No media with constant drip WC

[Popeye_ali]

Hi all

those of you running constant water changes do you still use media in your systems and is it necessary to cycle the tank initially!?


Thanks

[gempot]

ignore my post this has something to do with constant drip w/c hahaha...

[John_Nicholson]

You could get by without filtration but I hope your water is cheap. A flow though system is normally fairly inefficient. You have to push a lot of water to get the desired affect.

-john

[ZX10R]

I still use filtration and media on my tank and I am dripping around 80 gallons a day (no discus) but water is cheap here my water bill went from $25 a month to around $33

[Popeye_ali]

Don't have a water meter so makes no diffrence for me.

[DEBaker]

I always use a sponge in my drip tanks. Lost some nice juvies years ago without any filtration in a drip system, about 20 gal per day drip in a 29 gal tank. This was before I learned about test kits so I don't know what the parameters were. The breeder told me it was the lack of a filter. I am still unsure but I've never tried it again.

[Dogbert4Pres]

I live on a farm and although water is cheap, heating it from 43 degrees is not.

[fredyx]

+1 Dogbert4Pres... that's the main issue with constant drip WC systems.. unless you live in a tropical place and you don´t need heating.

[adeer]

Hi,
i order a "Multi-Stream Dripper" which is a knob adjusts water flow (link below), from amazon but it really hard to set the specific set flow, i was wondering if any of you can recommend me something better, that i can attach to a 1/4-Inch end pipe.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1