jcardona1's Super-easy DIY 24/7 water changer!

[BigO6687]

dont know the answer either but it's a couple thousand gallons. pharaoh/bobby says he's had his running for almost a year and still working good

if you're changing like 320 gallons a week then wouldn't it stop working in like 15 weeks?

 

[jcardona1]

if you're changing like 320 gallons a week then wouldn't it stop working in like 15 weeks?

theoretically, yes. but i never had the system running long enough to test it out for myself, tore the tank down and sold it a little bit later. not sure if Bobby regularly tests for chlorine...

 

[SpeshulEd]

Got mine running two weeks ago. It was awesome to not spend my saturday mornign doing water changes.

 

[Pharaoh]

theoretically, yes. but i never had the system running long enough to test it out for myself, tore the tank down and sold it a little bit later. not sure if Bobby regularly tests for chlorine...

No, I don't regularly test for chlorine. I ran mine for almost a year before changing it. I've recently stepped up on my WCs, so I'll probably test for chlorine at the 5-6 month mark.

 

[Cookie*]

That's a great, simple system, Jose. I really like it.

 

[Billy_m24]

very nice I may be copying for my tank

 

[CrAzYNeSs]

Very nice jcardona1, I think I'm going to follow these plans for my 240G. Do you have any sediment filters or anything before the cloramine filter? Thanks!

 

[LOPAKA]

^^^ you actually put the sediment filter after the cloramine filter just incase any carbon granules decide to jump ship.

 

[CrAzYNeSs]

@Lupaka Sweet idea... I might do that. I think I'm going to give the guys where jcardona1 bought the filter from a call. I'm curious as to what water pressure is necessary.

 

[jcardona1]

Yeah I didn't run a sediment filter, but I would add it after as Lopaka mentioned. You don't want anything clogging your drip emitters (if you go the dripper route). The chloramine filter will work at any pressure, but the emitters won't. You'll need a good pressure regulator to bring your psi down to about 25-30psi, otherwise you'll blow your drippers off, ask me how I know If you have chloramines in your water, you'll need a longer contact time between the water and the activated carbon. I think filterguys recommends flow rates slower than 15gph to effectively remove chloramines. This is not an issue, considering drippers go from 0.5 ~ 2gph