drip system question

[Dr Joe]

It's a beautiful thing man, Thanks.

 

[hmt321]

gonna copy Rallysman's idea, could i fine tune the gph by adjusting the faucet?

thanks.

1gph would probably be ok, i wonder how much water i will loose to evaporation in the summer?

 

[rallysman]

gonna copy Rallysman's idea, could i fine tune the gph by adjusting the faucet?

thanks.

1gph would probably be ok, i wonder how much water i will loose to evaporation in the summer?

probably not. you would be better adjusting the flow by using different emitters.

Your evaporation rate will depend on how humid it is.

 

[Dr Joe]

Adjusting the faucet will limiut the flow, but the pressure will build up.

There's a 25 psi regulator from the faucet.

 

[Dr Joe]

Sorry, I didn't finish...You can try to adjust the regulator with the brass screw in the center, I had good luck adjusting the brass regulators.

 

[fishdance]

If your not doing large water changes you dont even need a carbon filter. I water change up to 10% per day on my growout tanks without any dramas. If your water supply has a particularly high chlorine content (pool shops have cheap chlorine test kits) you could still do 10% per week quite safely.

A filter is quite cheap though and a mechanical prefilter may prolong your Carbon life. I use a fine mechanical prefilter so I dont need to check drip rates constantly