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Cycle - Nitrification and Denitrification
Can Cycle do both nitrification and denitrification?
How?
Can Cycle do both nitrification and denitrification?
How?
Cycle contains bacteria capable of both nitrification and denitrification. Partial denitrification is conversion of nitrate into nitrite. Waste Control contains a range of bacteria for denitrification, which can convert nitrate or nitrite into nitrogen gas.
Facultative heterotrophic bacteria can use oxygen or nitrate as final electron receptors. Their ability to use nitrate means that they can also perform denitrification. This process has several principal requirements: anoxic conditions, nitrate and an electron donor, which usually is provided by soluble carbonaceous BOD (dissolved organic matter). Biological filters in aquarium systems are designed to provide conditions for reduction of carbonaceous BOD and for nitrification, not for denitrification. The key to avoiding excessive amounts of uncontrolled denitrification is to avoid sludge accumulations, which result in anoxic zones. Regular use of Waste Control will minimize any such problem
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