Re: [Killietalk] Drip rate on flow through systems?

[LeeH920226 at aol_com]

I am still experimenting, but this is what is working for me. I have drip 
emitters in various size tanks and fry containers. They are rated at specific 
rates (which are not exact but sort of relative). I use them as follows:
0.5 gph used for shoeboxes or other 1-gallon or less containers
1.0 gph used for two and 2.5 gallon tanks
2.0 gph used for five-gallon tanks
4.0 gph used for tens and twenty gallon tanks.

    I have a timer which turns the water on for 2 hours daily to these tanks. 
I am currently doing it semi-manually because if I have it on to all 110 drip 
emitters, there is insufficient water to get even distribution. I will 
resolve that by building two separate supply systems, but that is still pending. I 
have not lost any fry in this system. I did lose a batch of Cynopoecilus 
melanotaenia fry two days ago, that I was trying to do water changes manually. I 
never seem to do enough manually and the two hours daily is a definite 
improvement.

Lee Harper
Media, PA
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