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Post by mcr on Jan 12, 2020 15:38:45 GMT -5
I’ve been planning to put my tanks on automatic water changes for a while now but we’re planning on moving to Arizona hopefully before next summer. If I am only putting 10 to 15 percent new water at any time do you think that wonder shells would be enough to take care of the chlorine? I don’t want to buy things I may not need when I move since I have no idea what my water source will be until I get there. I already use wonder shells anyway. Thanks, Mark
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Post by Carl on Jan 13, 2020 17:56:50 GMT -5
Yes, my experience using the Wonders in similar as well as tests, with this percentage of water change, the Wonder Shells at 1/2 to full dose should be enough
Carl
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Post by mcr on Jan 15, 2020 1:25:22 GMT -5
Thanks, that will make things a little easier.
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Post by mcr on Feb 21, 2020 14:39:39 GMT -5
So I’m just about ready test everything and get it up and running. I decided to add a carbon filter in the line just to be safe in case I want to do a larger water change. Will the ones you sell work in a GE canister? It’s 2x10” Thanks again
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Post by Carl on Feb 21, 2020 16:13:31 GMT -5
So I’m just about ready test everything and get it up and running. I decided to add a carbon filter in the line just to be safe in case I want to do a larger water change. Will the ones you sell work in a GE canister? It’s 2x10” Thanks again The TMC carbon cartridges are 9.75" x 2.75" www.americanaquariumproducts.com/ReverseOsmosisSystem.html#partsCarl
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Post by mcr on Mar 13, 2020 23:47:47 GMT -5
I finally have everything up and running. I’m still testing it a couple more times before I go full auto but so far everything is working fine. Once the valve opens the water raises about a half inch and then stays at that level until it shuts off again. I installed a float switch in each tank so if the overflow fails it shuts off the valve about a half inch from the top. Tested that and it works great. Since I had to run all the pipes and valves in my crawl space I had to add a valve at the very end of the system that comes on first to purge all the cold water out of the system before the tanks fill. I also added a hose to the drain so I can drain manually if I need to. No more buckets, no more hoses and no more dirty tanks because I don’t have enough time. I also made a gavel vac out of PVC and an air pump that works well in the planted tanks and an Ehiem vac for the bare bottom tanks.
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Post by mcr on Mar 13, 2020 23:55:36 GMT -5
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Mar 19, 2020 9:19:23 GMT -5
nice job! And having to crawl into the house!
It will be interesting to know how stable it is?
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Post by mcr on Mar 21, 2020 23:48:20 GMT -5
Well, I’ve been testing and everything works exactly as it is supposed to except for one thing. The water temperature drops quit quickly. I can only imagine it’s because the water lines are 3/4” going into the valves and only 1/4” coming out so the water slows down to the point that it cools down in the pipes under the house. Last weekend it snowed for three days and was well below freezing at night. The water was 82 degrees when it first started and within a few minutes it was down to 65 degrees. It’s not as bad now that the temperature has gone back up but I will definitely need to insulate the pipes before next winter. I’m not sure what difference it will really make though. The actually tank temperature doesn’t change with adding 15 percent cold water and the fish seem to like it, they swim though and around it the whole time. Has anyone had any experience with this? Thanks, Mark
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Post by Carl on Mar 24, 2020 13:57:52 GMT -5
The flow through aquarium system I have experience with was a Discus system. Here the water was already adjusted in tanks above the aquariums and pre-heated so no issue.
I also has valves (similar to toilets) in many ponds. These were not a problem as the underground water was usually not that much different than the pond water
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