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01/30/2011, 07:07 PM | #151 |
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I'm impressed with some of the water making and mixing stations.
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Testing her limits. When tanks arrive, go back on the porch. Please don't tell me you expect big screen, pool table and bar to be in MY mancave?
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Here's mine. Still semi-manual. A day or two before my WC I add water, heat it up and add salt. When it's time, I grab a 20 gallon bucket, siphon the old and flip a switch for the new water to pump in. Takes about 15min total for a WC.
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Some great solitions to our very common problem in here.
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02/01/2011, 08:22 PM | #158 |
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Yardboy, I'm very jealous of your man cave.
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I'm curious how everyone has sized their systems. Originally I planned to have two 55g drums for RO/DI and SW, but my plans are ultimately only to have a 180g. As I'll be able to make water very quickly, I'm thinking my storage is a bit oversized. Maybe use a few 30-40g tanks (I have some spares) instead?
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02/02/2011, 06:28 AM | #161 |
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I use 2 32 gallon Brutes and so far that seems to be enough for my 120 gallon tank.
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Oh, and did I mention that your "ultimate plans" might suddeny include bigger and more tanks?!
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I wouldn't physically have room for more than a 180. If I had a leak that exceeded my ability to produce water, RODI would not be my first concern.
What do you mean by "regenerating DI resin?" My ATO would run from my RO/DI reservoir which would be turned on weekly or semi-weekly depending on my demand to make NSW. If I'm able to make 150gpd, I can fill a 30g reservoir in only a few hours. I'm all about doing something right the first time, but that doesn't necessarily mean overdoing it. |
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These cover my ATO and semi-auto water change apparatus. The lower 15 gallon drum is for SW while the upper is the RO drum attached to the ATO float valve and gate valves to fill the lower drum. The upper drum is filled automatically by the RO filter attached to an RO filter float valve. Once SW is mixed, I have matching pumps and the valves are sent to remove old water from the overflow directly to the kitchen sink and add new water to the sump from the SW drum. The whole process takes about 15 miuntes. I have also recently added (not pictured) a secondary valve off the new SW sump fill line to be able to easily get water for my QT when needed.
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02/03/2011, 06:25 AM | #166 |
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Thanks. I didn't know about recharging resin, though I have over 40 extra lbs of the stuff from a tank purchase, so that's not really a big deal in my case.
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02/03/2011, 09:38 AM | #167 |
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swenholz nice water drums...where did you get them?
Thanks John
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BONUS: Since I run my RO top-off from the top one, it also doubles as a 15 gallon emergency water source should the big one hit and our local drinking water be contaminated.
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here is mine
the left side is the salt side and the right is fresh
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Currently my mixing station consists of two Brute 44 gallon containers and a bunch of gas cans for moving the RO water from my LFS to my garage. After reading through this thread I'm inspired. I plan on ordering an RO/DI unit today along with a bunch of seals. But first I have a few questions.
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02/22/2011, 09:18 PM | #174 |
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Question?
I noticed with everyone who has a bulkhead placed at the bottom of the drums, there placed a few inches above the bottom. Do you always keep the drum full of SW? Is there ever a point that the container is able to be completely emptied or will there always be a few inches of water in the drum? I'm trying to decided how to plumb the 55 gallon drums so they would empty completely. At first I thought about placing the bulkhead on the bottom of the drum and having a hole in the stand for it to go through. Then I was thinking how much different it would be if the bulkhead was on the side, does anyone place a 90 degree on the inside with an extender pipe to grab that last 5 gallons of water that would otherwise sit on the bottom? I plan on having my drums, one on top of the other. I would fill the top with RODI then mix the salt, turn a valve and dump the 55 gallons down into the next drum. I can now make another batch of SW on the top while circulating the bottom drum. I would have them hard plumbed so I can circulate either the top or bottom by them self or I can circulate them at the same time. Any opinions? Although, as it was said before, I should always have a back up batch ready to go. Just to fill you in, this would make approx. 110 gallons for my 220 shark tank and my 112 reef. I change out about 50-80 gallons in the shark tank and only 10-15 gallons in the reef every month. I also plan on adding another drum if need be for our turtle tank that we are working on in the mean time. I also will have the pump, pump the SW from the drums to the two tanks across the house so no buckets will be needed for emptying or filling. I hate carrying and pushing buckets through out the house. |
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I'm also curious about being able to empty the containers completely. If you can't empty them completely, how do you measure to make the next batch?
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