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  • moganman
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    Originally posted by R_sustaita View Post
    my bro tells me that by doing water changes every 2 weeks to 2 125gs he increased his monthly bill by $50-60 a month from when he didnt had a tank.
    i was at an apartment with free water too so i didnt realized that. until now that i have to pay for water again.
    That doesn't make any sense to me at all. Water isn't that expensive. Not where I live.

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  • mistahoo
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    Originally posted by R_sustaita View Post
    see im not the only one saying that. i knew there were chemicals on them.
    Yup. Shouldn't be a problem if you're only using to drain.

    Sent from my spaceship using Tapatalk 2.

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  • R_sustaita
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    sorry i should had been more detailed, he does only 50% WC every 2 weeks. if you do 90% WC there will be more....

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  • johnnymisty
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    Originally posted by R_sustaita View Post
    my bro tells me that by doing water changes every 2 weeks to 2 125gs he increased his monthly bill by $50-60 a month from when he didnt had a tank.
    i was at an apartment with free water too so i didnt realized that. until now that i have to pay for water again.
    $50 increase aint bad but im waiting for the first bill to see normal

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  • R_sustaita
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    Originally posted by johnnymisty View Post
    I had free water in the place we just moved from and its gonna be an adjustment to do 90% water changes and have to pay for it.... Now just gotta come up with a way to water the yard with the old water..... i like the fill side here just gotta get me the hose and some pvc itll be nice not holding the hose to fill or proping it up on something to keep in place
    my bro tells me that by doing water changes every 2 weeks to 2 125gs he increased his monthly bill by $50-60 a month from when he didnt had a tank.
    i was at an apartment with free water too so i didnt realized that. until now that i have to pay for water again.

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  • johnnymisty
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    Originally posted by R_sustaita View Post
    your water district must love you!
    I had free water in the place we just moved from and its gonna be an adjustment to do 90% water changes and have to pay for it.... Now just gotta come up with a way to water the yard with the old water..... i like the fill side here just gotta get me the hose and some pvc itll be nice not holding the hose to fill or proping it up on something to keep in place

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  • R_sustaita
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    your water district must love you!

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  • prostreet69camaro
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    Originally posted by prostreet69camaro View Post
    I went to Walmart and bought the 25ft white RV hose. The 1/2" CPVC fit tight inside the white RV hose. Then I added a couple on small tyraps for extra insurance.

    The hose was $10.00 at Walmart.
    Even before I use this RV drinking water hose, I will run water through it for about 5 minutes.

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  • R_sustaita
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    Originally posted by BeefyG View Post
    Nice! One word of caution for anybody making one from a new hose. Be careful what hose you buy as some garden hoses have chemicals in them to prevent mold from growing inside the hose and it can affect your beneficial bacteria.
    see im not the only one saying that. i knew there were chemicals on them.

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  • BeefyG
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    Nice! One word of caution for anybody making one from a new hose. Be careful what hose you buy as some garden hoses have chemicals in them to prevent mold from growing inside the hose and it can affect your beneficial bacteria.

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  • R_sustaita
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    Originally posted by LordBarron7692 View Post
    Sweet man using 5 gal buckets suck
    tell me about it.

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  • prostreet69camaro
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    I went to Walmart and bought the 25ft white RV hose. The 1/2" CPVC fit tight inside the white RV hose. Then I added a couple on small tyraps for extra insurance.

    The hose was $10.00 at Walmart.
    Last edited by prostreet69camaro; 04-23-2013, 08:30 AM.

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  • LordBarron7692
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    Sweet man using 5 gal buckets suck

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  • johnnymisty
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    Originally posted by LordBarron7692 View Post
    Hey where did you get adapter I've been looking for one
    Home depot sells them I think its $5 or $6 there in the section with faucet parts

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  • LordBarron7692
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    Hey where did you get adapter I've been looking for one

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