TomK2
Aquarium Advice Addict
Ok, I have set up a 55 gal tank. The room on the other side of the wall is the laundry room. A few minutes with a drywall saw and presto! All the filtration equipment is in the next room, out of sight and can't be heard. Petty cool so far. Next to the filtration in the laundry room is a 35 gal new garbage can, which will be filled with tap water (laundry room sink is right there), then aerated, heated to tank temp, and even carbon filtered with an old canister filter. I have a magdrive pump for the bottom of the holding tank, will connect it to hosing and an old siphon tube with strainer in the display tank - press a button and water pumps in. I was going to use another magdrive pump on laundry room floor connect to another old sipon tube with strainer to pump water out of the display tank. The water out pump will be connected to PVC pipe to get the water over to the sink by way of the unfinished ceiling, so there are no hoses criss-crossing the room.
So here is how it will work:
Flip switch on for "water out" pump. water goes out siphon/strainer, into pump, up pipes, over to sink. When desired amount is out, turn off pump. Then flip switch for "water in" pump, and prepared water from holding tank is pumped into tank. Use hose to refill holding tank and repeat as necessary! A hole will be drilled into the "water in" tube to break suction when the "water in" pump is turned off. The pipe that drains the water out pump into the sink will have the suction broken on that end as well, so that water stops flowing out when the out pump is turned off. Some water will be left in the pipes/hoses when the pumps are turned off, so that they will not be starting dry the next time.
Think it will work? will the remaining water in the pipes/hoses go putrid and foul the tank when I use the system again every 4 to 7 days or so? I have fantasized about making water changes as easy as just flipping a switch, and now I have a house that would permit this set-up. Anybody ever done this before? If so, how?
Tom -
- yes, I really did cut a hole in the wall so I could do this!
So here is how it will work:
Flip switch on for "water out" pump. water goes out siphon/strainer, into pump, up pipes, over to sink. When desired amount is out, turn off pump. Then flip switch for "water in" pump, and prepared water from holding tank is pumped into tank. Use hose to refill holding tank and repeat as necessary! A hole will be drilled into the "water in" tube to break suction when the "water in" pump is turned off. The pipe that drains the water out pump into the sink will have the suction broken on that end as well, so that water stops flowing out when the out pump is turned off. Some water will be left in the pipes/hoses when the pumps are turned off, so that they will not be starting dry the next time.
Think it will work? will the remaining water in the pipes/hoses go putrid and foul the tank when I use the system again every 4 to 7 days or so? I have fantasized about making water changes as easy as just flipping a switch, and now I have a house that would permit this set-up. Anybody ever done this before? If so, how?
Tom -
- yes, I really did cut a hole in the wall so I could do this!