marinoob Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 i made a DIY sulfur denitrater been using it 6-9 months easy to keep tuned in and working great. occasionally had to recycle it forgot to do sometihng that made me recycle it. which takes a few days no big deal. Lately i seem to be getting a bunch of hair algae and Byprosis. -replaced my gfo in the reactor thinking it was that. -noticed a smell and no matter what it has been over a week and it wont get tuned in and always smells now. could it be too much gunk has made it into the reactor? i have never taken it apart and cleaned it. i have enough media to replace everything like 5 times should i just empty the reactor and replace everything? does it stop working after a while? absolutely love my reactor but this smell has to go . Link to comment
marinoob Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 all day 0 responses. well i think i found the source of the smell. my brittle star that has been in my sump for 6 months got 3 of his legs stuck in the pump of my skimmer and they were dead/dying i uthenised him over half his body was dead/dying and he had open wounds. thinking he might be contributing to my gha and byprosis outbreak. running a nitrate reactor and GFO i should have had this crazy outbreak. hopefully i can put a chokehold on this algae. Link to comment
marioensf Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 The media has to be replaced/replenished when depleted I believe. ** Forgot to mention the reactor has to go through the cycling process again. Link to comment
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