Built in UCRDWC Bio-reactor/filter. Great Idea!

Situation420 said:

I was wondering if there was a way to breed your bacteria effectively since they multiply themselves rapidly once "awakened".

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sonofdust said:

Here's a pic of the my Bio Filter / Bio Reactor that I use to breed bacteria. I have it hooked up to my UCRDWC units, it runs constantly.I've have completed two grows with zero problems so far. Hope this helps.

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Bro this is brilliant! If you can add a separate tank to your recirculating system that is constantly making new bacteria then all you have to do is make the bacteria once and constantly feed them into your system with a drip emitter and just keep that incubating pot warm with a heating mat to keep the bacteria multiplying nonstop. All you would have to do is figure out how to calibrate it correctly. Can you explain how yours works more please?

sonofdust said:

riu wont let me edit my last post but I wanted to credit the man who originally designed it, Scott and stolen by me.

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Scott when you see this can you explain please, i have a basic idea but definitely would like to hear what you have to say! lol

How does it work? like how does the bacteria "brew" and how is it applied?

now im not scott and im having a hard time with understanding where your question is going so I hope its not out of place to respond...

first off the picture above looks like a swirl bio filter... they are created to collect solids in the bucket and allow you to drain them out. Because of how gravity works this system is obviously fed from the top .. meaning that there is an input from a res. It collects material at the bottom and overflows clean water back to the res notice the 2 pipes feeding into another room... that means whatever is to the right is his res. This thing is not heat wrapped and even if it was it would have to change the temp of the water and since its attached to the main res that would be a bad idea as it would populate the res with high temp water that reduces DO and will ramp up bad root strangling bacteria.

In order to breed beneficial bacteria in a 5 gallon bucket to the right hooked up to the res to keep the system healthy and maintain constant temp you should look into a top fed 5 gallon bucket wet/dry biofilter loaded with scrubbie material at 370sqft area per cubic foot that pumps back into the res from the bottom due to gravity. When using a wet/dry water is sprayed over the scrubbie material and you feed your res whatever to keep your bacteria happy. I prefer liquid fish if using no fish in res. This exchange will feed the bacteria constantly/clean the water and push it through the system. It will also raise your EC in the system and you will need to constantly add dechloraminated or chlorinated water to the system as the plants drink up the water to drop the ec...

Is this the sort of thing you were asking about? they use them in aquaponics (also for ponds) to break down urea and other bio waste i think.

i like the idea, personally-- i'm all about systems RDWC /neo-buckets, so bio-filters would be essential~ #cheer$

not being a skeptic but thinking out loud: I was thinking that the surface area just from 2-3 gallons of some very porous hydroton is already pretty substantial...
also, feeding the bacteria? is this thing trying to grow ammonia/nitrogen consuming nitrosomas/nitrobacter or more symbiotic plant friendly types (I'm wondering if the attachment/surface are is optimized for those types of bacteria