Reduce Sump Refill Maintenance, cheap way

[wolfhedd]

i have a neat idea for those of you that dont like to add water frequently,
reduces maintence, easy. I took a 5 gal bucket last week, brought it home
with fresh RO, like usual, but got an idea this time, took a siphon hose,
attached it to sump, now theyre one. have 4 more gallons on my sump now.
works in two ways, incase of poweroutage, more space in sump, about 9 gals,
and incase of vacation, i can add as m any of these 5 gal buckets with 4 gal
of water in them as i like, in fast i could fill my living floor with them
daisy chaining them to eachother with a connectinig siphon hose on each.
this will all siphon into the sump as the sump line gets lower than the
buckets. of course this is impractical, but you get the idea(ie... a 20
gallon flat wide sump next to a refugium inside a tamk stands bowels) .
i would keep a lid on the reseviour to keep water as clean as possible, when
you need to add water to your tank, add it to the resorviour to keep from
stirring up the sump contents.

2 things to remember,
resorvior waterline must be no higher than ideal sump water height, (unless
resorvior is watertight then it wouldnt be a siphon, and you would be
redesigning my idea, lol)

and THIS WILL NOT ADD TO YOUR TANKS TOTAL VOLUME OF CIRCULATED FILTERED
WATER. it will only add a backup system to keep water level from being
reduced as quickly, there-by REDUCING MAINTENANCE.

wolfhedd

p.s. if i totally confused anyone, i can send you a paint diagram sometime

[Brian Lewis]

Please send a diagram. Thanks!




"wolfhedd" > wrote in message et>...
> i have a neat idea for those of you that dont like to add water frequently,
> reduces maintence, easy. I took a 5 gal bucket last week, brought it home
> with fresh RO, like usual, but got an idea this time, took a siphon hose,
> attached it to sump, now theyre one. have 4 more gallons on my sump now.
> works in two ways, incase of poweroutage, more space in sump, about 9 gals,
> and incase of vacation, i can add as m any of these 5 gal buckets with 4 gal
> of water in them as i like, in fast i could fill my living floor with them
> daisy chaining them to eachother with a connectinig siphon hose on each.
> this will all siphon into the sump as the sump line gets lower than the
> buckets. of course this is impractical, but you get the idea(ie... a 20
> gallon flat wide sump next to a refugium inside a tamk stands bowels) .
> i would keep a lid on the reseviour to keep water as clean as possible, when
> you need to add water to your tank, add it to the resorviour to keep from
> stirring up the sump contents.
>
> 2 things to remember,
> resorvior waterline must be no higher than ideal sump water height, (unless
> resorvior is watertight then it wouldnt be a siphon, and you would be
> redesigning my idea, lol)
>
> and THIS WILL NOT ADD TO YOUR TANKS TOTAL VOLUME OF CIRCULATED FILTERED
> WATER. it will only add a backup system to keep water level from being
> reduced as quickly, there-by REDUCING MAINTENANCE.
>
> wolfhedd
>
> p.s. if i totally confused anyone, i can send you a paint diagram sometime

[Charlie Spitzer]

tank with sump. put buckets on floor. connect each bucket to another one
with a siphon. connect last bucket to sump with siphon.

the water level in the sump will stay at the level in each bucket.

"Brian Lewis" > wrote in message
om...
> Please send a diagram. Thanks!
>
>
>
>
> "wolfhedd" > wrote in message
et>...
> > i have a neat idea for those of you that dont like to add water
frequently,
> > reduces maintence, easy. I took a 5 gal bucket last week, brought it
home
> > with fresh RO, like usual, but got an idea this time, took a siphon
hose,
> > attached it to sump, now theyre one. have 4 more gallons on my sump
now.
> > works in two ways, incase of poweroutage, more space in sump, about 9
gals,
> > and incase of vacation, i can add as m any of these 5 gal buckets with 4
gal
> > of water in them as i like, in fast i could fill my living floor with
them
> > daisy chaining them to eachother with a connectinig siphon hose on each.
> > this will all siphon into the sump as the sump line gets lower than the
> > buckets. of course this is impractical, but you get the idea(ie... a 20
> > gallon flat wide sump next to a refugium inside a tamk stands bowels) .
> > i would keep a lid on the reseviour to keep water as clean as possible,
when
> > you need to add water to your tank, add it to the resorviour to keep
from
> > stirring up the sump contents.
> >
> > 2 things to remember,
> > resorvior waterline must be no higher than ideal sump water height,
(unless
> > resorvior is watertight then it wouldnt be a siphon, and you would be
> > redesigning my idea, lol)
> >
> > and THIS WILL NOT ADD TO YOUR TANKS TOTAL VOLUME OF CIRCULATED FILTERED
> > WATER. it will only add a backup system to keep water level from being
> > reduced as quickly, there-by REDUCING MAINTENANCE.
> >
> > wolfhedd
> >
> > p.s. if i totally confused anyone, i can send you a paint diagram
sometime

[Aaron J. Grier]

wolfhedd > wrote:
> i have a neat idea for those of you that dont like to add water
> frequently, reduces maintence, easy.

increasing the surface area of the water surely increases evaporation...

--
Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." |
"someday the industry will have throbbing frontal lobes and will be able
to write provably correct software. also, I want a pony." -- Zach Brown

[wolfhedd]

i had a lid on it when i was using it... no increase to surface area. keeps
dust out., not to mention the water was butass cold not being heated,
further reducing the very little evap it didnt have in the first place
though. so i cant see how that would be a prob for the concerned, they
could finid a way to cover it up.
wolfhedd.

"Aaron J. Grier" > wrote in message
...
> wolfhedd > wrote:
> > i have a neat idea for those of you that dont like to add water
> > frequently, reduces maintence, easy.
>
> increasing the surface area of the water surely increases evaporation...
>
> --
> Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." |
> "someday the industry will have throbbing frontal lobes and will be able
> to write provably correct software. also, I want a pony." -- Zach Brown