Overboard Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 I decided to save on many gallons of water changes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1k43yz9BZI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoopkamol Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Nice.. but i do enjoy the maintenance on my tanks. Keeps me out of trouble and other jobs around house and my better half always knows where i am every sat or Sunday. I got 4 larger tanks that require a lot of attention 180 135 90 75 plus 4 smaller tanks. Still very nice setup there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 I'd love to see how your water bill is after a few months! I've always wanted to do a drip system. How do you plan to tell when your carbon block needs replacing - just replace it at regular intervals or test your water every week? I'd think you'd want to make sure it was removing everything with a discus tank, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overboard Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Nice.. but i do enjoy the maintenance on my tanks. Keeps me out of trouble and other jobs around house and my better half always knows where i am every sat or Sunday. I got 4 larger tanks that require a lot of attention 180 135 90 75 plus 4 smaller tanks. Still very nice setup there. Thanks zoopkamol,The main reason was when I go on holidays I only have to find someone to feed them every second day and not worry about water changes. Plus having the Discus I changed 60 gallons a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overboard Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 I'd love to see how your water bill is after a few months! I've always wanted to do a drip system. How do you plan to tell when your carbon block needs replacing - just replace it at regular intervals or test your water every week? I'd think you'd want to make sure it was removing everything with a discus tank, eh? Thank god water is cheap. The supplier said the filter would last a year for normal house hold use, drinking and so on. We calculated that I would use around 2/3 of the water. After 12 months I checked the chlorine every week. After 15 months there was no chlorine but I decided it was time to change the filter. Better safe than sorry. The filter cost around $28.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylant Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 I don't think you need to have a chlorine filter on that system. If your water was being treated with chloramine you would though -- it doesn't evaporate. If you let the water drip/splash into the tank most of the chlorine would dissipate almost immediately. Plus, the very small amounts of water changed via drip wouldn't leave me worrying at all. I would suggest a filter if you were worried about heavy metals, etc. though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 I don't think you need to have a chlorine filter on that system. If your water was being treated with chloramine you would though -- it doesn't evaporate. If you let the water drip/splash into the tank most of the chlorine would dissipate almost immediately. Plus, the very small amounts of water changed via drip wouldn't leave me worrying at all. I would suggest a filter if you were worried about heavy metals, etc. though. Edmonton's tap water is treated with chloramine - filter is definitely required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylant Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 I don't think you need to have a chlorine filter on that system. If your water was being treated with chloramine you would though -- it doesn't evaporate. If you let the water drip/splash into the tank most of the chlorine would dissipate almost immediately. Plus, the very small amounts of water changed via drip wouldn't leave me worrying at all. I would suggest a filter if you were worried about heavy metals, etc. though. Edmonton's tap water is treated with chloramine - filter is definitely required I had no idea. Good to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler79 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I recently did this. I added in a filter system in my basement ran a drip line to my tank on the main floor of my house and an overflow to the basement floor drain. I can say it was the best thing I ever did. As for water I change 100 gallons a week this way and I think it ended up being less then $100 a year based on my cities water prices. If your doing weekly water changes any ways the costs of water will be the same with a drip that does it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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