Y’all are talking way more work than a water change. I don’t know that our hero is the one for it.
Aquarium that dosent require cleaning?
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Sure more work to set up, but once in place and running...imagine the laziness!
Sounds like something my dad would say, and he still does more than my 40yo ass.
To be fair….Wait...what?
You mean you haven't already drilled holes in the structure of your home simply to make aquarium maintenance easier?
How quaint!
I’ve only been in this house for 2 years.
That being said there’s a 4’ deep wadding pool that’s likely to be a koi pond in the near future.
Now my old house the entire basement was tanks and floor jacks to support large display tanks upstairs. I had the drain line to a sump which pumped out to my garden but I didn’t have a drip running or connected to my tanks just dropped a hose into the highpoint when changing water and it made its way to the sump.
I always use an inline pump for so it’s not that bad anyways
Any chance you have a thread on ur autodrip system? I'm very curious about this...
Sadly no, set it up initially back in 2012… basically its just an ice maker kit from the hardware store, 1/4” poly tubing, push connect fittings and drip emitters intended for sprinkler systems for the water supply. The drains/outflow are all just drilled sumps. Really not much to it. Most all the parts can be had from the local hardware stores. Many many ways to setup ur water supply but the ice maker kit is probably the easiest. Pulls water right from any copper line in ur house. I modified my ice maker tap ins after a few yrs for more flow and also installed a pressure guage with ball valve i can regulate the lines with but the ice maker kit will get u goin and understanding the process. Hardest part to it is drilling ur sumps. Easy enough tho also. Maybe ill put a thread up. Theres alot of info on here if u dig enough.
Does that work in the subtropical paradise of Ohio?
It sure ain't gonna work here! Northern Florida is at 30 degrees north latitude...Ohio straddles 40 degrees north...and I am just a hair over 50 degrees north.The warm tank water keeps the line open as long as it is running at a fair clip, powered by the utility pump that is plumbed to all my tanks in the basement. The outflow steams like a natural hot spring.
Once you turn off that pump, at -40C you have only a few minutes before the hose becomes very stiff and difficult to coil up. Get distracted by a phone call or something in the fish room, forget the hose for a half hour, and it will literally snap into pieces like an icicle when you try to pick it up. Been there, done that, have way too many hoses that are mended together with multiple couplings and hose clamps.
Back in Ontario, my last house was on the side of a hill, so the exhaust pipe was at a fairly steep angle and would almost always drain completely before freezing up. Here, it's much colder, the snow is deeper, and the required angle of the drain pipe is so shallow that it takes forever for all the water to dribble out. No es bueno. I can't be pumping hundreds of GPH out of my well and through my tanks just to keep the lines thawed...as wonderful as that would be for my water quality...sigh...
Interesting.... I'm gonna do some research on this.... How do I go about commissioning you to come build me one of those boss metal tanks down here in Florida. Got a whole extra room for one. ??
Haha i appreciate u even remember those tanks ??… the 650 is still goin strong at 12 yrs running now. Never did finish the 3k after my run in with the “fish police” ?… one of these days ill come outta retirement and fire it up. Def. Do some reading tho on autdrips, shoot me a pm if u have any questions. Seems overwhelming at first but it really is simple and affordable to set up.
Does that work in the subtropical paradise of Ohio?
The warm tank water keeps the line open as long as it is running at a fair clip, powered by the utility pump that is plumbed to all my tanks in the basement. The outflow steams like a natural hot spring.
Once you turn off that pump, at -40C you have only a few minutes before the hose becomes very stiff and difficult to coil up. Get distracted by a phone call or something in the fish room, forget the hose for a half hour, and it will literally snap into pieces like an icicle when you try to pick it up. Been there, done that, have way too many hoses that are mended together with multiple couplings and hose clamps.
Back in Ontario, my last house was on the side of a hill, so the exhaust pipe was at a fairly steep angle and would almost always drain completely before freezing up. Here, it's much colder, the snow is deeper, and the required angle of the drain pipe is so shallow that it takes forever for all the water to dribble out. No es bueno. I can't be pumping hundreds of GPH out of my well and through my tanks just to keep the lines thawed...as wonderful as that would be for my water quality...sigh...
Haha… Ohio is def. Not a paradise ??… i do have a pretty good grade as well on my out line. Prob what keeps me running year round. Shame theres no way around it for ya. Theres always an outdoor ice rink option tho ??
