billberet
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well just figured I would check in.
I have a drip system running on my 150 gal FW and sump.
Sump running bio media and a fluidized bed and filter sock.
THATS IT.
all my chems are 0 across the board
I have not done a water change in over 2 months, and all my fish are healthy and active, tank water is clearer, and algae has decreased with a reduction of TDS due to the drip.
originally I had a 40 GPD drip system, using a 40gpd regulator on a carbon block system and overflow, the water being added was overflowed to a drain.
this created a dilution that equaled 100% water change in 7 days.
I have tweaked my system a bit.
now I have my carbon block system feeding my sump via float valve.
and I added an overflow tube connected to a lifter pump, this pumped the water out of the overflow tube to the drain.
here is the amount of water being pumped out
here is my sump, the carbon block is connected to the float on the last chamber
in case of overflow, the float valve will kill the auto feed
float valve and backup kill switch
latest chem results
so far so good, my fish are happy and I have no work to do other than admire the tank
I have a drip system running on my 150 gal FW and sump.
Sump running bio media and a fluidized bed and filter sock.
THATS IT.
all my chems are 0 across the board
I have not done a water change in over 2 months, and all my fish are healthy and active, tank water is clearer, and algae has decreased with a reduction of TDS due to the drip.
originally I had a 40 GPD drip system, using a 40gpd regulator on a carbon block system and overflow, the water being added was overflowed to a drain.
this created a dilution that equaled 100% water change in 7 days.
I have tweaked my system a bit.
now I have my carbon block system feeding my sump via float valve.
and I added an overflow tube connected to a lifter pump, this pumped the water out of the overflow tube to the drain.
here is the amount of water being pumped out
here is my sump, the carbon block is connected to the float on the last chamber
in case of overflow, the float valve will kill the auto feed
float valve and backup kill switch
latest chem results
so far so good, my fish are happy and I have no work to do other than admire the tank