FULLY AUTOMATIC WATER CHANGES for my aquariums The king of DIY

[@jakedamien2928]

Hear me out but run the drain to the pond outside then run an overflow from pond to a bog filter. I know it sounds like alot of work but it would alow you to grow certain things and make tge pond look even better

[@astromouse9774]

would that work in freezing weather?

[@MrJasonthurlow]

Well in freezing weather joey would have to insulate the waste pipe out side anyways so would make more sense if he done it into the pond but be able to divert in the winter months

[@zebedeemadness2672]

I would do through the bog filter first, before going into the pond, as the water would be used water, so let the bog plants take out the Nitrates (NO3) first.

[@NogrimStoneson]

it would probably be better to route it to a garden watering system or a green house since its nova scotia. dunno if Tamara is a gardener or not, but would certain make for a healthy garden, you could always route it out to water the yard too, though im not sure how much he wants to mow lol.

[@johnhatmaker7351]

You got to love it when a plan comes together. It looks like you've thought of everything. Great content.

[@khgn1234]

The A-team

[@KingsAquariumsAndReptileRoom]

Love this idea joey!. So simple but very effective!. You gotta love the natural sunlight coming threw into the piranha tank. Looking forward to your future projects.😊

[@eric530]

I do the same thing on my 500g. I love the ease of the setup. I used sprinkler valves that i can control with my phone for adding water.

[@OregonOutdoorsChris]

Ok, I really like this system. The water mixing and diminishing returns was why I never did a drop system, but this I will be experimenting with!

[@turritopsisdohrnii2070]

Always innovative with useful 'tricks & systems'. Looking forward to you speaking at the Sacramento Aquarium Society's FINDIG on June 4th 2023--and meeting you as well. We are looking forward to this event.

[@GabeDaBabe930]

That Arowana 😢😢😢😢. Love you Joey. Keep grinding and sharing the journey

[@hermanvorster9003]

Joey, sending love from south africa, I just want to say you are a legend.

[@SlimTim_dirty_aquatics]

Once I get back in a home of my own and setup my aquariums again; I’ve always wanted a w/c system. I’ve watched your videos with the drip system and appreciate this video. Really got me eager and willing to try it out. Fired Up!!!

[@lewismead2376]

Yes joey my man hope you and the family are well from the UK

[@nickwiseman7770]

First off those Oscar’s are Gorgeous! Huge Oscar fan and that is a really cool idea and with the water coming in cold it will sink being a little more dense than the warmer water around it! Love it!

[@danielvelez4001]

That’s so smart and efficient. Awesome.❤😂

[@mattgreen1734]

Absolutely love the simplicity of this. Question, is there a way to configure something like this onto a salt water tank obviously with the added issue of Ro and salt

[@TotalPwnage777]

Love the vid Joey!

[@NogrimStoneson]

have you considered how much your well can take? 20 galllons at a time, all the time might tax your water in the summer or long term. do you have any gear to monitor the level of your well? maybe its just the same volume you were originally doing. as for uses, you could pump it out to your lawn, although you might not want to exchange time doing water changes to mowing. alternatively you could pump it out to a garden or a green house if T has a green thumb.

[@moretoliving2236]

Can I just say this right here and right now... when I learned from Joey about automatic water changes like 10+ years ago... it has made my life as a fish keeper so so much easier. No honestly. My only regret is that I can only do it on my 300 gal tank and not on 3 of my 75s but I will take that as a small victory.

[@ztotheigg]

Ive been doing this type of filtration since i watched your drip system. I have a 180 reef tank. I ran a drip line up through my floor to one overflow with my heater in it, which also has a power filter pulling heated water from the overflow to the tank. And then my other overflow runs to the basement for my waste water. I have not done a water change in years! I have substrate so i do give that a cleaning about twice a year though.

[@MaestroPrep]

Great plan!! Awesome content! Joey, what about freezing on that drain wont that block up during your cold months?? We dont often get snow here.

[@freshprinceofaquariums3028]

Genius! Once again thanks for the cheap ideas homie

[@Richard_Nottage]

I have had a water change system going for years similar to this I use a well from my garden and pumped it though an RO system which then flows into a re-mineralisation chamber and then in to my tank, (you may want to think about a pre heater if your changing large amounts). From the sump it the drains into my pond (it will help in winter and you will find the fish gather round the outlet as its warm water). As i change alot of water my nitrates in my tank are minimal so there is no effect on the pond. I then i have a pump in the pond to water the garden with and then the fish tank tops the pond up, you will need to add a drain to the the pond, for the winter months. I ran mine ever hour for 15 mins 24 hours per day at 0.41 litres per minute to give it time from re mineralisation and to warm it up and that worked out to a 50% water change per week.

[@evansovdi8567]

Aren't you worried at all that the handle on your Canadian Tire pale and the clamps on your hoses rusting? wont that effect your water quality? Genuinely curious.

[@pattisaquaworlds3107]

Love this system. I have a similar system set for my 100 gallon. Only problem was the battery in my water control box failed after 3 years. I now replace the battery every year. 😊

[@33alwright]

A-fcukin-mazing... Excell-efcukin-ent... 👏👏👏👏 Shout out from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪

[@phlogistonstudio8261]

I did similar running a water line T to my fridge line, to a RODI and solenoid driven ATO. Also a drain from my sump through the crawl space into the yard. I only have a 120g, but the end of bucket life is sweet no matter what size tank! Buckets can suckets!

[@EVERYTHINGGUY226]

Nice video buddy

[@sullystu]

Brilliant system joey and loving the whole tanks as well, I’ve been watching you since day one and been inspired with everything you have done over the years 👍🏻🫶🏻, but what about your ph etc..don’t you need to add conditioner to the water or any chemicals to help with the condition of the water?

[@miguelcruz7673]

How are you going to prevent the water in the waste pipe from freezing and stop flowing in the winter?

[@kev24k]

I would drill one more overflow into the sump a little higher than the current one, just incase something clogs the overflow. Also, flood sensors. Can never been too careful.

[@juliusodian]

I have a very similar setup for my 120g planted tank. I open up a solenoid valve for my RO unit for certain amount of time each day. Only challenge has been remineralizing the water. The low solubility make it challenging to use a dosing pump even though I have magnetic stirrers in my dosing containers. Haven't found a way to automate dry dosing of chemicals. But automated water changes save me so much time, I could never go back.

[@chillwill7s60]

I love this System have Maid very good skills and ideas. Do you still use declorinator for your tanks?

[@rockinrobert1]

Have you ever used a backflow valve that way when the power goes off the one that doesn't keep coming out

[@BaNaKeen]

Love the drilled sump, all it will take is 1 or 2 cycles of the system for all levels to return to exactly where they were before a power outage

[@mrdjr6544]

How will water temps be in winter? Might need an inline heater.

[@troymclarty592]

Adjust pure genius🙏🏾

[@ezwaters5847]

Been wondering whether abs pipe, available in NS, is aquarium safe. Where did you buy it from?

[@gill998]

Abs is (generally) not rated for potable water use. I also wonder about the garden hose, most potable garden hose is white, but I know of at least one brand that is green, flexzilla, which that one does not seem to be. 🤷‍♂️

[@gill998]

And it's odd to me that he used pvc, which is potable, for the drain to outside, but (very likely) non potable abs for water going back into the tank...

[@ezwaters5847]

@@gill998 I'm not aware of any locally available abs that is considered potable which is why I'm curious. If it works for his fish, then it will open up some options in my fishroom. On the topic of garden hoses, I've been using them for filling tanks for a few years now in our fishroom with no ill effects. Have just been using the cheapest medium duty option available. Although recently found out that princess auto carries a white garden hose referred too as 'marine grade' which is supposed to be rated as potable.

[@Crowbar_772]

Are you on a well or domestic water if on domestic water what do you do about chlorine and the other stuff in your water

[@LessonSmith]

Could you test the fresh 20 gallons with some kind of marker or dye that wouldn't hurt the fish?

[@williamwinters5539]

my concern would be cross contamination. You will end up treating 3300 gal at once for any breakouts.

[@jimoldenkotte7579]

now this was a nice episode :D

[@chadreed4736]

What are you going to do in the winter? Freezing is a definite possibility, as well as the ice buildup.

[@thekingofdiy]

I thought about that. I think i will revert to a float switch.

[@Simply4Aquatics]

Is your redtail ok? For the moment of time you have had it it doesn’t have seemed to have grow much if any!

[@oui_ofc9751]

@The king of DIY @Joey., you should move that fresh water supply hose away from the drain hole of the 2000g so you get better dilution. I would run the hose to enter the 2000g at the same place you have your water return in from the filter sump. Just my 2 cents.

[@vinylbeans]

What about any disease/ parasite outbreaks? Surely if you are connecting all the tanks together, an outbreak in one will spread to all of the tanks and threaten all the stock rather than just one tank’s inhabitants.

[@scguy681]

in the forst few minutes of thte video -- what kind on substrate/bottom is that in the aquarum - looks like slate pieces

[@coribellanoche]

Watching the video to the end, you answered my question but I will post it in case others have considered the same. What is the source of the fresh water - is it well or city? I ask because of the potential for the accumulation of chlorine or chloramine. I'm sure you have considered this. Thanks - greetings from Rapid City, South Dakota

[@julienorthup4945]

What do you do about chlorine in the new water?

[@fernandomedina7160]

Looking really good

[@VtuberSenpai]

Out of curiosity... what happens in the winter? Will the water freeze while leaving the outer pipe (or eventually freeze)

[@dalyo96]

What’s the in line carbon filter for on a well?

[@AquascapingLiverpool]

Didn't know you had the Super Rare Anubias Fish in with the Frontosa Joe 😅😂 (love their swim pattern)

[@marcosgcm]

What's your experience with that Camco inline water filter? I can see everybody still alive lol but have you tested the water or noticed anything off about it? I've heard from other hobbyist also using it but I can't find a solid review about aquarium uses. Thank you!

[@kala6576]

Wouldn't the metal handle on the bucket rust with it being in the water? I realize that it would take a lot of time and Joey does like to change things up fairly often but still curious.

[@hydraardhy8476]

If you had the same summ filter for all of your aquarium, what if one of your fish got sick, like white spots or fin rotted, or some other Ill that can infected all the fish in the same tank?

[@moosey1978]

That's a big issue. You have no isolation. What one tank gets every tank gets

[@khgn1234]

What abot the dropping water.. when is it freezing outside?

[@gerritb]

Guide the wateroutcome to the Pond or to a tree or Something that can still use the water. That would be so awsome

[@mrlawrence82]

Question for u Joey would u run filter floss in a HOB filter

[@silentscott88]

Question , does the plastic buckets and other plastics not necessarily made for under water ever leak any kind of chemicals into the aquarium

[@jamiedobie9665]

I love how you say, I only have to drill the 700. A small tank with water in it sure. You break that panel, well, you will cry

[@rayp4008]

Presuming the new automatic water feed will go somewhere besides behind the background (with the drain) in the final build. I am a big fan of putting drains and returns on opposite sides of a tank to insure I do not great a loop that does not fully cycle the water.

[@beermonsta3423]

Don't forget some kind of filter over the overflow pipe outside, you dont want spiders, ants or other bugs in the sump. Great setup though.

[@williamwinters5539]

or a mouse could cause backup and overflow the sump.

[@smallmonstera4525]

🐐Goat

[@fruitdealer_R34L]

Will the sprinkler system reset when u lose power?

[@andrep1784]

That is exactly what i do with my discus tank, except it is connected to R/O water. Smart plug on the R/O runs a program that sends in fresh water 2 times a day. No water change ever needed, this is THE best way to do it imo.

[@justexcel]

Sounds good. What's your single point of failure?

[@suryaaquariumchannel554]

Mantap btow👍👍👍

[@tomaswall6935]

I have very similar, it's great and no work. Every few months you'll have to do a big water change just to make sure that the nitrates don't slowly creep up but that's it.

[@rafameza4186]

The nitrates doesn’t accumulate overtime Joey? Great video

[@biggbirdkush6802]

If all tanks are on same system how do you stop a disease from spreading to all tanks? I love idea but I'm curious

[@thekingofdiy]

Nothing enters these tanks for 6-8 weeks after quarantine. Even then, all tanks can be isolated as they also have their own filters to stand alone.

[@thoth8784]

Dontcha have to vacuum the gravel tho?

[@philcavallini9657]

I run one on my 1500 gal that adds in 5 gal/hr on a 24/7 basis. I use a three stage systems for the water that is added in. It saves me tons of time and I'll do a 50% swap every 4 momths just to give them great quality environment.

[@markleishman6297]

Something to note, Just my 2 cents Should the valve get stuck open, the room temperature wouldn't cope with the constant cold water feed going in. Also the pipe leading outside could freeze up especially where you are and potentially end up backing the water up into the system so worth insulating as it's not a constant flow

[@rlam8805]

Don't think I've ever seen piranhas look so good.

[@shrekdonkey9551]

I have a question I have heard that fish will start to spawn or start acting like they are spawning after a rain storm. So does your automatic water change system simulate a rain storm by adding fresh cooler water like it would from a rain storm. Thanks for info and have a great day

[@wadevisser1343]

You Should drill a hole in the back ground and put the hose that adds new water into the hole so it pushes it into the display away from the drain behind the back ground

[@natalipierson98]

What about winter when it gets to like -30. Wont it freeze? 😂🤷🏻‍♀️🇨🇦

[@authorraeallen]

That is awesome but what happens if you fish get sick then all the tanks get sick food for thought

[@rafameza4186]

Damn I love the new gallery

[@mathyskramer7576]

You could be doing this even cheaper (just a little tbh) but if you, instead of using the garden planter system you could have bought an solenoid valve with some sort of smart home switch that you can put in a wall outlet. I have done this for my pond, the solenoid valve was I think a little under €30 and I used a Sonoff basic wireless switch which was €15. Combined its not much cheaper then the Garden system however you would have full control of the system from anywhere in the world as long as you have a internet connection. I absolutely love this system as it makes my pond maintenance a lot easier.

[@thekingofdiy]

I got what was available locally. this was all i could find. I wanted to mostly test it, but now that it works? i'm going to upgrade to something NOT on a battery.

[@jimoneill2855]

Before you set up all your small tanks you should make them a part of the automatic water changing system because you know down the road that’s what you’ll be doing.

[@thekingofdiy]

i gotta be hands on with something! I need to wake up with purpose!

[@stevenjones9969]

If you was to add all 3 tanks together and only use the one sump that's set up would it be enough ?? 🤯🤯🤔

[@captainswjr]

I somewhat worry about connecting all of the tanks, just because if a disease ever gets in one tank, the whole system will have it.

[@thekingofdiy]

I QT...

[@billyhenry3979]

Best water in the world, store it and use it on plants etc

[@jeremiahfleener6691]

If you tie the 700 in to the system, wouldn’t that mean there a possibility of getting snails in the other tank?

[@thekingofdiy]

i had to film this whole video without you seeing my pimple under my left eye. Didnt wanna deal with the drama haha.

[@PNEFC95]

What i dont understand about these automatic set ups is why they dont need to use any dechlorinators ?

[@Richard_Nottage]

you just bite the bullet and invest in a large sump and tie them in together, however you would also need to invest in a good quarantine system as it gets expensive treating such a volume of water.

[@shwnboy]

That auto watering has a screen. That rusting out could be a point of failure. Great idea thou. I might do this on my 150

[@MyIOnU]

You should think about growing something in the garden as well. Then reroute that water to watering the plants every 6 hours as well.

[@llNecroticll]

Brilliant

[@stevenpavan327]

I love it.

[@MrGenicus]

Instead of drilling the 700, why not a hang on the back overflow?

[@mrincredible.]

Electricity bills 💀💀💀💀

[@perrydegouveia5403]

Why don’t you have the 2000 as the reservoir. Copy the system that ties in the 375 and add it to the 700. You have 2 overflows from the 2000. Send 1 to the 700

[@jeremybrown5866]

Dont tie the 700 in, just put a spitter on your timmer, and run a new jose to the 700 with its own sump, then tie something into that! You dont want all them big tanks tied altogether and you know why! Meds would be explosive if youvhad to treat that big system

[@pbking442]

All those plants in your 700 would benefit from being tired in even if all it gets is waste water. Those plants are the best filter you can have.

[@sandyloyst1811]

Joey you have the best looking arrowona and I love your videos. Ontario Canada

[@meltz87]

Omg! Actual fish?

[@mystique_tinajones4423]

Oh god just please dont have an issue in 1 tank that can spread to all the other fish, disease or somethimg, but yes, very awesome way of simplifying maintenance

[@WackyNZ]

Funny i was just going to say water heater looks suspect and you said "Excuse the water heater"

[@nathanclarke6694]

Take your "dirty" fish water and bottle it as a garden additive; my aquarium water all goes to gardens and trees.