish so thought i may as well do some thing new with the filteration

i always thought that nitrate was the end product of the cycle so with all the nitrate i have always had then surely my systerm is up to thew job as i have no amo no nitrite just nitrate

i added a sand bed filter a few weeks ago and saw a way of adding a nitrate filter into the loop

this is how my systerm runs

eheim pro3 x 2 both of which have a big pond bucket (big enought for a 3000gal pond) as pre filters
2 x eheim 2252 inturnals with polyfilter changed every 3 weeks (polyfilter is one of the best products i have used for years but it costs££££££)
and now 1 x shuran flow bed filter 100 should take care of a tank up to 2000L and the new nitrate filters

and before anyone says i should have a sump i have left space in the middle cab if my filters struggle when the fish get bigger for a aqua medic marin 1000

i dont like sumps they are to noice and smelly for my living room

 

[Paul_MTS]

I'm in the current dilema of planning the sump of my 10ft and although i'm trying to fit a few hundred litres of biological media I'm now thinking of blacking a section out and from the biological section and filling it with elodea densa heavily lit which will act as a nitrate reactor, I'm also planning on planting the tank out a bit aswell so hoping nitrates will be kept to a minimum.

my current set up with a weeks feeding nitrates soon rise even with 0ppm in the tap water.

 

[Waterloo Kid]

Girly plants?! Fancy a scrap? Go to the planted tank forum or the marine forum and say that!
I know you're joking but I actually find keeping plants far more difficult than keeping fish healthy. A mixture of the two makes for a more complete, if more demanding, hobby IMO. To be honest the plant side of things can be a PITA sometimes. I have often tried something new only to end up with the biggest algae outbreak. My lovely tank turns into a green box in the corner of the room and blue green algae stinks!
The idea of a plantless tank is inviting except for the fact that my tank looks great when things are going well, I have never registered any nitrates, even after a 3 week water change interval (oops) and my current fish need the plants as cover.

Enjoy your 'manly' plantless, gadgety tank.

WK

 

[T1KARMANN]

Girly plants?! Fancy a scrap? Go to the planted tank forum or the marine forum and say that!
I know you're joking but I actually find keeping plants far more difficult than keeping fish healthy. A mixture of the two makes for a more complete, if more demanding, hobby IMO. To be honest the plant side of things can be a PITA sometimes. I have often tried something new only to end up with the biggest algae outbreak. My lovely tank turns into a green box in the corner of the room and blue green algae stinks!
The idea of a plantless tank is inviting except for the fact that my tank looks great when things are going well, I have never registered any nitrates, even after a 3 week water change interval (oops) and my current fish need the plants as cover.

Enjoy your 'manly' plantless, gadgety tank.

WK

i have just started a thread in the plant forum to find out the attraction is with girly plants


im not scared of a debate thats what forums are for