DIY Automatic Water Change System for my Betta Fish Projects

DIY Automatic Water Change System for my Betta Fish Projects - Plumbing Walkthrough!

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My auto water change betta fish breeding rack plumbing is DONE! I did a pretty good explanation on everything I did to build it, I hope this is interesting or useful to you.
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0:00 Recap and Prepping Shelf
1:36 Plumber Rant
3:30 Plumbing Explanation
5:37 Planning the pieces
7:07 BEST ball valves
8:19 Completing The Plumbing
12:06 Leak test and fixes
16:02 The Next Step

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@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

Whew, one step closer to being DONE. What do you think guys?! I put some of the supplies I used in the description :) Should I do a video about *how* to make a fish rack?

@londonrain61012 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome! I saw kg tropics Berta room and this is way more doable for a smaller space. Love it!!!

@londonrain61012 Жыл бұрын

Betta*** not Berta 😂😂😂

@shesellsfish Жыл бұрын

It's not only plumbers, contractors in general seem to work on their own time frames and getting them to come back and change or just finish something or even getting them to call you or txt you back can be an unwanted journey in patience and FRUSTRATION! Your system is amazing. Looking forward to seeing it up and running perfectly. 👍💖👍

@hmshood9212 Жыл бұрын

Simply Betta can be described in two words: Strangely Wholesome

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

Aww shucks 🥰

@omkaringalgi Жыл бұрын

The amount of planning behind this project is amazing 🙂

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

Haha thank you

@rebekahstahl1018 Жыл бұрын

I’m working on setting up my very first rack and it’s so great to see you include your mistakes and problems too. So thank you for that. If anything it’s more inspiring than the “perfect” videos.

@canadianreefmaster Жыл бұрын

My favorite is pvc cement for fixing those types of leaks. And plumbers tape is great for bulkheads. I love seeing people do DIY projects like this. It reminds me of decades ago when we had to make everything DIY. Great projects, this will save so much time with water changes. I use to have this style auto water change in my store. First thing I did was laugh at the ball valves, they are so hard to turn. Slay qween!

@craigsmestad6952 3 ай бұрын

Taylor! I think the idea of automatic water changes is absolutely awesome and well worth the extra effort and time.... Keep up the great work!

@SimplyBetta 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@crabmansteve6844 Жыл бұрын

I understand he was slow, he did killer work though. He even added a cleanout to the drain line. Your forethought in adding valves everywhere is great. There are often only two or three in an entire home which is wild. I have one accessible on every branch of piping in my house so that if I need to do a repair in one section I don't have to turn the water off to the entire home.

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

You noticed! Yeah he did a great job. I'm all about a bit of redundancy for future convinience!

@gromnasty 10 ай бұрын

That water your throwing away is amazing fior plants I pump all my water out to my garden and the plants love it I just put a bucket with a pump with a flot valve

@RabbiSpruceTech 4 ай бұрын

I really love this video and how you set your system up. It's giving me so many ideas for my own fish room

@randihardy6642 Жыл бұрын

So impressed! Its a lot of work but WOW all the automation and capacity is exciting

@MidnightMaraly Жыл бұрын

I can't wait till you have this project completed. It looks so professional 👏 😍 it will be such a huge time saver when it all ready to go. I can't wait for you breeding projects!!!

@bunnysparklzbunnytime5117 Жыл бұрын

Teflon tape on threaded bits is wonderful

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

I did and still ruined them 😅

@bunnysparklzbunnytime5117 Жыл бұрын

@@SimplyBetta well that's no fun :( Hopefully you got it straightened out. Yeah sometimes things get wonky

@michaelalexandercanade3449 Жыл бұрын

Don't push yourself for all this hard work just to make fans happy. For your own good then Taylor. Ok 👌🏻

@damianthompson8941 Жыл бұрын

Next time you have to use threaded fittings try putting a small amount of silicone on the threads. It'll help seal it and the silicone won't bond to thw pvc so it'll still be easy to take apart in the future. They also make liquid teflon but I personally prefer using silicone

@mattgray9297 Жыл бұрын

Always impressed with your b-roll awareness! Great video! And fantastic DIY project 👍🏻

@jessiecorceles6317 5 ай бұрын

I enjoyed your story especially the plummer part 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@deansfishroom Жыл бұрын

Well done Taylor, really well done!!!

@TheThunderer1701 Жыл бұрын

Wow!!! I wish I could think things through like this. Awesome job, Taylor!!!!

@projector7141 2 ай бұрын

Metal valves are ok on drain pipes, BUT maybe not on the water supply to tanks. Because if they have brass or copper or other metals in contact with the water, it will dissolve some of the metal into your fish tank water. That can kill fish or hurt them - so you'd have to do a lot of water analysis to make sure the metal concentration in the water is at a safe level - for whoever needs to know. For thread leaks - there is a great thing called PTFE tape. You open the joint and clean it, wrap a few turns to match the thread direction and reassemble. There are liquid joint compounds "pipe dope" that I would only use on drains. Your bulkheads - might need a careful tightening - easy with experience, or you can use a crow's foot and a torque wrench to make sure you don't crack the glass. Maybe some cardboard in the way of tools to prevent small cracks.

@daigorostaurenghi5072 Жыл бұрын

You should definitely do a collab with SerpaDesign, it would be great to see on both channels.

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

Maybe one day! :D

@davidbaker6382 Жыл бұрын

Looks fantastic Taylor! That is an ambitious set up. The plumbing that the guy did looks really great- very sorry to hear that it was a trial getting there. Almost there it seems!

@Boja23 Жыл бұрын

Simply betta, a voice so relaxing I crank up the volume for some AMSR before bed.

@afifahzulkefli2647 11 ай бұрын

thanks for this walkthrough. i’d like to try and build a water change system and air system on my own in the future. this is really helpful. and omg you’re too funny 😂

@thelazyfishbreeder7486 Жыл бұрын

for the threaded connections you’ve got to use plumbers tape on the threads. ☺️

@ericvarona4504 Жыл бұрын

Didn't see the actual threading so was going to comment the same.

@AdivParadise Жыл бұрын

okay that is INCREDIBLY cool and also now I am very jealous.....an automated system like that is the DREAM oml

@lisajligon Жыл бұрын

Teflon pipe tape on the threads would have prevented your leaks. I'm happy your putty worked though. Great job on this fantastic project.

@hannakierstead289 Жыл бұрын

the pink rack with the pink shop lights looks AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

@nightlyrowentree6047 Жыл бұрын

I wish I had your ingenuity with diy's madam because it's impressive lol

@kimgilbertsen8216 3 ай бұрын

Girl, I get tired just LISTENING to all of the energy you have! I wish you lived in Utah so I could borrow some of that! ❤

@SimplyBetta 2 ай бұрын

Hah!!

@llomax1067 Жыл бұрын

I own just about every fish but a betta 😭 ... But I saw diy in the title and immediately clicked... Your set up and personality I said... Welp I'm sold.... New subscriber here.... Now I got to get a betta.... All your fault 😭😭😁

@blackmoonmermaid4786 Ай бұрын

im so stoked. ive been diein to buy one of your beta. i do alot of things like you do. i love beta and im also a painter that mostly dose beta paintings

@tkwilson83 Жыл бұрын

What a transformation. What an incredibly fun process to watch. So proud of you. Keep up the great content. Sending love from Minnesota ❤

@kyleleen_ Жыл бұрын

Heck yes! So excited vicariously thru you! 🎉🙌

@stephaniegagnon6737 Жыл бұрын

It is a hassle to set up but I can imagine you will have a lot less work to do in the fish room. And you deserve all the help you can get 🙂

@assiahinarkansas Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the update!

@RiwaoGaming 2 ай бұрын

you sound like my wife talking about any plumbing issue I have ever had to take care of at my home. Additionally, the metal inside the ball valves may leech in to the tank. You can probably find plastic boiler drains. I used one on my water change setup. That is more like a garden spigot type mechanism instead of a ball valve. Think about it like a baby gate valve.

@lmp8932 Жыл бұрын

You are one clever lady, what a marvellous setup! I look forward to seeing the tanks full of Betta breeding activity 😁We must be the only people in the world whose plumber comes when he says he will; the upside of living in a town with only around 2500 people.

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a dream. My plumber took like, 6 months to do all the stuff shown. He's fired lol.

@dallasaquascapingguy Жыл бұрын

Looking Great! Can't wait to see it all working.

@oatzee1279 Жыл бұрын

If the plumber actually finished the job, then idk I think you found the BEST plumber in the world

@brianp6180 Жыл бұрын

Helpful hint. Use Teflon tape or paste on your threaded connections.

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

I used tape, sigh. Thanks, I haven't tried the paste yet

@TheNanoAquariumGuy Жыл бұрын

Wow that rack is looking awesome!

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@lemonsharks5481 Жыл бұрын

damn, when I move out I'm blaming you for turning my probably one bedroom apartment into a fish room fr 90% fish, 10% house LMAOAO

@Shadow_Arbor Жыл бұрын

Taylor, you may have already thought of this but just in case I want to warn you. Those awesome filters you've got under the house can't deal with hot water! It will ruin the sediment filter for sure and the carbon block. The work around is that the hot and cold water are mixed to the temperature of your aquarium and then pass through the filters. You may have already thought of this, or of another solution, but I still wanted to bring this to your attention. P.S. use Teflon tape on thread connections! This is used in almost every plumbing job in my country. I use it constantly when building R.O. units and when performing plumbing jobs on our water main. In any case, great video and love the project update!

@nextmoreinc Жыл бұрын

Plumbing skills lvled up, and them ballvalves need a 15min spotlight😆

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

I love those things

@brettkreider18 Жыл бұрын

I know your so excited this is a hung accomplishment! Congratulations!

@thebiotopes Жыл бұрын

Great job Taylor! I built a similar system in my own fish room. One of the only differences that your other viewers might like is that I installed my carbon block filter AFTER my mixing valve. That way, I only have one cartridge to change and less connections. In either case, way to go, fun stuff!

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

I was originally planning to do it like that! But my plumber convinced me to put them in the crawl space to save precious fish room space. Made sense to me, lol. Thank you!

@thebiotopes Жыл бұрын

@@SimplyBetta Yes, I did something similar. I put my mixing valve and water filter in my basement, where the water comes into my fishroom. All to save precious space!

@ushuaiavinson Жыл бұрын

Love your videos so much I hope to have a fish/plant room someday instead of having them in my bedroom and I want an automatic water change system it would help so much. I had 2 betta spawns last year and one this year. Love the fish keeping hobby! I have 3 tanks right now.

@arielrodriguesdasilva6322 Жыл бұрын

First time in your chanal and i will Always listen penny's voice i miss her soo much but volume 9 is coming so im happy and i will always be :)

@JakeDogg-RIP Жыл бұрын

Probably just need some Teflon tape on the threads of threaded parts? Maybe 🤷‍♂️😊 great video Tay Tay 🥰

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

I did, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong with threaded stuff. Maybe I need to buy a bunch of cheap threaded stuff and practice! Thanks :) wait did you change your username jakedog?

@JakeDogg-RIP Жыл бұрын

@@SimplyBetta unfortunately JakeDogg passed away 😭 early December he had some medical issues, and after needing 2 anaesthetics in a week he didn’t recover well from the second one and passed in his sleep the following day 😞 I think plastic threads are always hard to get to work well, especially if they have any pressure behind them, good luck, I’m sure u’ll have it running great in no time tho 🥰

@TexKP Жыл бұрын

Very cute! I totally need to do that.

@brianp6180 Жыл бұрын

Wow very impressive set up! Love the water filter system. You got me thinking! I may try something similar to use for water changes on my 2 - 125g, 1 - 60g and a 29g quarantine tank. It would be nice to just drain and fill with filtered water

@ESF19791111 7 ай бұрын

YOU ARE DOING GREAT :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

@sydneysangels Жыл бұрын

The manic laughter bit made me laugh out loud! Really cool system! Very inspiring. I can't wait to build mine

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

Hahah thanks for noticing :P

@chriskeith988 Жыл бұрын

Ok. Ok. I'm jealous now.... Love the setup and I like how you mounted the bulkhead at the bottom for that flexibility and I think you can get the water level higher in the tank vs a top mount bulkhead and end up with the top water gap.

@Jeromeeb Жыл бұрын

And to think all these people would die to help you for free... And you picked that one guy... Oh what a life 😜

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

Lol just my luck!

@ericmogielnicki3101 Жыл бұрын

*flips the lever* *thunder cracks* Taylor - It works! *manical laughter* IT WOOOOOORKS evil driftwood - *is pleased*

@dopesounddjs 6 ай бұрын

You sound like a Disney princess, respectfully. 🤝

@deandrewpowell Жыл бұрын

Since valentine day coming up you and your husband should do a breeding video together like he picks his favorite Betta fish male of any type and you pick a female of any type u like an breed those together and see what hybrids y'all can create

@bettaplus Жыл бұрын

Looks great! Maybe ill try them sometime in the far far future😅

@goldenlatias152 Жыл бұрын

Its been a while since the last time I watched one of your videos but its awesome that you are still your fun joy filled self

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! Welcome back :)

@goldenlatias152 Жыл бұрын

@@SimplyBetta I'm not really interested in DIY videos but I like your personality and thats enough for me 😃

@michaelfromm3325 Жыл бұрын

when you use threaded lines use Teflon tape on the treads . it is cleaner and easier then the putty . it is also cheaper.

@porkchopjp Жыл бұрын

pretty awesome!

@billjcanada Жыл бұрын

I am taking apart my fish room as I am moving to a cabin that currently doesn't have room for my tanks. I will have to build a building to house my tanks. Your setup has me thinking about the design 🤔

@BeeKayCee911 Жыл бұрын

Amazing 👏 👏👏

@Half_theBattle Жыл бұрын

Taylor keeping all her hose in check.

@cynthiamcguire9850 Жыл бұрын

How, dear God, do you know how to DO all of this?!? You're amazing and I want to be just like you when I grow up! Thank you so much for your fabulous and very educational videos.

@teck354 Жыл бұрын

Use liquid ptfe for plastic threaded fittings , stuffs brilliant

@wigglewiggle3789 Жыл бұрын

Getting into the crawl space, nope. But seriously respect. I love it when people do their own stunts. Good result on the plumbing work, Taylor the tradie. Amazing setup. Very well planned. And everything is better in Bigfoot jammies, hahaha. Take care.

@seawshuhuan493 8 ай бұрын

might try siphon methode, using quick connect fittings.

@canadianmtb_8275 Жыл бұрын

I do believe that’s why we have KZfaq to learn new skills

@megleland6320 Жыл бұрын

I don't know where you find the energy, with work and two kids! Do you sleep less then us average people? You do seem to have some superhero level ideas!

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks for acknowledging the struggle. I only work part time, which helps! All my projects are done during school/preschool hours or after the kids are asleep :P

@megleland6320 Жыл бұрын

@@SimplyBetta Well, each kid is a full time job...so that is two jobs...plus the home-owership/housework/new place job...that's three jobs...plus a part-time job, that is 3.5 jobs, and still you have all this energy for fun and youtube! Seems like you got the work/life thing down girl! Thanks for keeping your fish-updates coming...always great to see what you are up to!

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

@@megleland6320 haha I guess that’s all true! Watch my channel tank though once summer vacation hits and my gremlins are home all day! :D

@LLK50634 Жыл бұрын

Very awesome video amazing vlogs great 👍 job 😎 cool video I'm watching the replay it looks very complicated

@gregorydubya Жыл бұрын

Impressive, but I would have still put the hole on the tank higher and used more pvc to make a u-shape that goes down and up to the level you want inside the tank... That way if the bulkhead ever fails, your whole tank won't flood out.

@JhunDumsTVXj Жыл бұрын

Wow beautiful

@Chardymc Жыл бұрын

Did you try ptfe tape on the threads, threads generally aren't water tight, that's why every plumber uses ptfe tape.

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

I did :(

@evanscape2525 Жыл бұрын

For plastic threads I use teflon pipe dope rather than pipe tape.

@philoyphilia Жыл бұрын

Wow, you have very good knowledge on plumbing. Have you considered Sharkbite fittings? They are really good at preventing leaks.

@luisherrera5172 Жыл бұрын

As a backup..can you put like a gutter in the back to catch leaks and attach it to your outlet pipe. Just a suggestion and backup.

@lukevagg4166 7 ай бұрын

Wow! Just wow

@ADHDAquatics Жыл бұрын

You said you always do the threaded stuff wrong. You need to wrap the Teflon tape in the direction you spin the fitting on or use pipe dope. Good luck nexy time you also didn't righted it all the way. You could screw those in more that might be why it's leaking.

@tealduckduckgoose Жыл бұрын

This is such a good idea! I'm a little envious lol This may be a super obvious answer, but are you using plumbing thread tape on the threaded parts?

@robmahon3766 Жыл бұрын

Always moving forward.

@davida463 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome! What model model Hass mixing valve is that?

@jorgetzx8282 7 ай бұрын

I also breed bettas and I need a wife like you. I am from the Dominican Republic, the best place to breed after Indonesia since the temperature is ideal and the water quality is very good.

@sorapokeball Жыл бұрын

I have a rack that came with particle board shelves and I want to upgrade them. What kind of plywood did you use?

@Redd-zr3yc Жыл бұрын

Teflon tape for your threaded pieces!

@Gimpthulhu Жыл бұрын

Awesome setup! How will you know when the water filters need to be serviced/replaced? A horrible childhood experience (when the city changed the water chemistry) has made me paranoid about the water I put in my tanks. Also, bonus points for the bigfoot jammies.

@Thrandi Жыл бұрын

Oh hey! I know that guy!

@ShaneZettelmier Жыл бұрын

Did you use Teflon thread tape on those connections? It’s needed to seal the threads, it’s a very soft Teflon ribbon that you wrap around three or four times and as he screw it and it creates a gasket or seal in the threads.

@MantisThao81 Жыл бұрын

I love it

@jeffwinters220 Жыл бұрын

I have had bad luck with betta but they are so beautiful. I have a 13 gallon im thinking of either putting a female sorority or another male. Itll be my 3-4 male if i go thst route. How often do you do water changes ?

@quentinkea8817 9 ай бұрын

I know this video is old and u probably fix the problem, but It looks like u had a union after the ball valve, u could have undid the union and unthreaded the male fitting and re tightened it, but wrap it with Teflon tape before hand

@deneng0259 11 ай бұрын

Taylor i would have used black tubing so that you do not have to take it apart to clean algae

@ScottyAquatty Жыл бұрын

Hi Taylor, did you use Teflon tape on the threads before you put it together? Great video and when are you going to do my fish room 🤣

@SimplyBetta Жыл бұрын

I did, and I STILL managed to mess it up. Lol I ordered my new parts

@dragon6irl Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy Taylor! I only have one question, if the power goes out does the water just stop coming out of the thingy? I would hate for it to keep going, not mixed and not heated. That could be a killer.