Water Changing How I Change the Water in my 200 Aquariums New Water Change System for the Fish Room

Water Changing How I Change the Water in my 200 Aquariums New Water Change System for the Fish Room
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[@LRBaquatics]

Its taken forever to get this system going and to get all the kinks out. Finally made the video. Hope you all like!

[@jabo67chicago]

L.R.Bretz's Aquatics well done . Im just suking the knowledge. My solution is the same. Im loving it. Ty

[@Bongholio-fd5eq]

Do you mind if i ask how much a system like this costs?

[@joeyprince2910]

Genius you’re an absolute genius!! Lol but for real that is a great system! I’ve noticed that people who run automatic water changing systems tend to miss a lot more of what their fish are doing. With your system it forces you to look inside your tank and watch their behaviour. I was recently at a friends house who has an automatic drip system and when I was looking in his tanks I noticed that his super red‘s breeding tank had a dead fish in there and it looked like it had been dead for several days maybe even over a week. When I brought it to his attention he seemed to be very upset it turns out that was his only super red male. Had he had a system where he had to look in every tank he may have noticed that sick fish before he passed. Like with everything there are pros and cons. Love the content Lucas keep it coming✌️

[@mikef3300]

Man Lucas you must have a mile of pipe running through your house and fish room lol. That is a great time saver and convenient way to control each fishes water requirements. Lucky

[@johnstoller4898]

Impressive. You might consider putting the drain water bucket on a wheeled cart; a piece of plywood with 4 wheel on it.

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks! In the rooms I dont have carpet that is what I did.

[@aquaticfish7327]

Wow! I am simply amazed at how you figured that all out! Great job!

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks it was a mission!

[@FredHOleniuk]

Great system. Thanks for your video. I am old school and run all my tanks with undergravel filters. Under the filter I have a network of pvc tubes with multiple holes. The pvc tubes are then connected to an upspout that I connect to my drainage tubing. So when I do a drainage of my tanks the water is dragged through the gravel and undergravel filter and then out. Keep up the great work. I am up to 12 tanks (took me almost 50 years) but I am still at it but very envious of your set up.

[@CJBlack265]

FredHOleniuk This sounds like a cool system, I use UGF also, I'd be interested in seeing a video of your system 👍

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks Fred! Thats smart, I love that idea!

[@lostintranslation5196]

I'm so jealous of how quickly you drained the water!! I'm very lucky, my city tap water has a TDS of 9 straight out of the tap. Kh Gh both 1 ph sits about 7.4. That metal in your water is scary, glad you filter it!

[@CJBlack265]

Definitely worth the wait! You got the skilz for sure - true renaissance man

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks :)

[@thebiosphere9515]

Support what you are doing Lucas! Keep it going!

[@keithmcgee1253]

This is a very upscale auto water change system. More than what I’ll need but amazing equipment and setup 👍🏾

[@scottcahala7779]

Awesome set up.

[@JonoMacm]

I just bought a 50GPD system today, it feels very inadequate after seeing this beast of a system haha You have such an awesome setup!

[@mbroome]

For changing water in tanks with tiny fry, I use an old school net breeder with some foam around the top so it will float high. Then, just stick the end of the hose in the floating net breeder and I don't have to scare fry away.

[@LRBaquatics]

I dont like to cover my drainage hose if possible that way I can get big floating debris out. But that is a good idea.

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Nice job excellent job in fact u just have me ideas for my water change system I read thinking of just running a line to each tank just like u did but u finalized my plans seeing this great job when i'm finished kind I will give u a shot out

[@LRBaquatics]

Awesome glad to hear it, thanks!

[@AquariumCop]

Tempature control and blending perameters is awesome!! You certainly spent that summer making it right!! I remember missing you that summer , but as we can see it was worth it!! 👍☑

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks! Sacrifices had to be made. Glad its over and running!

[@mrpancake1083]

After all that wrk, you deserve a tropical vacation

[@smurfygoodtimes8148]

Runs Out to the pump house, gives well big ole hug.

[@LRBaquatics]

Lol

[@kdr1048]

Incredible man. That is awesome, your my favorite fish you tuber 🖒

[@ScienceGalAquatics]

My Guppies love Missouri hard water but the calcium and limescale is challenge for sure.

[@ladyt1866]

Really nice plumbing work who ever did it did an excellent job pretty much like a O.R. Setup . Nice 👍

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks took me a whole summer to do the whole fish room.

[@RyoWatanabee]

You’ve got an amazing system Lucas! Love it 😍 keep up the awesome vids!

[@mojavebohemian814]

Thank you

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

An awesome video, Thanks Lucas... very informational and well explained. It must have cost you a fortune for all the pipes and fittings, glad you did most of it.. i'd hate to be a plumber walking into your house with all the plumbing running through your house.... haha..

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks! Thankfully doing it myself save a lot of money but def. wasnt cheap but was worth every penny.

[@flipflopsneeded]

Great to know you... I should watch more of your older vids.

[@shesridindirty]

Great video Lucas, I really enjoyed your new system,well thought out and your tanks look amazing, fish look super healthy too😍❤️😍

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks!

[@VyvienneEaux]

I've started playing playlists of yours in the background silently at all times with ads enabled. I hope it helps!

[@LRBaquatics]

Your awesome!

[@VyvienneEaux]

@@LRBaquatics No, you're awesome! I'd definitely pay you real money if I actually had a job! As it is, I've 'watched' 96 ads on your channel today XD

[@kwowwandryan]

The plants you keep amaze me I have terrible water 8.1 PH 90 tds and low gh and kh it takes gh booster tons of ferts and something to buffer the ph to get anything to do much

[@teddybonkers3580]

Ryan Brown same except mine is zero GH/KH and super low pH. It's horrible isn't it... it takes a lot of baking soda, calcium and dry ferts to get plants to grow otherwise simply nothing happens. Absolutely horrible water straight from Hell.

[@ziurcs]

Good day LRB -- where did you get the screen strainers? 23:07 Minute mark. You did a great job and I can't believe you have all different types of water.

[@chia_pet7121]

16:48 Auto water change when you get your barn fish room y'say? : )

[@LRBaquatics]

Lol yeah I prolly won’t have auto water change. The last system I had at the old house when I left is the type of system I want. Where I have a tap to fill up each tank the use garden pump to pull the water out.

[@ezaquatics8991]

What? No song intro? Looks awesome Lucas!

[@eddyortiz8110]

Wow you did a kick ass job setting that up and a ton of hard work! Pretty cool and all your tanks are looking great your videos are ones I watch and like thanks..

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks!

[@FBGFatBottomgirl2]

This is a fascinating look at your water system, Thank You for sharing in depth! Will you be looking into those metal filings in your water? I'm super curious as to the cause of that. Happy fishkeeping

[@LRBaquatics]

They come from the city line. I should prolly look into to it deeper and spread the word about it.

[@stoneysscapes7544]

Hey did you figure out what the ****was in that pre filter ? That could not be that hard to get a sample to someone in a lab , be curious what you found LRB 🛸

[@DamianBloodstone]

I loved this vid and your others. You've really taught me a lot. It's made me want to get back into aquariums again. Thank you.

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks! I always love to hear that!

[@stevemccord6927]

One thing to watch for with the ball valves set at half open is water erosion of the edge of the ball. It is fine for lowering flow but if time comes to shut it off completely there might be part of the ball gone to close off water flow entirely.

[@LRBaquatics]

Interesting and something to think about

[@danbutts1003]

I’m totally impressed!!!

[@eleanor5897]

Your'e city water frightens me lol

[@LRBaquatics]

I hope it frightens and makes everyone aware and to hopefully look at there own water because Im 100% sure my water is not the only city water like this.

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall2073]

@@LRBaquatics lord have mercy I'd never have a fish room if I had to have all that done just to raise fish that would be mind boggling for me even think about much less TRY to do, but being I DO live in Indiana & raise guppies they're doing fine.

[@Shelzbells]

Thats a pretty cool system Lucas....seems very user friendly :)

[@Anthony-yx5vg]

So impressed..great system!

[@fastfolky]

One man, 200 planted tanks, that must be some kind of a record, automatic waterchange system or not. R.E.S.P.E.C.T Loved the "I don't like saying things are impossible but sometimes things just aren't doable" Hahaha

[@LRBaquatics]

Lol thanks!

[@TMAquatics]

You take it to the next level. Too much for my needs but very impressive. 👍

[@parachuteaquatics7233]

Very cool video brother thank you for sharing

[@TheBSideDJ]

if you remineralize the soft water for some tanks, by putting Calcium (GH+) back in, is that not more or less the same as using your "lime" harder water ?

[@mybeesshrimp1687]

Awesome setup Lucas! :)

[@nathancheung2603]

Great video! Could you make an in depth video on how to breed killifish?

[@LRBaquatics]

I do have a couple vids on breeding the Blue Gularis Killi in the fish breeding play list. Alot of killis breeding and incubation times are different though.

[@nathancheung2603]

L.R.Bretz's Aquatics Yeah, I watched the videos on the blue gularis, they were good. I bred guppies for a while and I want to move on to breeding killi's. I decided on the australe killifish to start with, but I was wondering which killi's are good to start breeding with. Thanks for the help!

[@LRBaquatics]

Any of the garderni and australe which are aphysemions are pretty easy to breed and their is info on the web for them. I havent personally bred them cause they tend to be more aggressive in tanks that arent species only.

[@seekingthetruth9896]

Show us your ponds

[@TropicalFishSuccess1]

Thanks for showing this!!

[@kevinbrislawn5918]

I do the same..move the hose so the dingy fish stay away

[@SurprisedPikacheesecake]

Can anyone tell me what the fish featured at the end of the video is? Multi-coloured with the black line going down the middle? Thanks~

[@briansfishtanks]

Cool system!

[@caewalker9276]

That's a lot of pipe. I don't know how you know which is which. Thank you for showing us. That metal is weird.

[@LRBaquatics]

It is a lot of pipe. I dont even know how many feet.

[@hermosafish]

Who stays in the guest bedroom? Samantha Fish, maybe?

[@CaylorsReptilesAquatics]

Great system!

[@toolhog10]

What would you say is the most fun aspect of the room? Design work, construction implementation, or the actual fish keeping? I find the different life support systems people come up with pretty interesting.

[@LRBaquatics]

Good questions I really enjoy them all. Which is why I have problems with always adding on more work for myself lol. It really is hard to pick just one they are equally tied.

[@twincitiesguppies]

Awesome setup brother!!

[@jabo67chicago]

Good job

[@Ontimehandyman76]

I must be missing something lol ! How are you priming the suction out ? Thanks

[@litoloco4fish]

OMG!!!!!!!!

[@TheDrunkenAlcoholic]

awesome system, just got a little fuzzy on the line up, it seems you first run the water through a pre filter, then through a carbon chamber, then a water heater(white wall heater), then it goes back to yet another carbon chamber then through another heater then into your RO system? or do you actually have 2 systems?

[@LRBaquatics]

Its one system that has the RO system as a separate so techically 2 systems. The only reason I have 2 carbon towers is that I had the RO unit hooked up before the tankless water heater which had to be put in after necessity of my current water heater was unable to make water changes managable. There is a UV sterilizer after the prefilter and before the first carbon tower as well.

[@Bluebutterflystarot]

Looks great!! Totally jealous lol

[@candioverhuls1003]

That metal in your filter is scary. I’d be interested in knowing what it is, are you going to have it tested? Thank you for another great video. Always enjoy your content.

[@LRBaquatics]

I should have it tested after I change it but not sure where to take it or I could break out the microscope....

[@toddhenning2515]

You are an absolute genius LRB....like mad scientist genius! Just amazing all that you do for the hobby. Thanks

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks!

[@ADHDAquatics]

Hey Lucas 😊 can you link me to that carbon blaster please?

[@LRBaquatics]

www.aquariumwaterfilters.com/Mineral-Filter-Tanks-p.ta-10x54.htm

[@ADHDAquatics]

@@LRBaquatics thank you for taking the time! I see that company also sells RODI units. Would you recommend them? You're such an inspiration!

[@ADHDAquatics]

How has this system held up for you over the years I am planning my purchase from aqua fx. I don't want a taker storage tank but I like how fast you can make rodi water

[@LRBaquatics]

Its been great

[@zachlenagh2801]

Is your city water pressure coming out full blast? Or do you use a pressure reducing valve anywhere in the line. I want to try this on a 20 tank rack with 1/2" pvc and pvc ball valves but was wondering if city pressure full blast would be too high without reducing pressure.

[@Mikinct]

She put the lime in the coconut, she drank 'em bot' up

[@CoralMan24]

looks great what model RO unit and where from? where do you get those stainless steel mesh you use for the outflow to disperse it?

[@LRBaquatics]

I got it from Aqua FX not sure the model number. I got the SS mesh intakes from ebay.

[@misterbgs1]

One of the nicest parts must be not moving equipment , fear of cross contamination

[@LRBaquatics]

Indeed. Takes alot of stress off me.

[@lloyd011721]

hey lucas, what happens when you mix bloody marys with painted fire reds?

[@LRBaquatics]

Im not really sure, ive never done it.

[@TrackMasta99]

Heck yea dude

[@ADHDAquatics]

I messaged Aqua FX and I'm having them help me get cool like you 😎 I have 64 tanks a total of 1,200 gallons which unit would you recommend for me if I don't want to use a storage tank? I have city water with 350-450 tds. In Utah it's really hard salty calcium water. I don't think I have chloramine but I'm scared 1 day they will add it for some reason I don't know.

[@LRBaquatics]

I have a 3000 gal/hr unit. They cost about a dollar a gallon so 1200 gallon hr would be around $1200. Really it just depends on how fast you want the water to flow. Higher the flow rate the faster you can fill a tank with RO. Your city water is alot like my city water.

[@ADHDAquatics]

@@LRBaquatics awesome thank you! 😁

[@ADHDAquatics]

@@LRBaquatics Hey I spoke with aqua fx and wanted a bigger system than what you have so I could run more water faster but it was too expensive. I got the ultrafiltration system instead. I wanted to show you, maybe if you ever move or want to change your system up you might consider it? What are your thoughts on the capabilities of this system? I haven't hooked it up yet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5DJqnyehdKCq6M

[@CraigHawks]

Impressive system! Have you ever thought about ways to save the dirty water and clean it up for reuse? I’m trying to puzzle through it for my room, but really haven’t come up with anything viable. Just hate to see all the water go down the drain. Once summer gets here I can pump it out to my outside plants, etc.

[@LRBaquatics]

I have, but no real use for it at my house.

[@TheDrunkenAlcoholic]

use the dirty water for plants you have around the house indoors and outdoors, plants love old fish tank water

[@massivepump3059]

Where do you get those mesh intakes? Do you sell them?

[@LRBaquatics]

I dont sell them but you can find them on ebay.

[@massivepump3059]

Thanks for the reply, I found them, keep up the great work!

[@jayworkman5792]

Am I misunderstanding something, or did you say that you're filling your drinking water bottles with RO/DI water? Around 11:55

[@LRBaquatics]

Thats what I said. I know it doesnt have the mineral content but our diet does. Its the best water we have had to drink.

[@jayworkman5792]

I've always heard that De-ionized water was bad for you to drink. It's not because it's missing the mineral content, but because the water starts ripping apart the cells in your body on a molecular level. I don't recall the specifics of the chemistry involved, but I'd suggest doing some reading on it to find out for sure. Something about extra electrons... or not enough electrons...

[@cmpi82]

do you use co2 in any of your tanks? thanks again for the great content.

[@LRBaquatics]

At the moment only 3 of them have co2

[@cmpi82]

well, your plants look great in your tanks. Do you plan to add more co2 later? on your 3 tanks with how do you distribute your co2? a defuser, or reactor etc?

[@curtisframsey]

How many gallons are the carbon towers good for? When do you have to change them?

[@LRBaquatics]

Around 500,000 gallons. I will prolly change out every year to be safe.

[@209Control]

Hey Lucas quick question. On my 90 gallon clown loach tank my TDS shot up from 280 to 800+ due to tap water over last few months. I got an RO unit and my question is can I just do what u did and add the RO directly into tank without mineralization to bring my water to more manageable tds parameter??

[@TheDrunkenAlcoholic]

I would mix it in a barrel, 3/4 RO water and 1/4 tap water should get back into the 200's TDS

[@LRBaquatics]

You can add it directly in the tank and it will cut it down. I would recommend cutting it about 50 pts to 100 every couple days until your back where you want to be. Then mess around and see what ratio it takes to blend it from there on.

[@209Control]

L.R.Bretz's Aquatics thank you Lucas

[@209Control]

TheDrunkenAlcoholic thank you

[@Baffi_]

What micron rating is the prefilter your using??

[@LRBaquatics]

25 microns

[@Baffi_]

L.R.Bretz's Aquatics wow, you must have some serious junk in your city water.

[@yohjokromwood2327]

EPIC

[@pbsfix269]

No such thing as too many valves. Shoutout to shutoffs! Shower control valve.

[@crisvega7588]

Panning for gold?

[@LRBaquatics]

I do have all the panning equipment ; )

[@crisvega7588]

L.R.Bretz's Aquatics wish you the best, lol

[@antmk2dreaming614]

You should not be drinking that filtered water, it’s missing essential trace elements required by the human body.

[@James_Hande]

You should have it checked because your little one drinks that water

[@LRBaquatics]

My little one drinks the pure water like we do. I would never let him drink tap water, no way. Especially now that I have seen the filter. Im sure my city isnt the the only one like this.