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Lisa01 · CAAS Member Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 148 Location: NC

Anyone done one?

I have spent the afternoon googling and my brain has become mush....

Looking to do multi tanks, diffent sizes...

currently using a waynes pump to empty and a python to fill.

Any thoughts appreciated

Fishman · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:25 am Post subject:

What happened to Stuart?

Picklefish · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:13 am Post subject:

Tanks drilled ? What will you be using for a water supply ? straight from the tap or a heat/treat resevoir ?

Lisa01 · CAAS Member Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 148 Location: NC

Stuart can not change water every other day....those discus tanks are picky........

Water stright from the tap....

and I can pipe water (somehow) directly out side

I just can't figure out how to di it all

Lisa01 · CAAS Member Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 148 Location: NC

Tanks are not drilled

Penycat · CAAS Member Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1919

*will be watching this thread with great interest!!!* I want to eventually do the same:)

catsofat · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:04 pm Post subject:

drilled is very easy to do and will make automation way easier.

geccles · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:18 pm Post subject:

Get drilled & use your typical irrigation drip system found at the local hardware stores. You can try hang on overflows but they aren't 100% reliable.

catsofat · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:20 pm Post subject:

yup. you can drip or you can have a central sump or sumps and just drain/fill it for water changes. It sounds like difficult, but it's actually really simple.

Kevin · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:05 pm Post subject:

I use a semi automatic for my reef aquarium.

press a button. Pump comes on, (inside the refugium) takes water out.

press another button, flip a few valves, and water from my mixing tank goes in.

part of my DIY controll box. (industrial electrician over here Laughing

)

(this is a DIY thread right... Razz

)

Nighthawk · CAAS Member Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 266

Dude, that looks scary as hell. My daughter thought is was a bomb. LOL

Lisa01 · CAAS Member Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 148 Location: NC

Can anyone explain this stuff in "english"?

yes that thing looks scary......

All I want to do is flip a switch from the tap and fill...not to hard to figure out...its the sucking/water changes I am having trouble with, I want to do it all in the same line. I m able to pump the water right out onto the yard into an exsisting drainage system.

Kinda like kevins set up without the bomb
you would think I would be able to figure this out (we are commerical GC)
I do know water doesn't run up hill.

I do not want to put all of my tanks on any kind of cental filter system, nor do I want to change water in some tanks every other day. I keep everything from Killies...to africans....to Discus..too many water differences and I am talking about keeping up with 40-50 tanks

Help!
If you have a system in place I am willing to drive to look Very Happy

or keep explaining right here......

catsofat · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:20 pm Post subject:

anything is possible, but it really comes down to what you budget is. automating water changes with each tank being seperate is going to be very costly.

I would recommend running several central systems, but you could always drill the tanks and run them to a drain and just drip fresh water in each tank.

Chris · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:43 am Post subject:

Drill each tank and put in some sort of standpipe. Something that will drain out excess water if the level gets too high. That should solve the water leaving. You just need to plumb it to go somewhere.

Then add in a pump, solenoid or a simple PVC valve to allow water in. Each solution has positives and negatives.

Repeat for each tank.