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Xubar
05/06/2008, 02:17 PM
Let's have some pictures on how easy it is to change your water!

I need some more ideas on how to set mine up, and maybe this will give others ideas too.

Avi
05/06/2008, 02:31 PM
Well, I just did this recently, and though it's kind of rudimentary, it works very well for me:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/Avrumeleh/ROUNIT13008LR9449.jpg

Just below the shelving shown in the photo there is a utility sink
The RO/DI water-resevoir has a nylon flex-tube that takes the water to the pump that is shown in the photo. There's a simple ball-valve that opens and closes that tube. When open, the water, by gravity, goes to and then though the pump and then through the inverted J-tube which is connected to an Eheim "connector." Generally, I have a short tube that connects to it with the other side of the Eheim "connector" so I can have access to the RO/DI water at the sink.

When I want to get water to my fish tanks, which are about 20-25 feet away, I connect a much longer flex-tube instead. The water from the resevoir will get all the way over to the tanks by gravity alone...the small pump just about doubles the speed of the water.