nim6us
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Good morning!
I've got a problem that I feel I must be over complicating. I just started mixing my own water. From what I understand, after you filter the RO water, you slowly add the salt, then throw a powerhead and heater in the water for a few hours to ensure everything is mixed properly and at the right temperature.
The problem I'm having is my powerhead doesn't fit into the neck of my 25 liter jug. In the end I had to sanitize a Rubbermaid bin, pour the RO water in there and then mix and heat it in the bin. From there I had two choices; I could try and pour it back into the jug, which was dang near impossible because it was so heavy and awkward. OR I could drag the bin inside the house next to the tank and use a bucket to pail the water into the tank.. I chose the latter.
This was a hellacious task, a lot of water ended up on the floor, and now I'm looking at having to not only designate a 25 liter jug but also a large Rubbermaid bin in order to mix water. I get that I could just run my RO water into the bin, but still managing that and dragging it around the house and pailing out the water was not cool.
The more I look into it there are not smaller powerheads to fit into a 25 liter container. Obviously this would be so much easier, plop in the powerhead and the heater into the jug, then pour it all into the tank. I've read people saying to mix your water in a bucket, but of course you don't have a 25 liter bucket. It's not spelled out, are you taking a 10 liter bucket and making 3 small batches? Or do you just mix 10 liters of the RO water in the bucket and pour that back into the remaining 15 liters of the water in your jug? Does that give you a good enough mix?
Again, I feel like I'm overlooking the easy answer, any help/advice would be great!
I've got a problem that I feel I must be over complicating. I just started mixing my own water. From what I understand, after you filter the RO water, you slowly add the salt, then throw a powerhead and heater in the water for a few hours to ensure everything is mixed properly and at the right temperature.
The problem I'm having is my powerhead doesn't fit into the neck of my 25 liter jug. In the end I had to sanitize a Rubbermaid bin, pour the RO water in there and then mix and heat it in the bin. From there I had two choices; I could try and pour it back into the jug, which was dang near impossible because it was so heavy and awkward. OR I could drag the bin inside the house next to the tank and use a bucket to pail the water into the tank.. I chose the latter.
This was a hellacious task, a lot of water ended up on the floor, and now I'm looking at having to not only designate a 25 liter jug but also a large Rubbermaid bin in order to mix water. I get that I could just run my RO water into the bin, but still managing that and dragging it around the house and pailing out the water was not cool.
The more I look into it there are not smaller powerheads to fit into a 25 liter container. Obviously this would be so much easier, plop in the powerhead and the heater into the jug, then pour it all into the tank. I've read people saying to mix your water in a bucket, but of course you don't have a 25 liter bucket. It's not spelled out, are you taking a 10 liter bucket and making 3 small batches? Or do you just mix 10 liters of the RO water in the bucket and pour that back into the remaining 15 liters of the water in your jug? Does that give you a good enough mix?
Again, I feel like I'm overlooking the easy answer, any help/advice would be great!
