Awesome step-by-step tutorial Joey! Planning to implement one of these along with a few of your other projects I have in mind to complement it nicely. Thanks for the inspiration and for keeping making these videos for us!

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I just want to take the time to tell you that your videos are awesome. It's really inspiring me to get more handy when it comes to building stuff. I've always been great with electronics and computers but not so much with power tools or plumbing. You're really providing a huge wealth of information to hobbyists around the world.

You explain things so well, you really don't leave any stones un turned. Thanks.

I love how you simplify projects cool video I like the fact that you talked about well water vs city water a lot of people don't talk about well water I think it's a good topic for videos

got to love this guy.cant get any better. has improved all my aquairums

Thanks for the more detailed video joey but one thing i havent seen anyone do yet is how they tap a water source. For me, this is the reason why i havent done my auto water changes yet. Love the videos. Take care

Thank you so much for including closed captioning!

Oh my goodness! I absolutely love this Man and his mind! Thank you so very much!!!

Dude yes. Needed this simple solution! Thank you!

man, i am already looking this never do water changes for the past 2 month. this drip system is so awesome

Thanks for addressing Chloramines in a drip system.. Seems so simple when you explain it. Thanks for all your help!

Cool!! this is a something I will probably keep in mind when I get my own house! genius joey! good job!

Thanks for the update, this was a really informative video. I would like to see more on the bio-sand filter that was featured a couple videos back though.

Love your videos man I watch u every single day I love Frank and the Rays

Joey , of all of your crazy amazing DIY ideas this one I loved the most ! I've tried it and observed it for a couple of days ... it's been a while now since I replaced water on my tank, It surely help a lot to a very busy man ike me and I can still enjoy the clear waters on my aquarium . Thank you so much man ! by the way my tank is 130 gals and my fishes doubled their sizes in just 3 weeks, with some assistance from probiotics .

Hi Joey! Thanks for all the uploads!! After being out of the hobby for years now, your projects are tempting me to come back!! One of the things I used to do when doing water changes was to condition the water (eliminate chlorine and metals) before filling the aquarium. How do you condition tap water with the drip system?

Im learning. SO much to take in!

very nice tutorial

I would love to se you tackle a aqaponics DIY setup, preferably from plan to finished system. Your way of explaining things are really easy to understand so your take on aqaponics would be wonderful. Does your book cover this topic?

Great DIY video as always. Is there a DIY video on how the overflow can also be modified so that along with overflow for continuous drip system, it can also be used to drain the tank completely or 50% for water changes without having to drill the aquarium ?

Wow . That settles it ! Drip system it is !!! Dude your are really the best 👍

While not being close to a water source, treated water in a 55 gallon drum to an air pump and a check valve before the dripper worked perfectly. The air pump also aerated the water keeping movement as well where the drum lasted for weeks before it needed to be refilled. This worked including adding a sponge filter to the drum. seem excessive but works for me. Always liked your videos where I learned a lot taking what I've seen useful from them. Thanks!

Thanks coming from Tdot just what i needed .

Thanks for the vids. I have learned tons from you in the past few months! A suggestion for subjects to revisit/address- Sizing the DIY Moving bed filters. How much sand or K1 does a person need for his/her own aquarium?

Hi Joe... You could try a sand filter... Not the moving bed with sand but an actual sand filter like the one used on municipalities water treatment station or try to come up with a freshwater refugium.

I really think this is one of the most important videos on this channel...

Agreed with you bro... Thanks for your new idea

good video and very good info

You are the man joe!

been doing the drip system several years! thanks to you ! water is spot on year after year, no water changes but a few over flows due to my drain, but that is my own fault. if your going to leave you can tun it off for a trip, or turn it down so it just covers evaperation. i have a over the top rail drain some times gets air in it and loses prime so should have 2. but a drilled tank drain would be best . for the drip, i used under sink adapter, to ice maker tubing then a inline icemaker filter and at the end, a inline needle valve for drip control, works great

Hey Joey - KUDOS: Your drip system/overflow is great and really gets the DIY juices flowing! An alternative for filtering the source water are the commercial inline filters (e.g. nitrate, activated carbon...) used most often for refrigerators, ice makers etc. These could be placed anywhere convenient inline between the source and the tank. They're not that expensive and last 1500 - 2000 gallons. (I have high nitrates in my well water so I filter through both an inline nitrate and inline activated carbon filter into buckets for weekly partial water changes....so your drip system has me pondering!)

Just an idea , using the concept of a toliet on a drip system. When you flush , the tank emptys into the bowl and then fills up again with a float stopping the flow when it fills to high. Taking that float system and putting it into a bucket or even having some setup in tank , might make a faster and easier top up ..

I took your advice and now I have my 55 show from Clear for life with a one inch top drain. I went one step more I added a ball valve at the bottom tee where the drain leaves the tank for easy draining. I drilled a 1.25" whole in the bottom of this tank install a one inch bulkhead fitting to the tee fitting ran a stand pipe to the top drilled 6- 5/16ths holes for drainage. from the back of the tank I ran the 1" pipe through the floor into my basement to a drain in that location. I purchased a drip timer, 50' 1/8 inch drip tubing, a 2G/hour drip head ran the tubing back through the floor into my tank. I did test the drip head and it did in fact drip just over 2 gallons in one hour. I set the time to 4 hours a day that give me a 224 gallon change every month. NO MORE WATER CHANGES! I am on a well so no chlorine problems. I have African Cichlids with Caribe Sea substrate for Africans. What a great idea.

i put in the new water changes but my overflow keeps making a gurgling noise love all the info you give us all thanks loey

Excuse me Joey. I was just wondering could you do a DIY on a cylinder tank. Also do pros and cons of it. Thank you so much for your time.

I'm also on well water, but I'm moving my aquariums to a house in the city. When I set up the drip and drain system, I'm going to run an in-line carbon filter, because I don't think plastic bottles are a good look. They're good for stuff like the emergency heat you showed us, but they shouldn't be a permanent fixture in an aquarium. Huge fan of your work, by the way!

Hey Joey ! thanks so much for your dedication and effort on making these awesome videos I'm learning lots! I was wondering if you had anything in your repertoire for making an automatic/timed feeder ?

Great. clean and concise. I'd like to see an overflow in the sump, with a carbon chamber to remove chlorine. and a float in a chamber of the sump. I have a sump under the tank, and would need to eject the exchange water at sink level (or a holding tank)

Thank you man!

For loose bulk charcoal go to a Walmart and on the bottom shelf is knee high pantyhose they sell a pair for .50 fill the charcoal in that works great ...

I intend on using this system in my new design. I thought about running the fresh tap water through a rainfresh Carbon filter prior to going through the the drip system. The nice thing is they state how many gallons those filters are rated for so by calculating the flow rate I can figure out how long the filter will last.

hi Joey I'm your big fan and I almost seen your all video your so helpfull

Great video. How is the pond doing?

Drip Systems are also good for flimsy/frail fish. Some fish don't like it when you change ~40% water very quickly, they stress out.

Just an additional information, Joey, catalytic carbon can be used for those who uses well water, like what our county does, because it treats iron, magnesium and sulfur in well water. And to reactivate carbon, i read that all you need to do it bake it at a high temperature.

nice vid brotha, do a vid on aquarium safe drift wood

Awesome what can I say. Always look forward to your videos. As a matter of fact looking forward to the Silver Dollars new visitor which should be soon.

Yes I would love for you to revisit the hob sump filter with the window seal planter box I did that build for my 45 planted tank but it was giving me a lot of issues with water spilling over what would happen was if I didn't stay on top of changing the filter floss it would constrict the water flow and with the pump I had was pretty strong so it would start to squirt over the side and would get water all on the floor so if I wasn't home to catch it I would have a big problem I made every adjustment I could come up with i made a top for it but water would still get out some how I even went with a smaller pump but to no avail so I trashed it and went with a whole different style same concept but now I am using some big plastic containers with a lid so no more spills but I would like to see if you could better the first build I love those planter boxes so see what you can come up with I know all your followers would love it too. Keep on shining bruh!

Tank you sir....

Hi! First, I love your videos. Thank you for sharing your gift! I have a quick question on this project. I’ve had the drip system installed for a while now and it works beautifully. However, I’m experiencing a bacteria bloom that seems to be dissipating but very slowly . Any suggestions on how to get my water back to crystal clear with the constant water turnover?

I would like to see you do one on adapting a hang on back filter to fit a tank rim with euro bracing ..please.

I've had a drip system in place since your previous video. Personally, I would never go back to the standard water change method as its not only far simpler but my fish stock have been healthier as a result. As far as cost goes, I feed to overflow into the toilet cistern or water storage for the garden so I would say any heating or water treatment cost is offset.

Joey, big fan of your projects. Could I use a system like this to not only save time but also heat my outdoor 75 gallon pond during spring/fall? I have an outdoor hot water source...

What am I doing here? I don't even have a fish...

Hey Joey. I've been doing some research on how to get rid of diatoms. Not really any good videos.

I do nearly complete water changes every other day or so, instead of filtering or using anti algae formulas. Seems to work fine. The bottom of the tank has some rock but only a small amount of gravel. I don't scrub or clean the bottom although I might siphon out particulates and stuff if I notice buildup down there. I have to do some interior glass scrubbing but not too bad. I use well water, no chlorination. (Replacing tank water completely or almost completely with chlorinated water would be a death sentence, I'm sure.) My fish are "feeder fish" that I got for 7 for a dollar locally. These fish are very tough, very beautiful fish, some white, some orange, and have had offspring so currently I have 2 generations in one tank. .. and have survived moderate to lousy conditions. Previously I have had a few hybrid Japanese goldfish which I loved but they did seem to be more susceptible to poor tank conditions and ended up swimming upside down far too much. I still love em though, might get more of those if I develop the requisite care/skills. Previously I tried using all sorts of filters and pumps but got disgusted with them all. I just use a few little air bubblers and the water changes. (Siphon hose is kept full of water and just dropped into kitchen sink when needed to remove water from tank.) Hope this comment will be of interest, if not, feel free to delete it or criticize it. Thank you for your video, it's great.

Valeu!

If you drip in say about 3.5% of the volume daily, that's over a 100% change per month approximately. Of course it's not the same as a 100% change all at once, but it's still swaps out much of the water, spread out daily. That may be a bit too much as super clean water will starve out your plants.

You're literally my favorite KZfaqr right now lol

The lowest setting I can find for a micro-dropper is .5gpm - do you know of any which are slower? I'm topping off a 90g tall & don't need 12 gallons/day. If all else fails I'll swap to a timer. Just found you by the way, great, great videos! Thanks for all you do!

I would like to know more about this.. as in a step by step method if possible. I have a water tank, and a sump for draining. How do you connect it to the water tank? How do you prevent leaks? I have never done anything like this before.

Hey Joey just a quick thought, I like the simplicity of the DIY carbon filtration. My only concern is whether or not all the carbon is going to be utilized. Eventually the dripping will carve a path and only pass through the strongest center of gravity with least resistance, leaving the carbon closer to the walls of the water bottle untouched. I would think maybe once a week shake up the bottle to ensure all the carbon is being filtered through or creating some type of shower drip effect?

Great video! Where can I get a drip emitter? Can I use it for a dosing container/top off container as well?

Which program use you for your awesome videos

The consistency of a drip system, filtered with carbon seems perfect. However, any ideas on treating the water for increased GH and KH for cichlids with the drip system?

Definitely going to the convention. Only an hour away!

when you put on the adapter that will raise the head pressure. Smaller the ID (inner Diameter) the higher the pressure. I don't think its much but I would have to do the math on it. and of course I can't since I don't have all the values needed to get the final head pressure. But in summery what your doing does work for the application your using it for

Nice

Joe, great video, thanks for posting. For someone who has unlimited water supply (clean and free), would it make sense to increase the flow of the drip system and get rid of bio filtration? Do you know how many gallons per hour would be necessary?

How would this work with a sump? love the video by the way.

how do you know when your carbon needs replaced? I use it in a mesh bag just to help control toxic stuff in my tank.

hey question for the king. im starting up a drip system but hate the look of a pvc overflow. also i dont want to drill my aquarium. so my idea was to possibly use a small submergable foutain pump. of course an adjustable flow pump while also using a valve to get my desired drip ..what i would like to know is ..what is your thoughts on using a fountain pump for the drainage. thx input is appreciated.

What about a drip system that feeds into the sump? Seems like this would give the most consistency as the fresh water would be thouroughly mixed before going into the tank. It would also hide the extra equipment, like chlorine filters.

Hi there. Thanks so much for all that you put up here for those of us wanting to improve our fish keeping without having to bust a fou-fou valve doing so. I have a query with regard to buffering the water in this system. I use New Zealand rain water collected off my roof for my fish, and I find that during water changes things work better if I add 1 tbsp of epsom salts and one teaspoon of baking soda to each water change. This is for (for the most part)180L tank that I have siphoned 4 12L buckets from - so call it 40L (I have more than one tank). How would I ensure this with the drip system? Many thanks and keep up the good work!! =-) Edit: I would love to own a copy of your book, but you dont ship to New Zealand? Any hope of convincing you to make an exception? I would be happy to pay postage. =-)

hi, very Nice proyect! In México we hace a very hard water, so one off the Main objectives with the water changes it's to eliminate the additional salt that acumulate cause the water evaporation. So... do you have any cheaper solution with out purchase an ósmosis filtration system or adaptation for this DIY proyect? thanks and greetings from México!

Have you ever done an arduino controller for your aquariums? im starting on a project and would like some advise if you ever did

I LIKE YOUR VIDEO

hi Joey, is there a way to use drip method or something like that with saltwater aquarium? many thanks!!!

Hey can you try aquaponics to see how it can clean the water?

Watching videos like this is exactly why I hire people like you to do this stuff for me. [whoosh over my head]

Unfortunately I don't have a water supply near my tank and it's impractical to pipe it closer. After watching this I had the idea of having 2 drums under my tank one for tap water that will have a small pump running to a inline carbon filter and then to the drip. The second would be for the overflow water from the drip system. Would I be right in saying this can be done?

Okay thanks, I look into

You could use a HMA filter with these right? That's what I'd probably do though I worry about the amount of waste water.If not I'd add zeolite to the prefilter as I have chloramines. Which brings me to the next question, would making the pre filter (carbon and zeolite in my case) inline work? I don't like the look of it on the aquarium.

Pls provide the links where to purchase the parts. Thanks.

Does it matter if you have fish in your tank or red earred sliders? is it the same water type? filter type?

So Joey... since I installed a drip system on my 110 gallon tank... I should or shouldn't need to bother with an alge scrubber ???? I'm thinking not. Please chime in and let me know your thoughts. Thanks,

After watching, I do not have a continuous water supply or a drain near my aquariums. For end goal being stability between water changes: could one use an ATO and a pump in the tank on a digital timer? 2 containers, say 25 gallon pet food containers. Fill one with clean water, the other empty with a float valve. Attach ATO to clean, timed pump to empty. Set timer to remove say 10% of tank volume over 24 hours. Empty and fill as needed. Just wondering if could work as well.

My well/tap water has a PH of 8.0. How would you recommend I use a drip system while keeping the PH at a lower consistent level?

Thanks, what is the size of the pressure regulator?

An inline carbon reactor would be a great idea to treat clorine but can it be done with only the low pressure of the drip system?

Joey, since I live in drought stricken California, I have to ask... is there a way to "recondition" the used tank water and reuse it again?

Could you run the water up into a media bed and let the water drip into the tank from above.

you could also put a carbon block before the presure regulator and with the slow flow they could last upto a year

Looking to setup a drip system. I have a utility sink in the basement. Would you just attach to the faucet on that as opposed to tapping a water line ?

Any advice on how to do this with the tank on 1st floor of home? I was thinking I could run airlines through floor to basement for water source and drain. Is it safe to run airline in such a way? Should I use like metal piping instead?

question: do we really want to replace 1 or more gallons per hour, this sounds like a lot, however I have no way of knowing if only old water is going down the overflow..... which would mean that some of the new incoming water could be leaving the tank too. I was thinking of running my RODI system straight to the aquarium like you have it here.... but because I would need to add the minerals back into the water, I thought I could let the system run every 3-4 days for 24 hours (which equals 24 gallons) and have it set to do this about every 3-4 days. My tank is 55 gallons. Does this sound like enough... of course I could test the water and see how well it works. Anything I might be missing? I have a back injury so I'm really excited about this new project.. It's really going to help me a lot. I hope you figure this out for Saltwater too. I sure enjoy watching your videos and feel I can trust the information you provide. Thank you for taking the time to put all this information out there for us... I would have never thought of this stuff. Cindy

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I was looking into air diffusers and found several for several thousands of dollars. Would you suggest a DIY way to approximate an air diffuser for better air to water combination.

So will the drip tower sump be all together because of the slow moving water through out the tower pass the heat and back through the pump will this class as a overflow, filter and a water change.