Easier water change

cracker · Oct 15, 2016

Sorry but delta's pic of that full bucket sitting on the tank ? All that weight makes me nervous.

Delta1389 · Oct 15, 2016

ithk21620 said:
They make pvc spigots as well and you can find them at your local hardware store and all the big box stores. Rule of thumb is to use all plastic when possible. Like I said it seems like it's just a short time in the bucket so you probably won't see any I'll effect but if you were to keep RO / Saltwater on hand and used metal fittings in your storage tanks you would have more issues. Especially the RO water. RO water is pure so it will strip anything it can from your storage tank / plumbing.

Sounds good. I'll look into replacing it with a pvc spigot. Better to be safe than sorry. Thanks for the tip.

Delta1389 · Oct 15, 2016

cracker said:
Sorry but delta's pic of that full bucket sitting on the tank ? All that weight makes me nervous.

I can assure you that it is very stable.

3lusive · Oct 15, 2016

I did something similar to this .

I made a PVC piece that attaches to a garden hose and drains exactly 25g from my tank . I then just pump new SW back to the tank .

I also have pre-cut lengths of PVC for different volumes that can be switched out at any time.

Entire process takes maybe 5 minutes