DIY: Water Closet (not the European Kind)

[tomstechnic]

Someone requested to see my water mixing station, so here is a copy of the thread.

We plan to do some remodeling at some point, and we need some more room. So I wanted to find a new home for my Water mixing equipment. Here are some old pics, but you'll get the idea:

 

[tomstechnic]

Last December, I realized I had a great un-used space. The closet in my fish room that I built to hide the sump pump.

I built a shelf out of 2x4s so I could still have access to the sump in case the pump goes bad:

It holds the 35g RODI tank on the left, and the blue 55g Salt Mix tank on the right:

 

[tomstechnic]

The RODI filter was an eyesore above the laundry sink, so that got moved as well:

On the other wall, I put my media reactors:

 

[tomstechnic]

Calcium Reactor and 2nd stage chambers on the top shelf:

Waterbug water detector:

 

[tomstechnic]

And last but not least, Apex Energy Bar and inputs to control everything:

Probe module to control the Salt tank Temp and Reactor PH:

Input module (inside box):

Items controlled in the closet:

Outputs:
Top Off Pump
Co2 Valve
Salt Heater
Salt Tank Pump
Salt Power Heads
Kaulk Reactor Pump
RODI Heater
RODI Tank Pump

Inputs:
Waterbug NC
Waterbug NO
RODI Manual PB
SALT Auto PB
RODI Auto PB
Salt Tank Hi

 

[Ryan2112]

holy cow very sweet id love to have that kind of setup. great job.

 

[edge0310]

Well that's awesome!

 

[MGoers]

9 posts in three years and then this? You've been holding out!

 

[tomstechnic]

9 posts in three years and then this? You've been holding out!

ah.... been so busy keeping our local site running. I've got a bunch of DIY that I can share. Its my favorite part of the hobby.

 

[Soehl]

NICE!! I love that kind of stuff! What are in your reactors? Looks like 2 carbon, 1 GFO, and a Biopellet??

 

[Soehl]

...and what are the two on the shelf? Looks like it is filled with rubble.

 

[bige]

That's really cool. You got a lot going on in that room.

 

[tomstechnic]

NICE!! I love that kind of stuff! What are in your reactors? Looks like 2 carbon, 1 GFO, and a Biopellet??

Yes, but I have yet to get the Biopellet one running. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I have not done any water testing in a few years. I need to get back into the routine before I make a change in the media I am using. I have been hearing mixed results from those that have tried the biopellets.

-KT

 

[tomstechnic]

...and what are the two on the shelf? Looks like it is filled with rubble.

Round one is the main calcium reactor with large media. I then run it through 2 smaller reactors with small media to help get the PH back to decent levels.

-KT