Korallin Bio Denitrator

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  1. czartangus

    czartangus Plankton

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    I purchased a Korallin Bio Denitrator about 6 months ago. This unit has been working great but in the last month or so I have been getting a very strong odor coming out of the system. My wife is complaining that the house smells like hair perm (heeheheh) but actually the odor is getting very strong & I was wondering if anybody else has used this product. Last night I increased the drip rate to a steady stream & drained to a bucket hoping this would help. Being sulphur based I expected some odor but not to this degree & why all of sudden the strong odor? If anyone has insight on this it would be very helpful.

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  3. da colts

    da colts Skunk Shrimp

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    i have the midwest aquatic version which is almost the same as the korilin version. when you smell a sulfur odor you increase the drip rate, keep an eye on the nitrite levels if they go up then you decrease the drip rate.
     
  4. Boomer

    Boomer Feather Duster

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    Yes you did the right thing increasing the drip rate and do what Colts has suggested. What has happened is your slower drip rate altered the anaerobic facultative denitrification, what you want, to a more anaerobic obligated dentirification. In lay terms, there was a shift in O2 to zero, as opposed to a tiny amount of O2, what you want.
     
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  5. Blade_Runner

    Blade_Runner Gigas Clam

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    Boomer

    :thumbs_up

    You deserve Karma for that level of detail.;D
     
  6. da colts

    da colts Skunk Shrimp

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    yes, the bacteria live in a low 02 environment , not a 0 oxygen environment
     
  7. fishtank1

    fishtank1 Plankton

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    Why does reducing drip rate lower nitirite?