Iain Miller
February 18th 04, 11:55 PM
"SkyCatcher®" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> Anyone using these or can share their knowlegde on their usefulness? I
> thinking about getting a largish setup (2000 L) and was wondering if one
of
> these could help keep the water changes to a manageable level?
>
> I was looking at the http://www.aquaripure.com/ website - anyone with any
> experience of this product?
>
> tia,
I've got a Ratz Sulphur based unit. Seems to be just a cannister full of
pure sulphur granules as far as I can gather. A bit of a fiddle to
commission - but then again they all are.
Not sure what the capacity is but you can run them in parallel for bigger
tanks. Cost about £45 GBP if I remember rightly. The supposed advantage of
the Sulphur is that you don't have to feed it methanol or whatever it is you
are supposed to do with the normal units. Works well in my 90 (USG) tank.
Nitrates are non existant. The only thing I have found is that it eats the
Kh buffer (and quickly) so I have to add Bicarb of Soda regularly. But
that's a lot easier than changing loads and loads of water every week. I
still change some but nowhere near as much as I used to.
HTH
I.
...
> Hi,
>
> Anyone using these or can share their knowlegde on their usefulness? I
> thinking about getting a largish setup (2000 L) and was wondering if one
of
> these could help keep the water changes to a manageable level?
>
> I was looking at the http://www.aquaripure.com/ website - anyone with any
> experience of this product?
>
> tia,
I've got a Ratz Sulphur based unit. Seems to be just a cannister full of
pure sulphur granules as far as I can gather. A bit of a fiddle to
commission - but then again they all are.
Not sure what the capacity is but you can run them in parallel for bigger
tanks. Cost about £45 GBP if I remember rightly. The supposed advantage of
the Sulphur is that you don't have to feed it methanol or whatever it is you
are supposed to do with the normal units. Works well in my 90 (USG) tank.
Nitrates are non existant. The only thing I have found is that it eats the
Kh buffer (and quickly) so I have to add Bicarb of Soda regularly. But
that's a lot easier than changing loads and loads of water every week. I
still change some but nowhere near as much as I used to.
HTH
I.