Rodi saltwater mixing station

Smokeshow · Feb 15, 2023

I'm replanning my saltwater mixing setup. Currently I have a 55 and a 75gal container to hold my rodi water in my basement. I use a transfer pump I got from menards to pump the rodi to a 55gal mixing station that is in a spare room. Have a jebao dcp 5000 to mix the saltwater and to pump it to my dt. I want to move my mixing station to the basement and am wondering if there is a way to connect it to my rodi but keep a way to pump rodi upstairs for my ato and I use it for my fw tanks as well.

snackpack · Feb 15, 2023

Smokeshow said:
I'm replanning my saltwater mixing setup. Currently I have a 55 and a 75gal container to hold my rodi water in my basement. I use a transfer pump I got from menards to pump the rodi to a 55gal mixing station that is in a spare room. Have a jebao dcp 5000 to mix the saltwater and to pump it to my dt. I want to move my mixing station to the basement and am wondering if there is a way to connect it to my rodi but keep a way to pump rodi upstairs for my ato and I use it for my fw tanks as well.

Just put a switching tee on your output on the RODI, or a regular tee if you want to run water to both locations at the same time. The RO unit should be able to handle the head pressure just fine, as it's fed from the household water pressure

Fish Styx · Feb 15, 2023

A few things. Yes, totally possible. Ensure that the pump you use to send the water upstairs has enough head pressure to span the distance. More importantly, do not plumb it directly to top off your sump. Plumb it to topoff your ato res and handle topoff in your sump from there. If your shutoff fails, it is better to flood your ato res with FW than your DT. Make sense?

Smokeshow · Feb 23, 2023

Ordered a 55gal tank just like the 75g from Home Depot. But wont get here until March 9th. And a Jebao dcp15000. The 75gal will be the rodi storage and will mix in the 55gal. Now I have to decide if I want to use the dcp 5000 to mix and the 15000 to pump it upstairs on just use the 15000 and keep the 5000 as a spare for something else. Might make a cheap frag tank. But I need more corals for that.

Smokeshow · Mar 19, 2023

Started working on the mixing station. 75gal rodi on the left and 55 mixing on the right. Have a dcp 8000 connected to it. But have a leak on the 55gal lower 1.5" bulkhead.