Why I NEVER Change Water in My Aquariums! (Auto Water Change System)

[@FatherFish]

Absolutely outstanding. I am delighted to be part of this community. Nick is a genius.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you so much!

[@Fers350]

Amazing man, I am at the point you where with the small fish room in your mom's old breakfast room (I have it in a small space in the storage room)and you are what I´ve been dreaming of. Hopefully, I get to where you are right now with your fish room and you are an inspiration to me. Thanks so much for the content and hope you continue getting bigger with your shop.

[@bizyranch]

Great video Nick, thanks for taking the time to show us your system

[@KeepingFishSimple]

thanks bro

[@putrid.p]

Really nice set up you've got! Once you've drilled for an overflow a semi-automatic system can be set up really easily with no permanent plumping, you just need space for two buckets underneath. The overflow runs into one bucket, the fresh drips in from the other using a dosing capillary pump. If the buckets are the same size the waste water bucket won't spill over. Dosing pumps don't care if they run dry, but some don't like running 24/7, so perhaps use a timer for the pump. Really easy just to swap the buckets whenever needed (pour away the waste water, refill the fresh water and add your conditioner). If you need to do an emergency water change just pour the fresh directly in the top. Drill the overflow near the top if you have room so if the pipe connection fails the tank doesn't drain out completely.

[@jokervienna6433]

Okay, I almost got offended here, until I realized you meant not changing water manually. I was half-professional for some years and had a system similar to yours. I even found solutions on how to change water in a tank with breeding Bettas, without much work and NOT destroying their bubble nest. I am an old fart and I have started on a book. I don´t think there will be any videos. Once you have tons of fish growing up, it is all about good water quality, space and feeding them good food. Keep up the good work! Nice to see your fish room! ;)

[@lachlanisaac]

Really Cool System. I don't have enough tanks to have the excuse of not doing it manually(yet). Also found it funny in the last clips when you were standing on the stool. Don't get to see that perspective very often. Great live also. Awesome!!

[@Aquafinity]

Really cool indeed! Nick is awesome! He even subscribed to my chanel! 😄

[@KeepingFishSimple]

hahahaha

[@HodujemyRyby]

I wasn't aware that your fishroom is that small, looks bigger. Impressive how much you can do in this space. Hope you will expand in the future.

[@addisonwilliams2221]

Watch he’s video started this fish room it’s tinny garage.

[@Lazarusthefishboy]

What a smart idea! In like 10 years I'm planning on getting a fish room like yours, and this will be such a good system for that! I honestly don't mind if I'd have to do a few manual water changes now and then. But keep up the great work, Nick! Loved the video! 😄👍

[@Octobhia]

You deserve more likes

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks laz

[@chaosgoettin]

"[...} and the overflow water goes into the sewage system" me: NO! it goes into the tanks that water my plants!

[@peachy3135]

Another quality video, also enjoyed ur live stream sorry I had to leave early.

[@KingsAquariumsAndReptileRoom]

Awesome video mate , thanks for all the information regarding your waterchange system. All your fish look super healthy!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks King

[@hailonwheels1]

Just discovered your channel. Cant believe the knowledge you have!

[@davidyovu7891]

Super room from across the pond. Next send your water to your garden

[@calebwatson3023]

I always enjoy watching your videos. I love the sounds of the fish room.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@rosehill9537]

This is my plan. We are looking at buying a house atm. Finger crossed. My big thing in the new house is must have a fish room!

[@DasEmpress]

Great video, Nick! Thanks as always for sharing!

[@rosehill9537]

Thanks!

[@irvingcobian]

You just gave me an idea on how to change both my 20gal tanks at the same time! Thank you!

[@HindiRapGuru]

Question - Do the fish tanks share the same water that goes into filtration? And if yes, then let's say if one fish tank catches a disease of some sort like, for example, red worm, will that infect all the tanks if not taken care on time? Is there any solution you can suggest to avoid this kind of situation? Thank you.

[@UnknownAssailant246]

Tyvm Switching from a Hobbist to a Breeder for profit this was very Helpful.

[@ranjanty]

I only have 8 tanks and I'm trying to figure out how to set up mine. The problem is they are in different places. I'm getting to old to keep carrying 5 gallon buckets outside down the stairs. My fishroom doubles as my bedroom.lol

[@michelewoods8221]

I just watched this for a similar reason although I've been around for a while. I'm also curious about the use of copper and whether there were benefits over pvc (I'm wondering if it's because the shut off valves are easier to use with copper than pvc but I'm not a plumber and I could be wrong about that)

[@lucasmorlon8766]

Hi ! Nice video. You should look at add some UV light into your main water tank (the one where you put some water conditionner in order to lower the level of chloramine). UV usually "kills" the chloramine.

[@canadashrimps]

Great video! Working on a fishroom / autochange system. I have tanks all over the house... manual wc for 50+ tanks is exhausting lol

[@movingwater7312]

your fishroom is awesome and you are awesome mate. thank you for sharing this info. i will build my fish room in an prefabricated object, but i opted for continuous water change system with 20 - 30% water changed every day.

[@jasonreding6453]

Just found your channel recently - keep up the great work.

[@FusionExotics]

Great video! I think when i get around to building my dream fish/reptile room i would arrange the plumbing so that all the wastewater from my fish would get funneled into a stock system in the backyard in which i would then be able to use the "dirty" water to water my lawn and vegetables with. Less wasting of good ol water.

[@nick_5397]

First of all thank you for the videos. Do you have a schematic for you racks. I need to build one but not 100 sure. Thanks.

[@darrylmoore5847]

Great video, and a really nice system.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks!

[@CC-vb7mn]

Love all of your videos and your passion for fish keeping! Your passion for it shows through in your videos, and makes it so easy to watch! it's also really easy to nav through your channel and find the exact information I want because you've done it all! love seeing all your fish :) I'd love some more info on guppies, plecos and cherry shrimp :D also mollies. :)

[@margan59]

I had a drip system on my 150 gal. I've since moved and I really miss it. It dripped a constant 2 gal per hour. I never treated or heated the water and never had an issue even in Michigan winter.

[@becksoftable]

Another good video. I also have chloramines but I use a four stage filter system attached to my R/O filter with a sediment filter, two chloramine blocker filters and then the normal chlorine block filter and it removes all of the chloramines. This runs directly into my tanks. Been running this for 8 months now and havent had to change anything but the sediment filter so far.

[@tachanakas]

Thanks. What kind of R/O filter did you use? can you share the link for the R/O filter?

[@cutiedudie2002]

All that amazing, nutrient filled water going into the street! In our area in the US that would put a huge, unwanted nutrient spike in our lakes. Put in a rain or vegetable garden to use up that water or infiltrate it into the ground. If you're using that much water, you may as well grow rice or something.

[@pauledwards5607]

or live black worms

[@quintonkeyser945]

Well done mate, you really doing good! Keep up the good videos! Very informative and helpful.

[@aerey7062]

I really like your contents. I saw your dedication. Go for 100k ❤️🎉🎉

[@KeepingFishSimple]

thanks!

[@DL_Kwekerij]

Ik thinking about somting like this system but you still need to do Manuel waterchange to get the waste out of the tanks that's sitting on the bodem ?

[@joshkrutli]

Great video, Even greater stash

[@thetruthserum2816]

I'd change draining to the street to drain to the garden, lawn and trees... Perfect plant nutrients!

[@ryanwoodmass5745]

What size drainage pipe are you running. Great video as always mate keep up the good work

[@KeepingFishSimple]

85mm

[@yusufestantio6590]

Just found your Channel. Could you show me schematic diagram for this system ?. thanks Nick 👍

[@brianbrigg57]

Does using copper for the pipes affect your invertebrates?

[@joshrobbo8369]

Any tips to making a fish store?? Inspired by you to do so!

[@AnnabelleBeaudoin]

Great video 👍 you inspire me 😊

[@gabesaquatics8495]

Impressive fish room!! Love your dedication!!

[@---nw9qu]

Do you have filters on the drain pipes to prevent fish from going down the drain? Also, how much (roughly) is the monthly water bill?

[@addisonwilliams2221]

Yes you need pre filter for drain he has a lot duckweed so he prob uses sponges.

[@gabrielcavalcanti5341]

That's a great idea. I'm new in your channel. Do you work in a breeder fish factory? So many tanks with fishes. It's awesome. Keep the great work!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Yes, thanks

[@danamieldechavez4917]

It’s a very cool method i just have a question does the poop get suck on the overflow as well??

[@thedampestcrib6004]

Aha i found it 🎉 now 2 yeats later have you tried pvc instead of cutting into the tanks?

[@kirstyphillips6150]

Hey, just wondering when your online shop will be open again? Thanks

[@joshthomas2841]

Chances of you doing a vid explaining how you drilled the tanks and added the uplift pipes?

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Low, I paid the builder of tanks to drill

[@luannabrams]

My whole fish breading room is filled with the automatic filter to it is a very useful

[@Aquafinity]

sounds so cool! How many tanks do you have? 😃

[@fussybugger]

Did you drill through the glass bottom for the pipe?

[@guiseppicosta4676]

Do you remineralize the water with gh kh salty shrimp for eg

[@johnmaude5065]

Would it not be more economical to use seachem safe instead of a liquid conditioner? Just a thought

[@julianscanarybirdroom8591]

Hello my friend. Great videos .was wondering how long do you keep the fresh water running in to the tanks a day? Many thanks julian

[@opethmike]

By god, that mustache is just majesty

[@rgilroy1909]

water treatment "step 1" is great. I like the fact you have to stop and de-chlor the water. it's a perfect default stop gap/safety redundancy. so don't change it

[@sovavalorant4589]

you can use seachem safe water change might become cheaper

[@KeepingFishSimple]

maybe

[@antoniochua8111]

Really interested in this system but have questions. how about the fish poop. i mean wont it will still require manual siphoning?

[@daveallerton226]

I guess you have your intakes at the bottom of the tanks for the best exchange of water?

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Yes

[@camel0147]

Did you have any issues with the copper pipes?

[@celticbarry9877]

I only have 2 tanks so do them manually, I bought one big hose I think it may have been 30m that I cut into 3, 2 for draining and 1 for refilling. I drain both into my bathtub, I also bought fittings for the refill hose, so I can attatch it to my shower that way its much faster to refill and I can adjust the temperature as I like to do 50% water changes just because the time it takes me to do any small maintenance like wipe glass, lids, dissolve a little salt and add prime and put the other hose onto the shower and then use the hose to vaccum some debris off the bottom they are usually close to 50% as they are 125Litre/33Gallon. It only takes me about 30 minutes from start to finish like getting up to do it to having everything put away to do the 50% water change once a week or 2 weeks. When I need to also clean the filters then it takes maybe 45 minutes to 1 hour but I only do that every about 6 weeks as I have 2 filters on each tank and the canister one I only do every 6 months and the internal one every about 2 months. I also have chloramine but I just put seachem prime into my tank once I drain it then I refill both, i've been doing it like this for over a year with no problems.

[@Branttherant53]

Hi God bless all of y'all and always know that God and his son Jesus both love all of y'all in Jesus mighty name I pray Amen.

[@aesopcarl]

Cool video and system. On the drainage, do you have a standpipe for a vacuum break?

[@sjaquariums4638]

Loved the video! How do you go about drilling the tanks?

[@dusk1947]

Good video, with very useful tips... But I'd argue hobbyist's can benefit from automated water changes even if they only have 1 tank. I have 1 display with a sump, an ATO, and 1 dosing pump to pull waste water. And even on that limited application, auto-water-change is incredible. It's a huge advantage in system stability and water quality. However, we do need to regularly test an monitor the source water, and maintenance the equipment to ensure the system is adequately functioning.

[@privato9238]

Maaan i hope the mustache gets a comeback! I'm always in for some 'weird' and unique styles But yeah just do whatever you like.

[@reptilianorion7938]

Is it a good idea to attach a RODI filter directly to the tap and let it filter water directly into the big tank to be used?

[@ArtyMars]

Your drainage pipes on the ground is really clever i was wondering how to do that myself for the same reasons, also having the drain pipes exposed is kinda ugly as well as taking up a lot of room xD (I’m in Melbourne tho so might have to heat the water first before water changes if I ever get this invested in a fish room xD )

[@Aquafinity]

It is really cool! I'm very inspired by him and his story as well. He even subscribed to my chanel! 😄

[@martinmora1565]

engineering! Crazy how much you learn hobby a full time job.

[@Aquafinity]

True!! He's awesome! He even subscribed to my chanel! 😄

[@martinmora1565]

@@Aquafinity well done 👏👏👏

[@MrCentrax]

What size of plumbing do you use for the overflow?

[@historicphoenix2263]

Nick 1:17 what the heck kind of Rams are those??? They look almost purple!! Is that just the angle/lighting or are you working on a new line??

[@historicphoenix2263]

Maybe it's the lighting now that I went back and looked. But good lord, those are some gorgeous GBRs..

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thank you!

[@rokujuichi]

how do you often scrub the tanks?

[@jamesholbrook7785]

Excellent video

[@northaquatics]

Great explanation on how your system works The storage method and treat with a water conditioner Which I hope is prime by seachem As most others do not help with the ammonia after they breach the chloramines bond Chloramines and chlorine is gone but not the ammonia that is now in the water in a free and toxic state I am not sure what you were quoted for a system for total chloramines and ammonia removeal but it’s not that bad That is how I have my system with 40 tanks I have videos if interested in the other ways with not a lot more costs My system runs total automatically twice a day with not assistance from me 82 degrees, total free of all chlorine forms and ammonia free

[@Heaveninearth66]

Soon 100k 🎉

[@KeepingFishSimple]

hopefully

[@breakalim]

Nice setup! Also, are you going to be breeding and selling CPDs soon?

[@ReallyEvilPigeon]

I keep missing your q and A, but this is kinda on topic, when breeding betta's in tubs, how often do you change the water when rearing the babies?

[@ArtyMars]

As often as you can if you want to avoid fungus and aren't treating the water / overfeeding etc

[@googleuser569]

What water conditioner do you use?

[@addisonwilliams2221]

Your system is a drip system just without emitters that control how much. I do t think you have values put on timer. You could add drip emitters that control how much in each tank.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

yea

[@timdrury9040]

When you have the water change system working at its full capacity about how many gallons per minute are you using?

[@AussieSurvivalAndPreparedness]

Could a RO filter not get the chloramines out?

[@granta3044]

Running the water through a grow bed with plants will mean changing water becomes unwanted. I dont know if you keep ph balances or not but it worked for my 300+ tank with all types of fish.

[@ArtyMars]

Each tank would need it's own individual grow beds to avoid cross contamination between tanks so not sure how you'd avoid a bad batch of fish spreading diseases :/

[@granta3044]

@@ArtyMars you would think diseases spread like that. But the aquaponics system has bacteria also, meaning that it doesnt give the disease room to spread. Why dont diseases kill fish in the wild? Same reason. And if you just add a UV filter it solves the disease issue by flat out killing the disease out of the tanks

[@lazygardener6278]

this is really a cool system. However, I have a concern about the control of the system. Since each single valve and outlet is inside the tank it seems that you have no optical control whether one of the supply lines does not work properly. maybe some of the small tubes get clogged over time...

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Just have to service over time

[@theTrevorbeast]

How do you make sure each tank gets the same percentage of water change

[@bijilppaul]

can we use rainwater for fish tank

[@dwsnono9104]

What size drainage pipe did you finally install?

[@Handygrrl]

Nowadays, copper is sooo exprnsive and so are plumbers. If youre afraid of using glue (no reason to be), you could use more ecpendive sharkbite-lije fittings which simply require pushing pipe into them requiring no soldering like copper does. Indeed, you can use sharkbite or push fittings with cu, pex and cpvc pipe. So this truly is a diy project!

[@snookies1224]

I would think that you'd save the runoff water for the garden in summer

[@celticbarry9877]

Instead of that bottle of water dechlorinator which is probably quite expensive you could bulk buy ascorbic acid/vitamin c which is probably all that is. 1g of vitamin c dechlorinates (chloramine or chlorine) 150 litres. So you only need 20g of vitamin c to dechlorinate 3,000L of water. 1KG of ascorbic acid is about £15-20 in the UK and would do you for 50 water changes. Also the more you buy the cheaper it is, 5kg is about £65 so only £13 per kg and would do 250 x 3,000L water changes. 10Kg is about £115 or £11.50 per Kg and would do 500 water changes. It's probably what is in those API etc water treatment bottles it just doesn't tell you. It works as ascorbic acid joins with chlorine and chloramine forming a new chemical that then evaporates from the water. A 3.8L bottle of API Stress Coat only does 28,000L of water changes and costs £70, so for you about £7 per water change. Ascorbic acid, 10KG bag at £120 does 1,500,000L of water changes, so 500 for you and costs £0.24 per water change. 28x less money per water change.

[@aesopcarl]

No problems with the copper pipes?

[@MrRenoman2011]

Great video

[@vlogginsoul7080]

Whats with the pervstache?

[@aqib2000]

How do you prevent fish getting lost in the drain pipe?

[@darenwilson5606]

You should have another tank to collect the waste water and use it for your outdoor landscaping.

[@nick_5397]

Is the copper pipe not leaving so metal in the water

[@KeepingFishSimple]

no

[@jqc5]

did you turn that green 20 gal valve back on............

[@KeepingFishSimple]

hahah no i wanted to change the other side lol

[@JhunDumsTVXj]

Wow nice amazing.

[@Penguin-wk7gq]

What’s the water and electricity bill like?

[@KeepingFishSimple]

not tooo bad

[@paulknight9413]

Just come across this vid. What's growing on your lip?

[@ozonejamnerd]

On a sidenote, really digging that stache! 👌🏼

[@Orlandohaschanged]

My plumbers my best friiiend 😆 win!