Anyone running a natrureef nitrate chamber???

[Mattl22]

I've been planning on building a DIY natrureef for months about to start project wondering if anyone has one or ran one b4?

Here is link I've been following
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2098528

 

[usctom]

I was reading that thread yesterday. There is a thread o njreefers.org that dnov99 started. He seems to be having good success with it.

 

[jackson6745]

Very interesting. I know Dnov gets great results on his tank and hasn't done a water change in a year (Don't tell Triton ) I'm going to look further into this because keeping my nutrients in check is becoming a PITA.

 

[Mattl22]

I am getting a acrilic sump tomorrow I actually bought the apex with this in mind I think I will take my 60 gal fuge out and install one these on my system

 

[Mattl22]

Rich I've used pellets and vodka in past and sps never did well but in my 220 I have 5 lg fish and 20 or so sm-med so nutrients r too high although sps r doing ok I'm not ready to stop trying for better growth and color I'd like to see if having most of the reaction done in an isolated tank then flushed into the main system will be better way to carbon dose for sps!


If I was not doing sps pellets r a no brainer

 

[kres1024]

Actually know 2 friends using the natureef denitrifyer and have good results ,just the initial break in was a pita

 

[greg 45]

I have run this system , with methanol instead of the nitragone . There is a big post on reefcentral on how to make this. It cost nearly nothing to make and run. To me the hardest part is getting everything going monitoring and checking levels in chamber and when to flush chamber. You still have to keep a keen eye on it. Since this became a chore for me , I changed over to a sulfur denitrator . There is no flushing it runs 24 / 7 off a cole palmer pump. The only monitoring needed is tank and water coming out of chamber. Hope this helps . Stability is the key no mater which one you choose . For phosphates both need a little extra work. The sulfur will go after po 4 when nitrates gone . the nature reef needs a second additive. Or you can use seakleer lanthium chloride also.

 

[Mattl22]

No doubt dnov has a spectacular tank

 

[jackson6745]

Greg, how does the sulfur denitrator work in comparison to the natrureef denitrator?

If I understand correctly, the sulfur denitrator creates an anaerobic zone and turns no3 to gas, where the natureef method is a contained concentrated carbon dosed/bacteria super populated zone that is flushed into the tank periodically through the day. The sulfur denitrator strips the system, where the natureef impregnates the system with bacteria which which cleans the system. I'm trying to understand each system so please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Mattl22]

Greg after u had the chamber dialed in u had issues??
do u keep sps I've seen few ur FS threads monster size skimmer how big is ur tank?

 

[greg 45]

Matt it just takes some time , I was into second cycle plenty of mass inside chamber , just go tired of playing around with it. You need to have patience and I gave up. My system is 1200 gallons. There are three 4 x8 foot tanks 4 40 breeders and a 60 x 36 tank. I was doing anemones / thinking of going back to SPS there is one piece I have and doing well. Darren sells the system / you can make it yourself and save a ton of money and have better quality equipment.

 

[Mattl22]

Picked up a sump today was planing on using but think is too small so now I'm thinking ill just use the 60 gal I already have set up but it's 20 gal bigger then recommended for my system