my 131g FOWLR

[kien]

Originally Posted by Kryptic4L

yeah because your going to get a mix of dirty / clean water thus wasting half of the "clean" water.

Hmm.. not really following. Now sure how that's different than doing a water change? Take old water out, put new water in, dirty water in the display mixes with new water. Same principal or am I missing something?

[golf nut]

Originally Posted by kien

Hmm.. not really following. Now sure how that's different than doing a water change? Take old water out, put new water in, dirty water in the display mixes with new water. Same principal or am I missing something?

If you take out 50% of the water in your system and then top off you did a 50% water change, if you added 50% new water and drained the rest you just did a 25% water change.

[freezetyle]

Wow. im sure this tank will look great.

Just out of curiosity, How do you keep your wife happy enough to have three sizable tanks? A few people on here have their spouses nagging them over a small nano tank.

Some men have all the luck

i get what you saying about the water change station. I think where people are getting mixed up on is that fact that your actually closing the line and draining the w/c tank before filling it with the new water. then opening it back up to the system

[kien]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

Wow. im sure this tank will look great.

Just out of curiosity, How do you keep your wife happy enough to have three sizable tanks? A few people on here have their spouses nagging them over a small nano tank.

Some men have all the luck

i get what you saying about the water change station. I think where people are getting mixed up on is that fact that your actually closing the line and draining the w/c tank before filling it with the new water. then opening it back up to the system

Yes, that's exactly what's happening!

Wife doesn't mind the hobby. She loves the tanks, but mostly when I'm working on the tanks she knows exactly where I am. I'm either in the tank, under the tank, or at Red Coral.

[Leah]

Originally Posted by kien

Yes, that's exactly what's happening!

Wife doesn't mind the hobby. She loves the tanks, but mostly when I'm working on the tanks she knows exactly where I am. I'm either in the tank, under the tank, or at Red Coral.

She is a clever lady. You get to see Doug and I don't.

[BC564]

The water change will work great.....sure will save alot of work.

[burtonboy]

I pretty much had the same idea for the bypass and water change tank for my 85 gallon reef tank i was a little skeptical on my design but looking at yours im thinking now that it will work!
Cant wait to see this thing!


Daniel

[Kryptic4L]

nope i was missing something, just messed me up because in my normal operations 1) I mix the water 2) then take out the water 3) then add fresh.

you are doing 2,1,3. For some reason I read it as you were mixing the water then draining the tank into the fresh water and then removing excess.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Mr OM

If you take out 50% of the water in your system and then top off you did a 50% water change, if you added 50% new water and drained the rest you just did a 25% water change.

I only do 10-15% water changes a week

Originally Posted by Kryptic4L

nope i was missing something, just messed me up because in my normal operations 1) I mix the water 2) then take out the water 3) then add fresh.

you are doing 2,1,3. For some reason I read it as you were mixing the water then draining the tank into the fresh water and then removing excess.

Right :-)

[golf nut]

The drawing shows using "dirty water" to force fresh into the system, therefore mixed water will go to the sump, or is there another idea you have in mind?