Water filtering question

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Interesting. I run my drip system through 2 whole house filter housings with carbon block sediment filters, 5 or 10 micron. I have a small issue of by the end of a 24 hour period 1 out of 2 of the filter housings run dry, yet the drip continues at the same rate. I cannot seem to control the drip anywhere other than the initial tap I have doubled, its open just a hair. So I have it on a very very slow drip, so I don't know if it is evaporation or if the drip is so slow it is not filling the filter and bypassing, but everyday after work I have to hit the pressure release button for it to backsiphon and fill back up. I would go with a filter like the filter guys 60gpd one, however in case that I want more dripping or want to do a water change using the drip system I don't want to be limited. I tried adding a 25PSI regulator after the housings, didn't work. I know chlorine dissapates with aeration, I have 3 air stones in the tank and I drip water right on the air bublles. I know small ammounts of chlorine don't have immediate affects on the fish, it is more long term issues like how long they will live and particularly how it effects gill function and breathing over the course of prolonged exposure. I always wondered if I should stop bothering with the cartridges that don't seem to be doing anything if they are getting bypassed anyway, for the life of me no matter how many ball valves I use I cannot seem to find a way to get a 75 gpd drip and not have the filter housings empty on me, don't know what I am doing wrong but I can't control the drip down the line, ball valves don't seem to reduce the amount of water that comes in just increase the pressure it comes in at. PITA, I flipping hate plumbing :(
 
theoretically that should work. It would depend on the flow rate.. it would have to be quite slow to evaporate the chlorine before it reaches the tank.

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I was doing some math and if I do 4 gallons per day in every tank I have I would need 40 gallons of aged water per day. With it taking 24hr to age the water and me wanting to add more tanks into my system I would need a system that hold 150-200 gallons of water. While this is possible it would take up a lot of room.

My first question, are you absolutely positive it is chlorine, and not chloramines. If just chlorine, you are in good shape. I did a 50% water change in a tank recently and tested the aquarium for chlorine. (I don't treat my water) It read at .05 PPM. That is 5 100ths of a mg in a liter of water. That is real dang close to none. I would suggest you see what your chlorine is out of the tap, after letting it run for a minute or so. You may be like me and not need to worry about doing anything.

According to the water companies web site info they don't use chloramines to treat the water. I don't have any chlorine test kits but I could pick up one. That would make it easier to know what I'm dealing with here.
 
Chlorine is a breeze to remove with carbon water filters, and cheap to maintain. Chloramine can be removed with carbon too, but the life of the block is greatly reduced.

Filter Guys has a great setup, and replacement cartridges can be gotten from amazon for a smidge cheaper.
 
The Filter Guys have a lot of different filters what type would I need?


Three stage- but if you call them the gyus are great and you can talk your specific needs
 
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