City water/Drip system

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heck,, when i lived in NY there were times when you could smell the chlorine in the water...
i would not chance it on waiting for public notice.. plus by the time the public notice is
sent out they have already started the process
 
The smarter option would be to do your homework, and then make your own informed decision. At the moment I'm assuming that you don't even know what the chlorine residual is coming out of your taps, correct?
 
I do a 50% water change every day I also regulate the temperature with a mixing valve in the garage were my filters are every night i add sachem safe enough to treat the hole tank,been doing this for many years and no problems.my water from the tap has a lot of chloramine in it and is very soft so I add Marine salt as a buffer and crushed coral.I do not know for sure but I think as the water drips in some of the chloramine dissolves because I have a 400 gallon tank and it drips over a 24 hour period.I have kept many types of fish that are sensitive to water quality and had no problems.
 
Hello; My take is that the OP wants to avoid some of the steps of a typical water change involving the handling a large amount of water. There are at least two basic methods of a large volume water change. 1) Using a chemical treatment to counter the chlorine/chloramine in tap water for immediate use. 2) The method I use which is to store tap water in containers for several days which works only on chlorine treated tap water. Those with chloramine should not use the storage method.

The OP has chlorine treated tap water according to a post. It would seem that a drip system could be made if the initial tap water is held in a container fora time. Perhaps a double drip system. The tap water automatically drips into a container with some sort of float valve to stop the drip when at a set level. From that container it flows thru a second control valve into the tanks. The volume of the storage container may need to be a large multiple of the amount going into a tank each day. Say a storage container of gallons if the drip volume is an ounce or few each day. The storage container can also have a bubbler going. I have not tried such a setup as yet so this is a guestimate.

I have used the storage method with tap water for a long time and have found that it works. It has the burden of lugging about and having space for containers of water. An automatic drip system sounds more appealing as I accumulate birthdays. My guess is that someone has tried such a system and may have worked out the problems. If so, perhaps they will be willing to post about such a setup? It would also be nice if they were not hammered too much.
 
Once the OP determines with certainty what their chlorine residuals are at their taps, they can then determine what the best way to proceed is. Thus far it appears that a carbon block prefilter would suffice.
 
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