Dripping tap water, without dechlorinator

[markstrimaran]

Hey how fast can a tank, absorb 2ppm chlorine, tap water. Without killing bacteria?

I know vague question. I think I read some where, that a drip system was using strait tap water.

 

[J. H.]

Hey how fast can a tank, absorb 2ppm chlorine, tap water. Without killing bacteria?

I know vague question. I think I read some where, that a drip system was using strait tap water.

I am not sure, but I think the chlorine never gets absorbed. It evaporates. Because of this, it would depend on where in the tank the water goes in, and how much surface agitation the tank has.

 

[Drstrangelove]

I think I read some where, that a drip system was using strait tap water.

I don't know about how common or prevalent that is or whether that is entirely accurate.

People do use tap water, that's true, but some number of them run the water through a sediment filter and then a carbon block filter before it enters the tank. Chlorine and chloramine are essentially removed.

For those people (however many) that don't pre-filter, I guess it would be a great question.

 

[markstrimaran]

Organic residue will react with free chlorine, rapidly, Time will clear out my 55 gallon drum in around 12 hours.

My carbon filter slows the filling from 15 minutes, into 2 hours. Which leaves me to forget some thing.

I can fill the drum, and drip feed it into the tank. 55 gallons gets, mixed in with 75 gallons of the display. As the tank replaces what was in the drum.

I have been letting it sit over night, and then opening the transfer valves and topping the tanks off in the morning. In the rush of getting ready for work. I some times forget to close a rather important valve.

What I really need is a 10 GPM MINUTE. carbon filter. Any diy ideas

 

[monkeybike]

I've questioned building a tower out of something like 3 inch pvc, fill it with bio balls, and run a decent size air pump into a fitting at the bottom. Drill some vent holes into the cap and run a drain out the bottom. Hook up some sort of fitting into the top to run a drip into, possibly as a spray. Kind of a chlorine out gassing tower.

 

[ragin_cajun]

Why DIY something like this? Just get a carbon block filter, replace the cartridges every 6 months.

 

[markstrimaran]

I have one, it just takes about 2 hours, to fill both my drums. I have a problem regulating the temperature also, too slow a flow to adjust properly.

If I flow filterless. Both drums are full in 14min, and I don't have to remember to shut the water off. I am getting old. I do have a timer now. Ha ha
Ran about 5,000 gallons accidently, the over flow waters the orchard, so no big flood, just some money.

 

[John04]

Why not just get a carbon filter meant for refrigerator/ice machines and run it through that before your tank. Usually they have push connect 1/4" fitting on them. You can pick them up for around $10 on ebay.

 

[markstrimaran]

The water in the drums is constantly recirculated, through the aquariums. They in effect add volume to the tanks. One is gravity flow with 10" of head about 30 GPD .
The other is pumped at about 50 GPD.
Filtration of the drum to aquarium flow would plug any carbon filter very fast. As its raw aquarium water.

 

[markstrimaran]

I've questioned building a tower out of something like 3 inch pvc, fill it with bio balls, and run a decent size air pump into a fitting at the bottom. Drill some vent holes into the cap and run a drain out the bottom. Hook up some sort of fitting into the top to run a drip into, possibly as a spray. Kind of a chlorine out gassing tower.

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Well I will try a off gass tower, as soon as I get a detectable chlorine content in my water. County must be slacking off. 0 ppm chlorine. 25 miles at the end of the pipeline.