john1 Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 HI I just came from an Austrian Forum and read something about nitrate reduction. Here in Australia the tapwater can have quite an amount in it. In Germany for instance it is quite high.The fellow who wrote the article said that the amount went from 60mg/l down to 5mg/l. It is unfortunately in German, but Google could translate it. So, for anyone who is interested here it is http://www.aquaristik-online.de/aquaris ... eutute.htm. JOhn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 Summarize it for us? I'm assuming you've read it and you'd probably make more sense than google's translation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted December 29, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 HI Ira Have NOT translated the whole thing. But in short, according to this guy the plant reduced the nitrate from 60mg/l to 5mg/l Will print his findings, translate it then post it. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted December 30, 2002 Report Share Posted December 30, 2002 That would be greatly appreciated john1 if you would It sounds really interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted January 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 Hi To whoever is interested in that plant or idea. Here is a version translated by Google, not me. I will translate it correctly if there is a sufficient demand. Goto http://home.iprimus.com.au/john1/efetute.htm John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted January 4, 2003 Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 Thanks for the info you provided john1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted March 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 Hi Goldie Here is a pic of that plant. Apparently only the roots are in the water. Permission to show photo by http://www.mein-aquarium-online.de.vu/ John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted April 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2003 Hi Goldie There is also a Nitrate filter which apparently filter the water to 0 ppm. It costs £69 John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peety Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 My tank is a paludarium.... basically i have plants growing on top off my tank with runoff spilling back into the tank. Lights are placed under the plants as well as a light above them. I have ferns, mosses, creeping ground cover, and some bromiliads growing, as well as the plants that are in the tank. Water from the tank is pumped up to the top plants at small time intervals, and it trickles back into the tank. I have to trim the ferns often, same as the water plants. I agree ya can't beat plants for keeping ya water clean. I have to move soon, so it's gonna be a killer establishing it all again, but I haven't cleaned my filter now for about 4 months, never clean the inside of the the tank, no substrate cleaning, partial water change once a month and nitrates are pretty close to zero. If you can imagine that one plant in the picture multiplied by 5 or 10 you get an idea of how much you can grow on just tank water... There are some interesting articles around on aquaponics, i.e feed your tank water to a hydroponic garden and eat the food.... I tried that as well on an outdoor pond with limited success... I don't think I had enough fish to provide enough waste!!!! Fish and gardening.... two great hobbies.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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