Water changes!

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Water Changes

  • Drip system

    Votes: 7 13.2%

  • Manually

    Votes: 46 86.8%
  • Total voters
    53
  • Poll closed .
I have been doing drips for a few years now and like them very much. With 3 fairly large tanks and a good amount of rays it seems like the only way to fly. I hang out with the rays for a good amount of time every day anyways just feeding, cleaning filters etc. In michigan we are known for having very clean water so ive never rely needed to age my water or check tds


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I use an automated water change with a timer and an auto top off. The timer pumps water out while turning off the auto top off and then turns pump off and ato back on. It then fills the sump back up with aged water. I like it and it works well.

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snake8myelbo said:
Auto drip on the big tank and manual on the smaller tanks.

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This is how I roll, as well.

Drips provide consistency and less stress to fish and rays during water changes. Although I do water changes every so often. On my largest system I have a fairly high volume drip and when I backwash my ultima II I change quite a bit, too.

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Manual , from a huge rubbermaid .
1 ray tank,1 lion fish tank, 1 reef,1 baby grow up tank, I think about a drip, but I don't want to add chlorine to my tank, what's the point of storing aged water ?then dripping ?


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drip you just cant beat them, cuts down on stress, put crazy amounts of time back in my pocket, saved on water and electricity, lets me enjoy them more than just taking care of them. dont take that the wrong way id stay up all night for weeks for my fish if needed.
 
Manual.. but i will put a drip on the pool eventually... I can always turn it off.. but I would like to have it particularly when we go on vacation.. or if I don't have time to do water change ect.. imo you can never have to many back-ups set-up.

Be interested in the TDS levels of drip vs manual but since everyones water is different have to root out as many variables as possible.. ie you'de de need to do manual Wcs for a few weeks and drips for a few weeks... same fish.. same feeding ect.. don't see how TDS levels would be higher.. unless your physically removing more water w manuals and also dilution vs constant drips ect..blah to much for me to ponder atm.
 
Surprising that just about 90% of people are changing manually. It may have to do with ease of doing manual changes or maybe the cost. I have read that some people experience more problems with their rays like stress, etc when they run drips. But it could also be other factors. Maybe we haven't perfected the science behind the drips yet. Too bad my basement is finished as I wouldn't have mined to try a drip on least one of my ray tanks. It would come in handy for vacations.
 
I'd manual for over 20 years now have a drip and not done a manual for over 3 years

Drip is much cheaper than manual once you get it setup

Not sure how easy a drip would be with canisters as I have never looked into it

I setup the drip as I knew I was losing both legs and until the drip was running I was paying someone to do water changes at the cost of £20 twice per week so I had no choice but to find a option

All I do is feed and get someone to change HMA cartridges every few months


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