Multitank Drip System

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8 months and going strong.
I have had 2 hiccups with the system: both were flow related--the needle valves are a bit fickle and my guess is the flow get reduced due to sediment building up. The 480 had flow stoppages for at least a week and some of the fish looked sluggish and stopped eating. After a 50% water change and turning the dripper back on, everyone was fine. The drip emitters are complete junk. do not use these! they pop off, flooding the tank with cold water, I scrapped those after it happened with the 480g in august.

350g: 7.6pH, 0-.25 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 5 Nitrate (it has gone down!)

480g: 7.6pH, 0-.25 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 20 Nitrate (Time to increase the flow)

375g: 7.8pH, 0-.25 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 20-40 Nitrate. (Time to increase the flow)


110g: 7.6pH, 0-.25 Ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10-20 Nitrate


Other than feeding, water tests, wiping down the outside glass (i dont get very much algae growth), and the 2 50% changes due to emitter fail and valve stoppage, I haven't done much "fishkeeping" in over 8 months, lol.

Because it is difficult to see water dripping into the tank, I am going to start looking into a drip version of a bubble counter so that I can see the flow going into each tank. Pics to come.
 
Wait I'm lost. So with the system you're running, you never do water changes (unless needed like you stated) and never have to top off a tank. Do you still run some form of filter on the tanks themselves? Or is your setup pretty much like a constant water change and you just filter right at the source?

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knobhill said:
8 months and going strong.
I have had 2 hiccups with the system: both were flow related--the needle valves are a bit fickle and my guess is the flow get reduced due to sediment building up. The 480 had flow stoppages for at least a week and some of the fish looked sluggish and stopped eating. After a 50% water change and turning the dripper back on, everyone was fine. The drip emitters are complete junk. do not use these! they pop off, flooding the tank with cold water, I scrapped those after it happened with the 480g in august.

350g: 7.6pH, 0-.25 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 5 Nitrate (it has gone down!)

480g: 7.6pH, 0-.25 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 20 Nitrate (Time to increase the flow)

375g: 7.8pH, 0-.25 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 20-40 Nitrate. (Time to increase the flow)


110g: 7.6pH, 0-.25 Ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10-20 Nitrate


Other than feeding, water tests, wiping down the outside glass (i dont get very much algae growth), and the 2 50% changes due to emitter fail and valve stoppage, I haven't done much "fishkeeping" in over 8 months, lol.

Because it is difficult to see water dripping into the tank, I am going to start looking into a drip version of a bubble counter so that I can see the flow going into each tank. Pics to come.
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Cheap way to decrease nitrates and keep your fish healthy: http://monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=504763
 
So weird: I think my subscription to my thread has been cancelled. I never got an email from mfk.

F1 Vet: can you repost or pm me the link? It isn't showing up.

Drifter: All of my tanks have heavy-duty filtration systems on them: each tank has at least one fluval fx-5. the three largest tanks have huge sumps and I do have filter socks on them that I clean out every so often. I only perform maintainence (rinsing) on them if the flow rate slows. The drip system just adds a constant slow rate of fresh, filtered water to each tank and the exact same amount goes out the drain.

Egon: How are you my friend?! I may be moving so I am thinking about switching to a multi tank setup with a central filtration system. With one large pump, heater, and uv (and the drip system), I could save a lot on my electric bill and make my tanks quieter since the wet/dry would be in the garage or a filter room. The only drawback is that I would need a dedicated quarantine system for adding new fish.
 
Doing good, living the dream. Haven't lost any fish in years, knock on wood. I like the idea of a central sump system. Especially in a different room! That would be a blast to plumb :)
Good luck on the move

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$4 on eBay. I'm using this bubble counter in reverse so that I can monitor the flow to the tank. I can see the drip flow since air is trapped in the counter and gravity takes care of the rest. One install down, 3 to go!


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What are these pics of? Nice little Silver ya got there :) My Black would rip him in half, just sayin... ;)
 
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