Hi I'm in the middle of my tank and mixing station build. Waiting on a custom sump before I can start to get things wet, but I have some options on the ATO side and wanted to get some opinions. I've got equipment (both an Apex ATK and Versa Pumps and not sure the optimal setup for this new tank in a home I just moved into. It will be a mixed reef 140g display tank.
I'm setting up a solid mixing/RODI station in my laundry room. It has 2 40 Gallon Norwesco containers for salt/fresh water. I'm having tubing run from the laundry room through the ceiling to the display tank/sump in my office which is about 50 feet away for AWC and for getting the RO water over to the tank side. I will also run an APEX Aquabus cable along with the tubing.
My question is on optimal setup here to get freshwater into the tank.
-Do I run it pulling from a Versa (powered on/off through my Apex) at the display from the RO container in the laundry room right into the tank...or into another ATO tank by the display? I've read of a way to setup the Versa to work as an ATO powered on/off through an Apex.
-Do i push it with an ATK from RO container to the display tank...or another ATO tank by the display. Ceiling height is about 11 feet by the way. I know the ATK is designed as more of a true ATO setup.
I have an ATO tank I can use by the display...but thinking it through, sounds like it just creates more failure points as then I'll have to create systems to get that water from there into the display, but interested in thoughts on all of this.
So I guess this is in two parts. Is the ATO tank by the display even needed?
Best method to get water from Mixing Station over to tank with my options?
Thanks in advance!
Chris
I'm setting up a solid mixing/RODI station in my laundry room. It has 2 40 Gallon Norwesco containers for salt/fresh water. I'm having tubing run from the laundry room through the ceiling to the display tank/sump in my office which is about 50 feet away for AWC and for getting the RO water over to the tank side. I will also run an APEX Aquabus cable along with the tubing.
My question is on optimal setup here to get freshwater into the tank.
-Do I run it pulling from a Versa (powered on/off through my Apex) at the display from the RO container in the laundry room right into the tank...or into another ATO tank by the display? I've read of a way to setup the Versa to work as an ATO powered on/off through an Apex.
-Do i push it with an ATK from RO container to the display tank...or another ATO tank by the display. Ceiling height is about 11 feet by the way. I know the ATK is designed as more of a true ATO setup.
I have an ATO tank I can use by the display...but thinking it through, sounds like it just creates more failure points as then I'll have to create systems to get that water from there into the display, but interested in thoughts on all of this.
So I guess this is in two parts. Is the ATO tank by the display even needed?
Best method to get water from Mixing Station over to tank with my options?
Thanks in advance!
Chris
