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richard reynolds August 2nd 03 01:17 AM

DIY Coil Denitrator Questions
 
ok 10dkh so a small change but no change with the addition nitrates enough for 200ppm

it would seem to consume them a little (remember 10gallon), but only when its consuming
nitrates. this 10 isnt a cycled tank, it has no source of ammonia/nitrite/nitrate besides
what I added to it. so scaling that up to something usefull with a nitrate source it
probibly does consume alk, and you might expect it to stop as soon as you get to a lower
level in your tank..

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richard reynolds



richard reynolds wrote in message
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i hozed the test by not testing the water after i added the nitrate, though i did test
before adding and alk was basically unchanged, it seemed to change a tad when there was
nitrate to remove, and not at all when there wasnt its still going and I just tested the
KH its at 10 so its a decrease but its also been running a week with nothing in it:)

once
the stuff i am adding for nitrate desolves completely ill test the kh again see if its
changing the alk

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richard reynolds



Iain Miller wrote in message
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..... but just to be certain ill test the Kh of a quasi control tank a

10gallon with
nitrate levels of 200ppm i put an already established coil onto it from

another tank. the
Kh was 11dkh its been going sence 16:00pst ill test again at 21:00pst then

sometime
tomorrow and post all the #'s btw its a large coil and will circulate the

tank water in
aprox 2 hours. I might check it then just to see what the #'s come out as,

but wont post
them at that time.


Any results Richard?







Iain Miller August 2nd 03 01:53 AM

DIY Coil Denitrator Questions
 

"richard reynolds" wrote in message
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ok 10dkh so a small change but no change with the addition nitrates enough

for 200ppm

it would seem to consume them a little (remember 10gallon), but only when

its consuming
nitrates. this 10 isnt a cycled tank, it has no source of

ammonia/nitrite/nitrate besides
what I added to it. so scaling that up to something usefull with a nitrate

source it
probibly does consume alk, and you might expect it to stop as soon as you

get to a lower
level in your tank..


That makes sense with what I have seen - as my Nitrate levels in the tank
have fallen so the effect on the Kh seems to be less dramatic.
Thanks for doing that - something else learned.

I.




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