nitra gaurd cubes

swissgaurd · Dec 30, 2012

anyone use or thinking of using nitra-gaurd cubes
its suppose to really combat nitrates and phosphates.
no reactor needed.
ive ordered some today from a local LFS.
also had to buy an air pump and some airstones.
felt wierd buying airstones its been like 12yrs since i bought those

Nitra-Guard Bio-cubes from Orca Labs promises denitrification free of Redfield’s ratios

vic

swissgaurd · Dec 31, 2012

i need to bring this to the top

happy new year everyone
all the best

vic

kuyatwo · Dec 31, 2012

Instead of air pump I wonder if you could have this near the exit tube of a skimmer I have plenty of air bubbles there

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swissgaurd · Dec 31, 2012

i thought of that as well but people that are using it say best results are with an air pump
theres also a powerhead with a venturi that may work

Bill@IA · Jan 1, 2013

I am currently trying these out myself. I set up my Nitra Guard BioCubes in a PhosBan 550 and re attached the airline to the Maxijet 1200 pump to inject the air. Nitrates are currently 50ppm, using a Salifert kit, as of Dec. 23rd., when I started.

Hoping for the best.

Zack · Jan 1, 2013

I will be keeping an eye on this thread, keep us updated- I am curious to see how well it works for you....

swissgaurd · Jan 1, 2013

went to LFS to get some
sold out
should have it by the weekend

vic

swissgaurd · Jan 7, 2013

finally got my cubes installed today
nitrates are 12ppm with redsea
and 15- 25ppm with salifert

fingers are crossed

swissgaurd · Jan 31, 2013

well tested my nitrates today with the redsea test kit
im down to 4ppm in 23 days.
i first had it in same compartmentas my skimmer ,then i put it in my overflow which and all water comes into contact.
best part is i got no algaes growing and i dont have to add any bacterias

vic

swissgaurd · Mar 2, 2013

update
my nitrates have dropped to 3ppm
phosphates are at 0.03ppm
water is crystal clear
glass can go 2 weeks without cleaning
everything is doing fine
im not shooting for 0 anymore id like to keep it some nitrates
fish seem to be more spunky

vic

SkimHeavy · Mar 2, 2013

Are you running the titanium version or the standard? Can you post a picture of the way you have them set up with the air stone?

Rikerbear · Mar 2, 2013

SkimHeavy said:
Are you running the titanium version or the standard? Can you post a picture of the way you have them set up with the air stone?

+10
Pix would be great if you can

SkimHeavy · Mar 2, 2013

I was going to run a bio pellet reactor and a GFO reactor separately. If I can get away with this I absolutely will.

swissgaurd · Mar 2, 2013

here i have put my cubes in my overflow.
most have them in there sump. simple, put cubes in bag supplied,airstone inside bag at bottom, cubes ontop,airline to airpump.
im using a 3" airstone .

vic

swissgaurd · Mar 2, 2013

im running the standard version.

vic

SkimHeavy · Mar 2, 2013

So from what I have read, it appears standard cubes lower nitrates primarily and phosphates as well, all though no as quickly and drastically. The titanium will reduce nitrates in systems where phosphates are undetectable.

Does that sound right?

swissgaurd · Mar 2, 2013

yes correct

SkimHeavy said:
So from what I have read, it appears standard cubes lower nitrates primarily and phosphates as well, all though no as quickly and drastically. The titanium will reduce nitrates in systems where phosphates are undetectable.

Does that sound right?

swissgaurd · Mar 2, 2013

really excited about these cubes
dont know if you can see the clarity,

SkimHeavy · Mar 2, 2013

swissgaurd said:
really excited about these cubes
dont know if you can see the clarity,

Looks good. What skimmer are you using? Did you have to adjust it? I read some guys had to skim a little more wet initially, but then tuned down to a black skim.