Drip system Question

The premise is that it will add water so slowly as to not even be a factor. Or, if it is too fast, to put a charcoal or RO filter in line on the drip...

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74275


http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19920


also use the search feature and you will see rallysman chompers and a few others how they did theres

I use a carbon block on mine, but I'm guessing the rate is slow enough that it wouldn't matter. Chloramine is a different story I think .

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I haven't had a chloramine issue until recently. We had a water main break with the introduction of E-coli. They blasted the water with monochloramines for days. I set up a whole-house-filter (with carbon) to do my water changes on my smaller tanks. By the time I realized something was wrong, I had tanks of dying fish. My drip systems also suffered ill effects. No deaths but the fish were obviously stressed (lethargic and not eating). The wet/drys took a beating and couldn't keep up with the bio-load. Luckily I keep Amquel Plus on hand. It saved a lot of fish, but I lost all of my baby african ciclids.

Lately I have been detecting .02ppm of chloromine, and there have been no reported breaks. It has been reaking havoc on my filters. The chloromine goes right through the carbon. It has been said that chloramine just needs more contact time with the carbon but I am starting to wonder.

I do not use drip for that reason. Also with heavy stocked tanks you will still need to clean them and the filters on them. Prevent water changes yes, prevent cleaning NO. If you have chloromine I would not do it.

Check to see if your tap water has chlorine or chloramines. If you have chlorine then it is something I would do. I don't have to change water, just vacuum and clean the filters once a week.

I do 100GPD in my 579 and use a relay with a float switch to eject water for 3 minutes at a time. I inject my own chlorine into my house water and don't treat the water that drips into the tank, other than an iron removal system. It has been running for about 5 months now. The pump turns on twice a day. I also have less than 10PPM nitrates, and it is constant. Weekly changes leads to high nitrates at the end of the week. My readings are constant.

tunerX;1875436; said:

Check to see if your tap water has chlorine or chloramines....

...If you have chlorine then it is something I would do. I don't have to change water, just vacuum and clean the filters once a week...

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My water hasn't had chloramines in it for the last 20 years (that I know of). This is something new and sporatic. They are driving me nuts

And I don't have to clean my tank other than changing filter media and ocassional glass cleaning (UGF). I automated my large tank as much as possible.

If Chloramine get Dosmatic and set it up to inject prime.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74275Edit, same link that Nic posted

It pays depending on how heavy stocked your tank is. If you need to do water changes daily/every other day/even twice a week it pays.