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04/20/2018, 09:30 AM | #26 | |
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I am interested in that as well. I am not sure how or what to use to meter out the salt. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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04/20/2018, 09:32 AM | #27 | |
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Thanks, I read good things about the litermeters and Dos. I haven’t looked into Stenner pumps yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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04/20/2018, 09:41 AM | #28 |
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I would not worry about saltwater damaging pipes or septic tank. Average person uses 80-100 gallon water a day. For a house that means 200-300 gallons a day or more. Salt from 15 gallons of saltwater every week is negligible compared 200-300 gallon of water freshwater passing trough the pipes and septic system everyday.
For me i just have two sumps, one sump the water directly to drain and the other pumps new saltwater from a barrel to the tank. For me water changes are just turning on those pumps on and off and waiting. I dont use buckets unless I want to siphon something in DT. |
04/20/2018, 08:55 PM | #29 | |
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Your sump is in your basement. Is there a drain in there? I'm installing a tank right now. My tank is above my utility room in the basement, so I'm going to tie into the washing machine drain line for my tank drain. I'm going to make a siphon hose with a candy cane end. it'll be calibrated for the amount of water I want to drain, so it'll lose suction and stop draining on its own. To fill back up, swap 2 valves and hit a local switch under my tank that will activate a pump in the basement to pump fresh salwater upstairs and into the tank. I'm going to have one drain line and one fill line. They will come together for the siphon. I can pump water up through the siphon to fill it with water, then swap to the drain valve for it to start draining. Should be about as hassle free as it gets, outside of the Triton method (though getting the chemicals is the hard part with that system). Good luck! |
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04/20/2018, 09:52 PM | #30 |
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That's because it wont. A little research will go a long way.
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04/20/2018, 10:46 PM | #31 |
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04/21/2018, 06:04 AM | #32 |
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Mine is set up through apex
Pump is in the NSW tank, plumbed to the sump Pump is in the sump plumbed to the mop sink ATO pump turns off Water pumps out of the sump for 20 sec which is around 2 gallons Water pumps in from NSW container until the ATO switch is tripped. There is a high level float that will shut the NSW pump off if tripped There is a low level float that will shut the sump pump off if tripped There is a low level switch in the NSW container that will stop the exchanges if tripped. There is a thread on here “apex users I have programming questions” where BrettDS and a few others helped me get it done.
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04/21/2018, 06:08 AM | #33 | |
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You’d have to do some mental gymnastics with the programming but I’m sure it could be done. I’ve thought about using one of those big conical fermenters they have for beer brewing to do it with. Edit: Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073W7MGL4..._RNY2AbEAP0TVB
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04/21/2018, 07:53 AM | #34 | |
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My line of thinking and what concern me is if the tank has evaporated (lets say 0.5 gallons of) water and before your top off was called to replace that deficit with RODI water, the apex triggers the water change event and removes about 2 gallons it will then refill to the float switch about 2.5 gallons of salt water, the extra 0.5 gallons of saltwater will displace that 0.5 gallons which will slowly raise the salinity up over time. point being that in my mind, this is what makes or breaks a good automated water change system, if you remove exactly 256 ounces of old salt water, you want to replace exactly 256 ounces of new salt water. Quote:
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1: yes, it is set up so the ATO will top off the sump right before the water change happens. 2: you are never going to get exact within 30mls (which is 1oz) no matter what you use, unless you are doing this on a 5g tank it won’t make that much difference. Even with a standard ATO and no water changes, you will eventually see a salinity drift to some degree. So far my system has stayed steady with the new changes. 3: there are low pressure solenoids that use plastic valves.
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04/21/2018, 11:39 AM | #37 |
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Can you provide a link? The only ones I can think of that might work are ones used for sprinkler systems...
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04/21/2018, 02:21 PM | #38 | |
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However, having said that. I’m not sure that dry salt oxidizes metal in the same fashion as a sodium solution. I remember doing a science experiment about this very thing decades ago. I sunk a nail in salt water and a nail in pure dry salt. The nail in the dry salt was fine...the one in the saltwater was not.
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04/23/2018, 09:09 AM | #39 |
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I can vouch for the Genesis system, literally changed 15 gallons of water yesterday by pushing a button, can’t get any easier. I have the Genesis/storm automatic water change and ATO and I love it. But yes, it is pricey! Worth it IMO.
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04/23/2018, 09:46 AM | #40 | |
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As a DIYer, if I was to take on a project like that, I would tackle it from a more controlled environment other than a sump that has the water level fluctuation all the time to maintain accurate measurements. I would mimic the approach that genesis took, with my own twist of course. I have the idea in my head and most of the broad strokes worked out, I just need the time to lay it all out and do it..
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04/25/2018, 03:41 PM | #41 |
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I use some triple Head Cole-Parmer pumps I picked up. I have it timed on my apex and it moves water from the new water to the display, from the display to the frag tank and from the frag tank to the drain. This uses 30' or so of tubing.
I currently use the more expensive tubing in them. Anyone know of a cheaper place to get the 1/4? tubing for less than the .65 per foot plus shipping?
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04/25/2018, 07:57 PM | #42 |
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I will check out that pump. It looks like peristaltic pumps are the way to go. Thank you. |
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