What am I doing here? I don't even have a fish...

You explain things so well, you really don't leave any stones un turned. Thanks.

I just want to take the time to tell you that your videos are awesome. It's really inspiring me to get more handy when it comes to building stuff. I've always been great with electronics and computers but not so much with power tools or plumbing. You're really providing a huge wealth of information to hobbyists around the world.

I would love to se you tackle a aqaponics DIY setup, preferably  from plan to finished system. Your way of explaining things are really easy to understand so your take on aqaponics would be wonderful. Does your book cover this topic?

I love how you simplify projects cool video I like the fact that you talked about  well water vs city water a lot of people don't talk about well water I think it's a good topic for videos

Awesome step-by-step tutorial Joey! Planning to implement one of these along with a few of your other projects I have in mind to complement it nicely. Thanks for the inspiration and for keeping making these videos for us!

man, i am already looking this never do water changes for the past 2 month. this drip system is so awesome

Drip Systems are also good for flimsy/frail fish. Some fish don't like it when you change ~40% water very quickly, they stress out.

Watching videos like this is exactly why I hire people like you to do this stuff for me. [whoosh over my head]

While not being close to a water source, treated water in a 55 gallon drum to an air pump and a check valve before the dripper worked perfectly. The air pump also aerated the water keeping movement as well where the drum lasted for weeks before it needed to be refilled. This worked including adding a sponge filter to the drum. seem excessive but works for me. Always liked your videos where I learned a lot taking what I've seen useful from them. Thanks!

got to love this guy.cant get any better. has improved all my aquairums

I really think this is one of the most important videos on this channel...

Oh my goodness! I absolutely love this Man and his mind! Thank you so very much!!!

Thanks for the more detailed video joey but one thing i havent seen anyone do yet is how they tap a water source. For me, this is the reason why i havent done my auto water changes yet. Love the videos. Take care

Love your videos man I watch u every single day I love Frank and the Rays

Hey Joey - KUDOS: Your drip system/overflow is great and really gets the DIY juices flowing! An alternative for filtering the source water are the commercial inline filters (e.g. nitrate, activated carbon...) used most often for refrigerators, ice makers etc. These could be placed anywhere convenient inline between the source and the tank. They're not that expensive and last 1500 - 2000 gallons.
(I have high nitrates in my well water so I filter through both an inline nitrate and inline activated carbon filter into buckets for weekly partial water changes....so your drip system has me pondering!)

Wow . That settles it !
Drip system it is !!!
Dude your are really the best 👍

I took your advice and now I have my 55 show from Clear for life with a one inch top drain. I went one step more I added a ball valve at the bottom tee where the drain leaves the tank for easy draining. I drilled a 1.25" whole in the bottom of this tank install a one inch bulkhead fitting to the tee fitting ran a stand pipe to the top drilled 6- 5/16ths holes for drainage. from the back of the tank I ran the 1" pipe through the floor into my basement to a drain in that location. I purchased a drip timer, 50' 1/8 inch drip tubing, a 2G/hour drip head ran the tubing back through the floor into my tank. I did test the drip head and it did in fact drip just over 2 gallons in one hour. I set the time to 4 hours a day that give me a 224 gallon change every month. NO MORE WATER CHANGES! I am on a well so no chlorine problems. I have African Cichlids with Caribe Sea substrate for Africans. What a great idea.

Thanks for the update, this was a really informative video. I would like to see more on the bio-sand filter that was featured a couple videos back though.

Hi Joey! Thanks for all the uploads!! After being out of the hobby for  years now, your projects are tempting me to come back!!
One of the things I used to do when doing water changes was to condition the water (eliminate chlorine and metals) before filling the aquarium. How do you condition tap water with the drip system?