Auto water change system ?

[Scherb]

Hello. so i herd you can get some kind of auto water change system i think it uses some kind of drip system. anybody know about these systems ? thought it might be good for discus keeping. Cheers

[hdrob]

This is a nice setup. I'm just plumbing one right now for my 180g. Not as close to the drain though.

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[Rastapus]

Good system if your city water has hardness. We installed similar systems in the Richmond location but the water in the system became too soft. It would have to be combined with some sort of buffer dispenser to maintain the mineral content of the system.

[hondas3000]

do you have water meter? if you do you need to consider the water cost. It is very straight forward either a top off system or a drip system and I prefer drip system as you only need a water supply and a drain.

[Scherb]

This is a nice setup. I'm just plumbing one right now for my 180g. Not as close to the drain though.

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That is a nice system but looks expensive. anyone know how much ?

[Scherb]

do you have water meter? if you do you need to consider the water cost. It is very straight forward either a top off system or a drip system and I prefer drip system as you only need a water supply and a drain.

Hello, can you explain how the drip system works ?

[hondas3000]

Well depend on your local water if you have so much chlorine in your area, water too soft or high ph then you need to add different filter for it. I am using two state filter similar to RO unit and I have carbon filter in it and it remove any chlorine in my tab water. You can either reduce the tap water presure down to 25 psi with adapter or just drip it straight out with what ever your tap water pressure is and this case it might blow up your drip system due to too much pressure. The system work very similar to your ice maker fridge, by using 1/8" tube tie into your cold water line and with a drip controller it will let you control how much and how many gallon you want to drip. Last is you need to have an over flow drain either in your tank or your sump and the water just drip in then over flow to the drain.


My system cost less then $100 since I bought 2 stage filter from depot when its on sale.

[monkE]

This is a nice setup. I'm just plumbing one right now for my 180g. Not as close to the drain though.

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not sure if i missed something.... but on that video, it showed water going into the tank via 1.5gph drip straight from the tap (after the small canister setup). Then from the tank the water drains to the sump through the overflow system, and proceeds through the entire sump before draining into the second red sump. From there it then just goes back to the drain on the sink? Why would all the water go through the sump filter just to go out to the drain??? what did I miss?

[tang daddy]

I didn't get to watch the video but from the way you decribed it it didn't seem unlogical.

For freshwater set ups it's a breeze to hook it up, as for water being too soft over time one could add some crushed coral into a chamber of a filtration system to reharden the water before entering the main system.

This would make sense on a larger system with high bioload and would definately help if the sump came prepared with a drain already plummed on it.

[hdrob]

Look at the level of the connection between the red tub and the sump. The water level in the sump should stay at the level of the connection. there is a pump in the sump that still circulates water through the tank and sump. hopefully that answers your question.

not sure if i missed something.... but on that video, it showed water going into the tank via 1.5gph drip straight from the tap (after the small canister setup). Then from the tank the water drains to the sump through the overflow system, and proceeds through the entire sump before draining into the second red sump. From there it then just goes back to the drain on the sink? Why would all the water go through the sump filter just to go out to the drain??? what did I miss?