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anchoredinchrist
 Post subject: Water Usage
PostPosted: Sep 12th, '12, 04:04 
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Hey all:

I have a several month old system that is doing great. We have lots of plants growing, fish are happy, and there is hardly any work to do.

The one thing that has shocked me is the amount of water I have to keep adding to the system.
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 Post subject: Re: Water Usage
PostPosted: Sep 12th, '12, 06:32 
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How much water are we talking? You can lose quite a bit through evaporation and transpiration, especially during hot weather. My 700 litre tank might go through 100 - 200 l a week in summer.
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 Post subject: Re: Water Usage
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Gazza:

Well that is about what I am experiencing. We have two IBCs each with 700L. Combined they easily go through 200L a week.

thanks. I just thought I would check.

We live in cold country. In a few months it will be snowy and frozen outside. Our system is in a greenhouse attached to the end of our house. I was contemplating running a water line to it (filtered of course) so I could add water in the winter. We are for sure going to run the line now. Hauling buckets every week through the snow would not be fun.

thanks for the feedback.
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 Post subject: Re: Water Usage
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Just try not to do what I and so many others have done, and forget the tap is running and overflow your tank for half a day. A tap timer is your safest bet, although I just stick a clothes peg on my finger - when finger is sore, turn tap of!
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The timer on your smartphone if you have one is good too, but to be sure I have put float valves on all systems
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anchoredinchrist wrote:
Gazza:We live in cold country. In a few months it will be snowy and frozen outside. Our system is in a greenhouse attached to the end of our house. I was contemplating running a water line to it (filtered of course) so I could add water in the winter. We are for sure going to run the line now. Hauling buckets every week through the snow would not be fun...
You may find that, over winter, the evaporation and transpiration rates are much lower and less of an issue.
I reckon your proposed water line to the greenhouse would need some serious insulation around it to keep the water fluid, or otherwise you will be hoofing it through the snow, anyway! :wink:
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Another way to combat evaporation and transpiration is to cover you FT and shade your GB's.
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gazza wrote:
Just try not to do what I and so many others have done, and forget the tap is running and overflow your tank for half a day. A tap timer is your safest bet, although I just stick a clothes peg on my finger - when finger is sore, turn tap of!


LOL! I told my wife about the clothes peg and she laughed.
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mantis wrote:
The timer on your smartphone if you have one is good too, but to be sure I have put float valves on all systems



When I first skimmed your post, I thought you meant there is an app on the phone that operates a float valve. :D Don't laugh, there are apps for everything. Maybe I could attache floaties to the phone and it will ring when it reaches a certain height. That may void the warranty.
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PLJ wrote:
anchoredinchrist wrote:
Gazza:We live in cold country. In a few months it will be snowy and frozen outside. Our system is in a greenhouse attached to the end of our house. I was contemplating running a water line to it (filtered of course) so I could add water in the winter. We are for sure going to run the line now. Hauling buckets every week through the snow would not be fun...
You may find that, over winter, the evaporation and transpiration rates are much lower and less of an issue.
I reckon your proposed water line to the greenhouse would need some serious insulation around it to keep the water fluid, or otherwise you will be hoofing it through the snow, anyway! :wink:


Yes, we are going to install a frost free spout.
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