Water Station

[CayanneDan]

I am building a new water station. Planning to include the following, anyone have any do's or dont's that you learned in your setups that I should look out for?

- 65 gal Fresh and Salt Tanks
- power head in salt tank to help mix salt.
- pump to move from fresh to salt or mix salt/fill tank or bucket (thinking around 1000 GPH)
- plumb RODI line to ATO fill tank (manually fill the tank)
- plumb salt line to tank to fill after water change. (Thinking of doing with a 1/4 poly line about 50ft)
- knock hole through wall to drain into laundry drain.

 

[redfishbluefish]

It looks like you have a rack system there....why not put the fresh water above the salt mixing tank and feed by gravity. This way you eliminate that need for a pump.

 

[CayanneDan]

Going to use 1 pump, just use some valves to chose which tank to pull from and check valve to prevent cross contamination. But fresh is going up top so it will be either to gravity feed or pump feed.

 

[babyjess210]

Here Is my current set up. My previous table rotted out from water collecting around the brute so I made the new table with gaps so the water can drain.

 

[CayanneDan]

Are you using 3/4 or 1" plumbing? What pump are you running?

 

[Reefinny Verified Sponsor]

I used 1" in mine. you can see it in my build thread. page 6

 

[babyjess210]

I'm using 3/4" and Sicce pump which I will not recommend for external use. I broke 2 housing trying to stop the leak. I would look into Pan World pumps or something in that area but not Sicce for External use

 

[rayn]

Here Is my current set up. My previous table rotted out from water collecting around the brute so I made the new table with gaps so the water can drain.

Can you explain this setup more please.

 

[babyjess210]

RODI unit all the way to the right container. Right brute is RODI water with float valve to stop RODI when water level is to the top of the brute. Left brute is mixing SW with Tunze 6045 inside. Open valve A to get RODI water gravity fed and same with valve D for SW gravity fed. Open valve B and F to fill RODI water to mix in left brute. I mix SW overnight with tunze pump and open valve C and E to feed the hose that goes to my sump on the other side of the wall. Open valve B and E to top off rodi water to sump. HTH

BTW the 1 gallon is filled with skimmer waste for wife to pour on her flowers to make them blooooom !!!! Sorry for the hijack cayannedan

 

[rayn]

Sounds complicated and somehow easy all at the same time. Sweet setup!

 

[CayanneDan]

Made some progress

 

[CayanneDan]

Added some electrical work to turn the circulation pump and in tank power head on.

 

[reef-freak]

looks good. could you take more detailed pics of pvc piping. how does water flow from top to bottom.how do you get ro water for top off and how do you get salt water for water changes. thanks

 

[reef-freak]

what are the dimensions of your setup and tanks. thanks again.

 

[dangros]

@babyjess210, I'm assuming these are 30g Brutes? That's what I have. How did you get the fittings in to be water-tight? Specifically the bulkheads?

Here Is my current set up. My previous table rotted out from water collecting around the brute so I made the new table with gaps so the water can drain.

 

[thefuz]

This is the setup I have - similar to the brutes. Nice job on the setup so far!!

 

[flyboy82]

How do y'all get the last little bit of water or SW out of the containers? It looks like some would be left below the bulk heads.

 

[thefuz]

For me, I haven't run into this issue yet as I just set mine up and haven't mixed a salt batch yet. I imagine leaving it in there a few batches and then detaching/rinsing once in a while. Could also flush it but that's a little wasteful on the RO!

 

[Reefinny Verified Sponsor]

I always have some water in them. Usually have some mixed. I have airstone in mine to keep aerated

 

[dangros]

This is beautiful
Where did you get the containers? Are they the 40g or 25?

This is the setup I have - similar to the brutes. Nice job on the setup so far!!