? regarding sulfur denitrators

[Yinger]

I just recently purchased a midwest aquatics sulfur denitrator and installed it last friday. I followed the directions and after 3 days, I increased the drip rate. My question is that it is now the 5th day and my drip rate is about 2 per second, however, the nitrates out of my effluent is reading around 100. My tank nitrates are about 10-15... Prior to adjusting the drip rate, the effluent was reading 0. Is this part of the cycling? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[klasiksb]

Was your Nitrate 0 from the effluent before raising your drip rate to 2 drops per second?

[Yinger]

yeh, it was reading 0.

[klasiksb]

You might want to give this thread a read and ask some questions there, as the guy in that thread seems to know the in's and out's of these type reactors.

http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=4537.0

[djfrankie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11727758#post11727758 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by klasiksb
You might want to give this thread a read and ask some questions there, as the guy in that thread seems to know the in's and out's of these type reactors.

http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=4537.0

Better yet, why don't you visit the forum at midwest aquatics and you'll get a reply there directly from the manufacturer.

djfrankie