24/7 water changes?

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always4lora

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Hi' All,

I'm getting near the end of my 280g tank build and am getting down to building the sump etc and was hoping there is a way to a 24/7 water change? The tank is in a insulated shed near a drain so sticking the water down the drain is not an issue. I am not on a weater meter so wasting water isnt an issue either.

I am going to buy a HMA filter which i was hoping i could incoperate into the system to that it auto remove the crap out of the water. Any idea how i would set this up?
The way the tank - sump is setup is using two overflow holes near the top of the tank that are being fed into the sump underneath and then returned by a 5500lph pump.

Any help is much appreciated.

Kind Regards

Ben
 
Howdy,

Try THIS which was my blueprint for THAT.

HarleyK
 
HarleyK;4127449; said:
Howdy,

Try THIS which was my blueprint for THAT.

HarleyK
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Cheers i'll take a look, was searching in the this sub forum didn't think to look in the article one.

Regards
Ben

Hi' ive read the articles but don't get why you're using prime, as long as the tanks cycled an filterd i didnt think you'd need it?
I've brought one of these : http://www.devotedly-discus.co.uk/acatalog/info_DD_HMA_80C.html which removes everything i need removing from the water , the sump will do the removing of ammonia and nitrites.

I was thinking about this last night when i was off to sleep and was thinking about having an additional overflow in the sump? Basically having the water from the HMA filter going straight into the tank, there will be two overflow pipes at the top of the tank with pipes going down into the sump just like in the tank i'll have an overflow pipe near the top of the sump to overflow and aditional water into the drain to avoid flooding and keeping the same water level.
Would this work?
 
I love my water filtration system. It is design much like yours. Filtration for the water and then it runs directly into the tank.
 
Im trying to sort a drip system for my new tank when we start the build so thanks for asking the question ben,it sounds simple enough to me,it just puts water into your tank or sump from the hma filter(how much was that model?) and whatever amount flows in the same amount flows out down the drain from the overflow or am i missing something lol.


Steve
 
spwd;4133364; said:
Im trying to sort a drip system for my new tank when we start the build so thanks for asking the question ben,it sounds simple enough to me,it just puts water into your tank or sump from the hma filter(how much was that model?) and whatever amount flows in the same amount flows out down the drain from the overflow or am i missing something lol.


Steve
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The model i got was the best one devotedly discus did, it was £91 then it was 30£ sommet for a spare set of cartridges.

I orderd it on sunday and it was here today (bloody massive compared to RO Unit) , i set it up in all of about 15minutes. I tested the flow i got out of it and it was about 1.5 litres in a minute going up a slight bit but thats good for me. You can adjust the flow for faster / slower.

I've decided on how it's going to work and basically i put the outlet of the HMA directly into the tank which has overflows going into the sump, the water will go into the sump this will also have an overflow. As the water volume increases the water will reach the sump overflow and go via a pipe straight into the drain. So yeh like you said you can stick it into the sump, doesnt really matter i guess. It does seem very simple.

The only thing i will mention though doing it this way is if your overflow's got blocked with debris you will end up with a rather wet floor, but i think i can clean the overflows every week or so to double check theyre not clogged.

Time wise this is going to be great (takes me about 2 hours to clean my 100g god knows what itd take on a 280ish), im just thinking of how to make a constant water change for my other tanks lol. Obivously with the above you dont have to have it constantly oin you can just flick the switch to on when you want to do your weekly change if you wanted.
 
My Route is slightly different, I have the tank drilled at 50% level and this will connect to an irrigation timer, once per day the timer will open and allow a timed amount of drain from the tank.

At the same time the ball valve in the sump will auto open and refil the tank, I have a carbon filter on the inlet but to be safe a peristaltic pump switches on to pump a measured amount of water conditioner but I may get one of those Devotedly Discus pre-filters - may be a little too slow though?

I have the sump drilled for overflow just in case.


All plumbed to waste (I had this added in te floor screed when the builders built my extension.
 
Just Toby;4133756; said:
My Route is slightly different, I have the tank drilled at 50% level and this will connect to an irrigation timer, once per day the timer will open and allow a timed amount of drain from the tank.

At the same time the ball valve in the sump will auto open and refil the tank, I have a carbon filter on the inlet but to be safe a peristaltic pump switches on to pump a measured amount of water conditioner but I may get one of those Devotedly Discus pre-filters - may be a little too slow though?

I have the sump drilled for overflow just in case.


All plumbed to waste (I had this added in te floor screed when the builders built my extension.
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Sounds like a good set up,got any pics and what gallonage is it?


Steve
 
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