Re: another bounce : RO water

[IDMiamiBob@aol.com]

Mike Wise writes:

> The sump pump would pump waste water
>  either out the window to the lawn and garden, or to a basement utility
sink. 
> I
>  could then use it to pump adjusted water from holding drums into the few 
> apisto
>  tanks that need something other than my tap water. I worry about using a 
> simple
>  submersible pump because it might be damaged if it runs dry for any length 
> of time
>  and I don't want to be turning it off and on at every tank. I'd be 
> interested in
>  anyone's thoughts on this, pro or con.

I personally would not want to use the ame pump for waste as for getting clean
water into the tanks.  THe amount of water being transfered makes me think you
might not get all the dirty water out while trying to get clean water to the
tanks.

Maybe you could set up the treatment system upstairs in a closet or utility
room, and poke a small hole in the floor to run a piece of PVC down to the
fish room in the basement.  It could run off a siphon and let gravity power
it.  A standard on/off valve would turn it off when you aren't filling tanks,
and it could even be coupled with self-regulating siphons in the tanks to set
up a drip-style automatic changer.  All you have to do is keep the barrel of
RO water full upstairs.  These systems are much closer to the steady
changeover that occurs in rivers where the fish live.

Bob Dixon


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