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DIY Coil Denitrator Plans

Tuesday July 15, 2008
DIY Coil Denitrator Tired of spending all of the time and money on performing endless water changes to keep your nitrates in check? Here are simple, inexpensive DIY Coil Denitrator plans from Don Carner.

More: What Is A Coil Denitrator and How Does It Work? Nitrate isn't good for our systems, be they FO (fish-only) or reef. You can buy a commercial denitrator that cost a ton of money, or you can ...
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May 31, 2006 at 10:52 am
(1) bill smith says:

I built the coil denitrator about 4 months ago and followed the specs from don carner …..conclusion it just doesn’t work !!!!!

September 13, 2006 at 12:03 pm
(2) Bill Smith says:

i built the coil denitrator about 7 months ago , i am still waiting to see any difference in the nitrate levels in the tank and the nitrate levels coming out of the denitrator please respond and explain this to me ………Bill

September 26, 2007 at 8:18 am
(3) Kevin Sloas says:

When I first search for and found this article over a year ago, I was overjoyed. Much to my dismay, I feel I have been somewhat lead astray. After reading the article, I attempted to email Don Carner at the email provided and received NO responses. The item in question are several; how big a pum( how many GPH), what type of fittings are used to connect the tubing on both sides of the PVC? ANyone, please fill in the blanks!

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