Help with sulphur reactor....

[Pager880]

Hi all can anyone help me with my . sulphur reactor.....it's just a pass through one .just a old reactor re 1 drip every 3 seconds....1 liters of each media.....been running now for 7 weeks nitrates,.in the tank are 50ppm and effluent is 100ppm.... salifert test kit ...but I did test my tank for nitrite.tank is 0.... effluent is reading 0.25ppm.nitrite ... So confused.,do I just have to waite longer .for bacteria to build ... somebody help

 

[Pager880]

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[14 foot reef]

Hi all can anyone help me with my . sulphur reactor.....it's just a pass through one .just a old reactor re 1 drip every 3 seconds....1 liters of each media.....been running now for 7 weeks nitrates,.in the tank are 50ppm and effluent is 100ppm.... salifert test kit ...but I did test my tank for nitrite.tank is 0.... effluent is reading 0.25ppm.nitrite ... So confused.,do I just have to waite longer .for bacteria to build ... somebody help

Size of tank, size of reactor, possibly a picture or two. 1 drip every three seconds is most likely your problem.

I'm running 100 ml per minute through mine.

Watch this, its a wealth of info.

 

[CHSUB]

What do you mean ‘pass through’? Is that without a pump to cycle water around the reactor itself, like a simple media reactor? If so, imo, it’s not worth doing. Sulfur filters are not simple things you can run water through and expect miracles. First, they need to be sized properly and monitor closely while dialing in proper flow. Other issues are incoming flow’s no3 level and low pH effluent. Would need more information to be able to give advice.

 

[Pager880]

What do you mean ‘pass through’? Is that without a pump to cycle water around the reactor itself, like a simple media reactor? If so, imo, it’s not worth doing. Sulfur filters are not simple things you can run water through and expect miracles. First, they need to be sized properly and monitor closely while dialing in proper flow. Other issues are incoming flow’s no3 level and low pH effluent. Would need more information to be able to give advice.

What do you mean ‘pass through’? Is that without a pump to cycle water around the reactor itself, like a simple media reactor? If so, imo, it’s not worth doing. Sulfur filters are not simple things you can run water through and expect mi

What do you mean ‘pass through’? Is that without a pump to cycle water around the reactor itself, like a simple media reactor? If so, imo, it’s not worth doing. Sulfur filters are not simple things you can run water through and expect miracles. First, they need to be sized properly and monitor closely while dialing in proper flow. Other issues are incoming flow’s no3 level and low pH effluent. Would need more information to be able to give advice.

racles. First, they need to be sized properly and monitor closely while dialing in proper flow. Other issues are incoming flow’s no3 level and low pH effluent. Would need more information to be able to give advice.

What do you mean ‘pass through’? Is that without a pump to cycle water around the reactor itself, like a simple media reactor? If so, imo, it’s not worth doing. Sulfur filters are not simple things you can run water through and expect miracles. First, they need to be sized properly and monitor closely while dialing in proper flow. Other issues are incoming flow’s no3 level and low pH effluent. Would need more information to be able to give advice.

Sorry phone playing up ..I binned that one now and got a KORALLIN C1502. ...been running now 3 days .....tank water is 70ppm nitrate ..... effluent is 100ppm and nitrite effluent is 0.25ppm do this mean it's working... should I let the effluent drip into sump of bucket

 

[Pager880]

Size of tank, size of reactor, possibly a picture or two. 1 drip every three seconds is most likely your problem.

I'm running 100 ml per minute through mine.

Watch this, its a wealth of info.

My tank is 500l UK I scrapped that reactor...and purchased a KORALLIN C1502 blocked off co2 input ..but been set up for 3 days now . Let it run 24 Hours to let air out . Full open ....then 1 drip a second.....my tank water is testing.70ppm nitrates.....the effluent is 100ppm nitrates and nitrite 0.25ppm ...do this mean it's working....and is is safe to let effluent that hight in nitrates and nitrite. Drip back into sump ..

 

[CHSUB]

If it has internet flow, I would stop the effluent entirely and let it cycle. Testing effluent everyday until it reaches near zero then start flow slowly. I run effluent though a media reactor with argonite. I would also lower your DT with WC. You will have better success maintaining low no3 than trying to lower it so much.

 

[Pager880]

If it has internet flow, I would stop the effluent entirely and let it cycle. Testing effluent everyday until it reaches near zero then start flow slowly. I run effluent though a media reactor with argonite. I would also lower your DT with WC. You will have better success maintaining low no3 than trying to lower it so much.

Sorry what is internet flow ...that's the problem tho I will do a 70% water change and creaps back up in days .....is what your saying is stopp the effluent flow .so it just circulates.in the reactor.testing everyday till it reads 0 ..????

 

[14 foot reef]

Sorry what is internet flow ...that's the problem tho I will do a 70% water change and creaps back up in days .....is what your saying is stopp the effluent flow .so it just circulates.in the reactor.testing everyday till it reads 0 ..????

That's a typo, "internal" i would assume

 

[CHSUB]

That's a typo, "internal" i would assume

Haha, yes internal flow.

 

[Pager880]

That's a typo, "internal" i would assume

Totally understand.. I do it all the time yes has a ehime 1048 pump on it circulating.....

 

[CHSUB]

.....is what your saying is stopp the effluent flow .so it just circulates.in the reactor.testing everyday till it reads 0 ..????

Yes. Once the reactor is working some, do a WC and gear up the effluent rate.

 

[X-37B]

Couple things as I run a deltec sulfer denitrator.
When starting the reactor your effluent may be higher than the tank due to the process.
I use a Kamoer pump and set it at 60 drops per minute to start at 10mlm.
It took 6 weeks before I saw a drop in the tanks no3.
It took around 3-4 weeks before the effluent was zero. It takes that long for the bacteria to start working. I then increased the effluent to 12 with zero effluent.
I now reduced the effluent to 3mlm and will monitor to keep no3 below 5.

What did you mean by 1 of each media as I have never heard of that. Mine is 1 part?
Tank is 150's total.

 

[Pager880]

Couple things as I run a deltec sulfer denitrator.
When starting the reactor your effluent may be higher than the tank due to the process.
I use a Kamoer pump and set it at 60 drops per minute to start at 10mlm.
It took 6 weeks before I saw a drop in the tanks no3.
It took around 3-4 weeks before the effluent was zero. It takes that long for the bacteria to start working. I then increased the effluent to 12 with zero effluent.
I now reduced the effluent to 3mlm and will monitor to keep no3 below 5.

What did you mean by 1 of each media as I have never heard of that. Mine is 1 part?
Tank is 150's total.

Well has 1 kg of sulphur and 1kg of aragonite...

 

[Pager880]

Pic of the reactor

 

[X-37B]

Pic of the reactor

I would get the effluent to 60dpm and monitor. It will take awhile for no3 effluent to reach zero. Mine was 3-4 weeks so.
How big is your system?

 

[Pager880]

I would get the effluent to 60dpm and monitor. It will take awhile for no3 effluent to reach zero. Mine was 3-4 weeks so.
How big is your system?

System is 500l UK ....so you don't recommend closing effluent..and let just re circulateing and test everyday till reads 0 . Then open effluent slowly.then go from thire ..

 

[CHSUB]

I would get the effluent to 60dpm and monitor. It will take awhile for no3 effluent to reach zero. Mine was 3-4 weeks so.
How big is your system?

This is why you run off line in the beginning. It will take only a few day, then start flow slowly.

 

[X-37B]

Yea I went back and looked at your setup. 1 drip every 3 seconds is not enough, imo.

I get it now. You don't want it recirculating and that's most likely your problem. Not enough contact time.

I pull from my skimmers effluent tube. I only use the Kamoer to control flow. No recirculating pump is the way to go.
So get a Kamoer and pull into the reactor for your only flow and that should fix the issue.

You can see where my intake is in the skimmers effluent.

 

[CHSUB]

Pic of the reactor

Also, it is better to separate the argonite material in its own chamber and run the effluent through that. I achieved lower ORP and greater flow rates with sulfur only in main chamber.