marge618
CCA member
Hi All,
Yup! I really saw an 'automatic tank' yesterday at the GWAPA meeting. :happy0158: :confused0068:
I am not making this one up...
At 5:30 pm everyday, a computer program starts the syphon. Water leaves the tank and goes to a drain directly to the basement drain. Once the water level recedes to below the sponge in the line the 'sponge air break' effectively stops the water out phase. A computer program starts the 'water-in' and voila...about 20 min later 20% of the water has been changed. An added bonus, with such a small water change their is no need for dechlorinator. Plus the process was almost silent.
The fish like it. Often they were seen happily swimming in the water flow as it filled the tank. :animal0028: :animal0028: :animal0028: The plants were thriving. As you can imagine the water was crystal clear!
Automatic fish feeders, automatic plant feeders, automatic lights, automatic heaters, automatic CO2.. a 75 g set-up with all the options. Now automatic water changes. This is the year of designer fishtanks!
Yup! I really saw an 'automatic tank' yesterday at the GWAPA meeting. :happy0158: :confused0068:
I am not making this one up...
At 5:30 pm everyday, a computer program starts the syphon. Water leaves the tank and goes to a drain directly to the basement drain. Once the water level recedes to below the sponge in the line the 'sponge air break' effectively stops the water out phase. A computer program starts the 'water-in' and voila...about 20 min later 20% of the water has been changed. An added bonus, with such a small water change their is no need for dechlorinator. Plus the process was almost silent.
The fish like it. Often they were seen happily swimming in the water flow as it filled the tank. :animal0028: :animal0028: :animal0028: The plants were thriving. As you can imagine the water was crystal clear!
Automatic fish feeders, automatic plant feeders, automatic lights, automatic heaters, automatic CO2.. a 75 g set-up with all the options. Now automatic water changes. This is the year of designer fishtanks!