I live in Suriname which is a part of the Amazon.
I always think about if I could use rain water to do automated water changes every time it rains(which is a lot)
So I would let all the rain water go in a 1000+ gallon plastic water tank which would then flow through a water filter(in case of any dirt/residu got in the tank)through a 1/2 inch pipe to the tank and install an overflow on the tank/sump so all the excess water can go out of the tank.
With the incoming pipe be at 1/2 inch there would be less water disturbance and the overflow at 1 inch there would be never a chance of overflowing your house.
So if it rains like 1 hour and the. tank is filled within 30 minutes the big tank would overflow by itself cause that much water can't flow through a 1/2 inch pipe and after the ains stops the water will eventually drain slowly into the fishtank which on its turn will.overflow through a 1 inch pipe out of the tank.
One of my thoughts is ofcourse what about the beneficial bacteria??
Any improvement or suggestions would be welcome.
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I always think about if I could use rain water to do automated water changes every time it rains(which is a lot)
So I would let all the rain water go in a 1000+ gallon plastic water tank which would then flow through a water filter(in case of any dirt/residu got in the tank)through a 1/2 inch pipe to the tank and install an overflow on the tank/sump so all the excess water can go out of the tank.
With the incoming pipe be at 1/2 inch there would be less water disturbance and the overflow at 1 inch there would be never a chance of overflowing your house.
So if it rains like 1 hour and the. tank is filled within 30 minutes the big tank would overflow by itself cause that much water can't flow through a 1/2 inch pipe and after the ains stops the water will eventually drain slowly into the fishtank which on its turn will.overflow through a 1 inch pipe out of the tank.
One of my thoughts is ofcourse what about the beneficial bacteria??
Any improvement or suggestions would be welcome.
Mods if not in the right section/forum please move to the right one.
