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12/28/2011, 03:32 PM | #26 |
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question for all
i have had the pellets in the reactor for over a week now...in the meantime my nitrates and phosphates are going up ..slowly but going up... nitrates are at 2.5 and phosphates are at .38 should i put gfo on line now or do i need to wait until the pellets kick in...my concern is if i remove the phosphates that will prevent the pellets from kicking in and removing nitrates????? |
12/28/2011, 03:45 PM | #27 |
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I'd personally put some GFO in now as that is an awful lot of phosphate per that amount of nitrate, and organic carbon dosing is usually unbalanced toward more nitrate removal.
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12/28/2011, 07:13 PM | #28 |
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ok..i put the gfo back on line... ill test it to keep an eye on things...i assume i should make sure it doesn't go all the way to 0 before the pellets kick in??
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12/28/2011, 07:32 PM | #29 |
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That sounds reasonable.
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