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12/17/2014, 10:37 PM | #1 |
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Water change without a bucket
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12/18/2014, 11:02 AM | #2 |
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hmm, interesting. i siphon through a hose that goes out my front door but i still carry buckets to fill my tank back up. my mixing container is 2 rooms away from where my tank is. wonder how big of a pump i'd need to run water from there back into my tank.
my back would very much appreciate the rest of me not having to haul water!!
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12/18/2014, 11:40 AM | #4 |
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i'm gonna do some measuring this weekend and see what the possibilities are. thanks for the idea!
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12/18/2014, 11:42 AM | #5 |
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This method is still the best for large WCs; like 50% or more.
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12/18/2014, 11:59 AM | #6 |
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the new APEX DOS unit seems pretty cool. If you have APEX installed already, you can program it change out # of gallons of water a day. anytime you want. It will pump put and refill. Just run the lines to a nearby bathroom.
https://www.neptunesystems.com/dos/
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12/18/2014, 12:37 PM | #7 |
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This is basically how I do it, super easy. The only difference is I siphon from the sump. I turn off the main pump which allows the sump to fill a little more than usual (about 20g total, 89g total system), then use a 1/2" pipe to siphon all the water out of my sump onto my back paver patio (weed prevention).
When the sump is drained, I hook the pipe up to my mixing powerhead in my Brute and pump the new water back into the sump. The whole process takes about 15 minutes. I mix in the garage and my tank is at the back of the house, but my Brute has wheels on the bottom. So I mix and match temp/salinity in the garage, then when ready just wheel the Brute around the house to my backdoor to do the water change. Two comments from the video (nice video by the way!). 1. That is one long hose! I only have a standard 4' from Home Depot. 2. What kind of salt mix are you using with all that extra stuff in it? My salt mixes to clean/clear with only a few grains of unmixed salt in the bottom. |
12/18/2014, 02:27 PM | #8 |
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Wow. Pretty awesome! Never thought about this way. My mixing barrel, and RODI barrel are in a room, right next to my tank. So, this would work perfectly.
What kind of pump is that in the sw barrel, that allows you to use 3/4" hose on? Thanks for sharing.
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12/18/2014, 04:04 PM | #9 |
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I would make sure to move the hose away from your lawn, it will end up killing your grass.
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12/18/2014, 06:40 PM | #10 |
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I use a 55g barrel in the basement with a mag18. Because I got tired of getting a hose out, I hard plumbed a line up through the wall behind the tank. I have a $10 remote control power switch, so all I have to do it open a spigot behind the sump and turn on the pump.
FWIW - I haven't carried a bucket of water for years. Waaay too much like work!
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Pretty cool!
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12/19/2014, 10:15 AM | #21 |
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I do a similar concept - pump 15g out and pump 15g back in. All from the sump. If I need to periodically do some vacuuming in the DT I just run the siphon line into a filter sock in the sump.
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I want to do something like this but not sure what type of pump I need to push water up from basement to ground level. Also it will not be a straight push, I have to go through the stairs. About 50-70ft in all I think. What pump is good? I will be changing about 10-15Gallons every 2 weeks.
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12/19/2014, 09:16 PM | #25 |
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I just got my Neptune dos in the mail today can't wait to hook it up
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