Coldwater biological filtration questions

[salty01]

Seems that your main limitations are space and time. How about packing the small chamber in the bottom with a media that has the largest surface area/volume for long-term bacterial colonization. How much flow is in there? Might be just right to allow for both nitrification and denitrification, if you get lucky If really slow, a small pump in there should help.

In the short term, attach a container of some sort with a good amount of live rock to process ammonia, etc.). Over time, you can slowly remove the live rock and let the media take over nitrification duties. Denitrification

Do you think media reactors could do that Exact thing at Controlled flow? I already bought them getting ready to install till I get the right pumps and Color match plumbing but I can back out if Science is going to be against me

 

[Nano sapiens]

Do you think media reactors could do that Exact thing at Controlled flow? I already bought them getting ready to install till I get the right pumps and Color match plumbing but I can back out if Science is going to be against me

In that case, maybe find someone who would be willing to part with some (or all, if they are shutting down a system) of their already established media. Alternatively, you could use the fresh media and add some of the 'bottle bac' products to try and establish a large community of nitrifying bacteria as quickly as possible.