I stopped checking how much I drip. It's just not good to test the water flow. Only good to test the nitrates. Mine are around 5 and the fish are happy
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360 gallon Auto Drip/Water Change System Flow Rate
- Thread starter bigphil001
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It may sound like it but if you have heavy stock like stingrays in big tanks then it doesn't sound so crazy after all
First of all, awesome tank. That dat is real nice.
My system is about 700g all up and I change between 35-45% a week.
My nitrates are 0. (Same as all params)
I am not over stocked, and have a small amount of pothos to help as well.
Also I use a pump on a timer to pump out dirty water first and have a top up unit to refill with clean water. So I am not removing the diluted water. And its easily adjustable incase I change stock.
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My system is about 700g all up and I change between 35-45% a week.
My nitrates are 0. (Same as all params)
I am not over stocked, and have a small amount of pothos to help as well.
Also I use a pump on a timer to pump out dirty water first and have a top up unit to refill with clean water. So I am not removing the diluted water. And its easily adjustable incase I change stock.
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We have a very similar setup. I currently have a small dosing pump that runs all the time draining water out of the tank. Then I have an auto top off that kicks in and keeps the tank filled with clean 50% ro 50% tap water.
Before the drip I tried to maintain my nitrate below 40 ppm. I have a high fish load and am a heavy feeder.
I guess based on everyone's advice I will just adjust the flow out of the tank until my nitrates level off at or near zero.
Before the drip I tried to maintain my nitrate below 40 ppm. I have a high fish load and am a heavy feeder.
I guess based on everyone's advice I will just adjust the flow out of the tank until my nitrates level off at or near zero.
