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Date:	5/21/2013 7:37:16 PM
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Tanks water chages To explain this to you who's nemo I took alot of planning because I didn't want to drill a hole in the glass. So what I did instead, is I drilled a 3\4 inch hole in the side of the Aquaclear filter about half way up. I installed a 1\2 inch pvc barbed bulkhead fitting with a half inch hose attached to it at the other end of the hose is a normally closed 24 volt irrigation solenoid (that they use to turn on automatic sprinklers). this solenoid is plugged into a cheap 120 volt to 24 volt transformer. the transformer is plugged into a digital timer.So every day for 2 minutes the timer opens the solenoid and the water comes streaming down into a collection container. I get between 4 and 5.5 gallons of water a day. Five minutes after the drain solenoid shuts off, the fill normally closed 24 volts fill solenoid is opened. It is run off a seperate digital timer and 120 to 24 volt transformer. The fill water comes from a tap water filter to take out any impurities. It runs through a 1/4 inch hose that is run through the rafters in my fish room. this solenoid is open for 6 minutes. The fill does not turn off by the timer but rather a float swith in the aquarium. The Important things in the setup are the solenoid valves are 24 volts because they contact water, they are irrigation valves because they are made to reliably hold water and not corrode. And the solenoids are normally closed so that if the power goes out or the transformers mess up it cannot open and overflow your tank.You want to make sure the bulkhead fitting is above the foam insert to filter out solids. and the most important thing to remember is that I now have 4 to 5.5 gallons of water a day to get rid of ( I water plants, gardens, lawn, other peoples plants nad lawn). Remember to never flush aquarium plants, fish, or water down the sewer. And also note that nothing makes a plant grow like fish water.
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