Show me your stylish water change station

92Miata · Apr 6, 2020

Right now my master bathroom has two 5g buckets in the tub, a bucket full of mixing salt water in the middle of the room, and an RO line running across the room. I'd like to change this.

Show me your water change station/salt mixing/ etc station that isn't just a 30g rubbermaid brute - looking for inspiration for something that looks good.

Daniel@R2R · Apr 27, 2020

Bumping this up. Interested to see people going with stylish solutions

Malifry97 · Apr 27, 2020

Bump and follow

K7BMG · Apr 27, 2020

This is my set up like a lot of others here on R2R.
Two Norwesco 165 gallon tanks.
A little giant pump. (Bought back in the early 90's never used until 2019)
All 1 inch PVC
Nu-Clear filter to run the product through before use.
This is not its permanent place so the wires and cords are a mess.
I have two BRS 600W heaters in the saltwater tank on the right side.
I have two Tunze 3155 ATO pumps in the RO/DI tank on the Left side. One for each tank.
All plumbing fittings are schedule 80 PVC,
All valves are schedule 80 True Union valves.

I highly recommend good valves, the big box store valves are not so great and I had one fail, so went round and replaced with quality.

K7BMG · Apr 27, 2020

Oh and have it on a timer so my saltwater gets stirred twice a day at 7AM and 7PM for 15 minutes.

K7BMG · Apr 27, 2020

I am going to make a few changes when I move it.

#1 going to build a rolling platform to put it all on.
This is not necessary for most but its in my shop and it seems I always want to move it someplace more convenient, or turn it. This is impossible to do when full.

#2 contemplating removing the RO/DI valve on the top of that tank.
I don't want to accidentally pump saltwater into that tank, and I don't know that I will ever have need to stir the RO/DI water.

#3 going to add a Sicce Syncra Silent 3.0 in the RO/DI tank and plumb it so I can get RO/DI water out of it. Yes I can switch valves but then I have to clear the lines and Nu-Clear filter of the saltwater first, and I do not always have a place for that to go except down the drain.
I don't like that, its like dumping liquid gold.

So theirs some additional information for you to contemplate on.

92Miata · Apr 29, 2020

I appreciate the posts - what I was really looking for is anyone's water change station that fits normal household decor. This is going to need to be in the master bedroom/master bath - so I'm looking for something that doesn't look like a bunch of poly tanks.

Thetankdoctor · May 3, 2020

Man some of these are super nice. I have a valve in my stand I turn to top off. I am not a water change type of guy. Works for me. Bigger the system the more stable it is.

Poochaku · Jun 3, 2020

Slightly unique water change station in that I am using it to make remineralized freshwater for my planted tanks as well. Left to right is salt, rodi, freshwater.

Going to use the salt tank as a AWC reservoir and the rodi as a ATO reservoir as well.

Fernthereefer · Jun 3, 2020

I am actually also curious to know if anyone as a "mini" version of a saltwater mixing station. Something in the 20 gallon mark. Is it even doable/realistic?