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Automatic drip systems question and concerns

Also I don't remember if this is the exact right size but I use one of these after the inline sink filter to control the amount of water going into the tank.

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I have been running a simple drip for 4 years. Water goes through whole house filters to remove chlorine and a ball valve and that's it. A needle valve would be nice though to fine tune the waterflow after the ball valve.
 
As someone who knows a thing or two about drip systems (1st used when chalk R/O was a thing late 80s) I would recommend using a large activated carbon block as a pre-filter for city water. Dripping 4 to 5 gallons an hour would make the most sense for a system between 600 to 1000 gallons in total water. You can not use the same type of calculation when it comes to drip vs. regular water changes. With a regular water change, you will get a straight % whatever water is changed out. With a drip, you will not be able to get straight results. That's why you should do at least a 100% drip water change ratio weekly. Hope this makes some kind of sense.
 
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I used to drip +4000 gallons into 3 separate systems daily. That 4k daily drip was enough to support over 30k gallons of fish tanks/fg containers. Luckily I paid commercial rates, so my water bill was under 1k monthly. My electric bill... well that's a another story. lol
 
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I used to drip +4000 gallons into 3 separate systems daily. That 4k daily drip was enough to support over 30k gallons of fish tanks/fg containers. Luckily I paid commercial rates, so my water bill was under 1k monthly. My electric bill... well that's a another story. lol
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Can’t believe the legend himself replied to my silly thread, not sure if you still live in cally but if you do I hope your house is okay I will forever be jelous of your platnuim dats pretty sure you were the only one in the US to ever have them. And thank you for the response I am in the process of implementing this system and I think I should have years ago
 
I'm not in the same league, but I am still steady dripper. Have been since 2010.
 
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