Continuous drip system for fresh water tanks.

[Accident]

Keep in mind that all of your fittings/tubing for the incoming water need to be rated for this application and installed correctly or you will have a flood. I turn off the water to the whole house when we are out of town to avoid a freak accident.

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[[enjoyable_attempt]]

Accident, looks good. Thanks for posting pics. Do you still plan on testing your water and posting the results for us? And cutting off the water supply to the house while out of town is a great idea. I would have to do the same if I decide to go with this set up.

sucks!

Why are you so rude when you didnt even know what his parameters are. He didn't even say it was a good method, it just works for him. No wonder why people just lurk in the forums and never post. Arnt you only like 13?

 

[Accident]

Accident, looks good. Thanks for posting pics. Do you still plan on testing your water and posting the results for us? And cutting off the water supply to the house while out of town is a great idea. I would have to do the same if I decide to go with this set up.




Why are you so rude when you didnt even know what his parameters are. He didn't even say it was a good method, it just works for him. No wonder why people just lurk in the forums and never post. Arnt you only like 13?

I dug out the water test kit last night and tested the 150 for Nitrates. It was 5ppm. If I recall correctly, that was the only one that ever got above ZERO and was how I gauged how fast to drip the water. Seems like water changes are the only way to get rid of Nitrates without expensive chemicals. My other testing bottles were empty.

Thanx for the encouragement.

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BTW are there any test kits that are EASY to use? Dang! 10 drops, shake, wait, 10 more drops, stand on your head, wait 5 minutes. Jeeze. I've got no patience for that crap.

 

[nfored]

BTW are there any test kits that are EASY to use? Dang! 10 drops, shake, wait, 10 more drops, stand on your head, wait 5 minutes. Jeeze. I've got no patience for that crap.

No kidding I hated testing it, and if you don't do it right you get bad results. I am very jelous. I have all the plumbing ran and could do this with no problem, just turn it on actually, but I just can't tempt fate that the Kansas City Water wont kill my fish.

I really enjoyed reading this, most of the drip systems I have seen used filters that had to be replaced, and as a result you had to test every so often for Chlorine, or used super expensive dosing pumps and chemicals.

I say its AWSOME and congrats on the nice easy setup and nice tanks, you have what we all want, look and see and enjoy, minus the work.

 

[Accident]

No kidding I hated testing it, and if you don't do it right you get bad results. I am very jelous. I have all the plumbing ran and could do this with no problem, just turn it on actually, but I just can't tempt fate that the Kansas City Water wont kill my fish.

I really enjoyed reading this, most of the drip systems I have seen used filters that had to be replaced, and as a result you had to test every so often for Chlorine, or used super expensive dosing pumps and chemicals.

I say its AWSOME and congrats on the nice easy setup and nice tanks, you have what we all want, look and see and enjoy, minus the work.

THanx I appreciate your comments.

If all you have is Chlorine, then, you should be fine. It out-gasses readily when dripped into the tank. Test some into a gallon open container. Wait for it to get full, then test that water. I have never had it show any Chlorine with this test. The drip onto the waters' surface combined with the filters/bubblers should remove any Chlorine in the city water. I'm not familiar with any other chemicals.

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[Accident]

Just read the algae scrubber thread (most of it) and I think this would be a great way to reduce the amount of water I flow through my tanks. I'm going to try floating plants in one and a passive screen in some of the others.

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[Danger_Chicken]

I couldn't see a slow drip eliminating the debris from the tank.

I'm dripping between .5-1gph on my tanks, at first I put sponge over the pvc hob overflows to keep fry and other small critters from getting in the pipes but I had a few floods from the sponges getting clogged. It's amazing how much debris they catch with such a low flow, albeit It wouldn't be enough for my tanks, since I keep them overstocked.

My drip rate is about 3 to 5 drips per second if I had to guess. I guess I need to put a timer on it as it drips in a gallon jug. I really just gauge it so that it is dripping outside. It's been working that way for years.
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I think 3-5 drips per second amounts to about .5 gph judging by the drip emitters I use to use. From the picture you posted it looks like that tank has more of a flow than a drip, but you can't really tell from a pic.

Interesting you drip using some type of valve where you have drips per second rather then a drip emitter.

I used emiters at first but the .5's kept clogging so I changed them all to little valves. It works better since I can change the rate depending on the stock.

It's nice to see others that don't mind "modifying" their house to fit their hobby I run the drip and drain into 4 rooms on 2 floors - that's how much I hate wc's. My water goes down the drain; I haven't been able to come up with an alternative for recycling that will work at my house. I really wanted to water the yard and bushes but haven't worked out the logistics of it. I was draining into the sump but that pumps to the street in front of my house, I had to change that or I would have turned the entire street into an ice skating rink.

 

[tcarswell]

hmm.. i dont get it.. is it one of those things that grow algae???

Thank you for sharing accident. This would be an awesome toy for me. My tap only has chlorine and a low amount at that so it is doable...

 

[Accident]

I'm dripping between .5-1gph on my tanks, at first I put sponge over the pvc hob overflows to keep fry and other small critters from getting in the pipes but I had a few floods from the sponges getting clogged. It's amazing how much debris they catch with such a low flow, albeit It wouldn't be enough for my tanks, since I keep them overstocked.

I think 3-5 drips per second amounts to about .5 gph judging by the drip emitters I use to use. From the picture you posted it looks like that tank has more of a flow than a drip, but you can't really tell from a pic.

I used emiters at first but the .5's kept clogging so I changed them all to little valves. It works better since I can change the rate depending on the stock.

It's nice to see others that don't mind "modifying" their house to fit their hobby I run the drip and drain into 4 rooms on 2 floors - that's how much I hate wc's. My water goes down the drain; I haven't been able to come up with an alternative for recycling that will work at my house. I really wanted to water the yard and bushes but haven't worked out the logistics of it. I was draining into the sump but that pumps to the street in front of my house, I had to change that or I would have turned the entire street into an ice skating rink.

in this picture, I turned up the flow so the water would be visible. I turned it back down after.


Hell yes. I drill holes where ever I need them in the house. Just cover them up with plants outside. Sub-tropical here, so plants grow fast and furious.



Here's the 150 as of last night.



using CF 55/65 watt bulbs. 2 @ 6700k and 2 @ 10,000k. I want to add an actinic to the middle to make the fish pop more.


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[NiceGuyNick]

Thanks for sharing! Awesome setup if u ask me. That is good info about the periodic DOSING that the water treatment facilities do as well. I wonder if there would be a good way to lessen the effects of such treatments or if it is enough to be toxic if we are only talking about a 1/2 gph? I wonder how long a typic CLEANING TREATMENT the water companies use lasts for and therefore how much of the various agents our tanks would be ingesting. Maybe in the areas that use high levels of these agents one could use some sort of a H2O quarantine tank to spread the load of the treatments and help GAS OUT some of the Chloramines. Any thoughts as to how this could work and/or fail?