Will this work for auto WCs?

[Discusdude7]

http://genesisreefsystems.com/produc...hange-systems/

Provided that I install it correctly, will this system work?

[Discusdude7]

Should add this is for a 120 gallon display tank with a 40 gallon sump...barebottom

[rickztahone]

it seems that this product will do small water changes through out the day. You would still need to do bottom cleaning yourself. Seems pretty automated.

[Discusdude7]

Yeah I still plan on vaccuming reguarly but if I set it to do let's say a 80-100 gallon WC daily is that enough to keep my discus happy and healthy? Will it provide the same results as a Manual 50% waterchange daily?

[rickztahone]

Yeah I still plan on vaccuming reguarly but if I set it to do let's say a 80-100 gallon WC daily is that enough to keep my discus happy and healthy? Will it provide the same results as a Manual 50% waterchange daily?

I can honestly not tell you. My speculation would be that this system wouldn't be as effective as doing a manual water change, or an automated large water change at once. I am on the fence about water changes that perform on an extended period of time. It just seems that the new water gets diluted too quickly to make a difference. This is solely my un-educated guess here so please take it with a grain of salt. I have always done massive daily water changes in the past.

[Discusdude7]

I can honestly not tell you. My speculation would be that this system wouldn't be as effective as doing a manual water change, or an automated large water change at once. I am on the fence about water changes that perform on an extended period of time. It just seems that the new water gets diluted too quickly to make a difference. This is solely my un-educated guess here so please take it with a grain of salt. I have always done massive daily water changes in the past.

Thank you. Anyone else want to chime in?
Well here is how it works:
You can program it do up a 99 gallon water change daily. Over the course of a day the system will drain a gallon of water and add one, it will then repeat this 99 times. There are two one gallon reservoirs and one has fresh water and the other has the dirty water (which then goes into your waste line I think). There is a peice of tubing connected from the aging barrel to the reservoir with fresh water and when that fresh water is used up water from the aging barrel is pumped Into the reservoir again.

[GeauxDiscus]

The mounting and maintenance of the system seems like it would be a pain. Also, the Renew system will take a LOT more water to match a straight manual 50% water change that you do on your own. This is because every time you add a new gallon, it gets diluted by all of the existing tank water before the next gallon is removed. So if you are adding 99 gallons in a day, you are really only removing a fraction of that amount in old water. Whereas when you do your own water change, you know exactly how old all of the water coming out is.

[Discusdude7]

The mounting and maintenance of the system seems like it would be a pain. Also, the Renew system will take a LOT more water to match a straight manual 50% water change that you do on your own. This is because every time you add a new gallon, it gets diluted by all of the existing tank water before the next gallon is removed. So if you are adding 99 gallons in a day, you are really only removing a fraction of that amount in old water. Whereas when you do your own water change, you know exactly how old all of the water coming out is.

Thank you.