How can I fill my ato reservoir easier?!

[pelphrey]

This is what I use -

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[Jon Fishman]

You need a bigger ATO reservoir

 

[Be102]

You need a bigger ATO reservoir

all a bigger ato will make me have to bring more water all around. Doesn’t solve my problem just makes it bigger (literally)

 

[Sailingeric]

I have a 10 gallon Petco tank for my ATO reservoir under my DT and I have a cover over the top of it. I have a small corner cut on the top and I fill it with a 5 gallon bucket with tube and spigot on it. I full the fill the bucket, set it on a chair and feed the tube into the reservoir and open the spigot. No water spillage. It does take a couple a trip to fill.

 

[Eggs]

I have a plastic 55 gallon barrel as my RO/DI storage outdoors. I put a spigot in the side of it. When I fill my 10 gallon ATO I just put a bucket under the spigot and open it. I drop a cheap pond pump in the bucket and it pumps through a 1/2 plastic line to the ATO. The ATO is about 16 feet away. No spills, no carrying.

How long does your 5 gallon rodi last?
I don't have a 4 story run like you, however I run a 100 feet of rodi tubing to a 10 gallon reservoir every 3-4 days to refill.

These are my thoughts also; your challenge would be running tubing up 4 floors, then finding the appropriate pump to use. You could then keep water production on the lower floor.

 

[Haberdasher]

I ran a splitter off my RODI product line with two valves right after the splitter. One of the valves has a short piece of hose on it for filling my mixing container and the other value has a long hose on it that I can take all the way to the ATO container down the hall to fill it up.

 

[Tyler Erickson]

Beer bong?

 

[bdare]

I highly recommend these! The drawer pulls out. You dump the water in the drawer and it fills the reservoir. It's been a game changer for me!

Auqa Gadget 15 Gallon Hydrofill Reservoir

The easiest top off reservoir to refill is now here. Just slide out the easy to access acrylic drawer and fill it with up to 15 gallons of fresh water. Just put your favorite ATO pump in the reservoir through the pre-cut out opening in the back and you are ready to top off. Dimension - 18.2" L x...

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[AZMSGT]

I highly recommend these! The drawer pulls out. You dump the water in the drawer and it fills the reservoir. It's been a game changer for me!

Auqa Gadget 15 Gallon Hydrofill Reservoir

The easiest top off reservoir to refill is now here. Just slide out the easy to access acrylic drawer and fill it with up to 15 gallons of fresh water. Just put your favorite ATO pump in the reservoir through the pre-cut out opening in the back and you are ready to top off. Dimension - 18.2" L x...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

I have been running this very unit for the last 4 months. If it weren’t for the fact that I hate carrying buckets to fill it I would keep it. But I’m building a 55g ATO that gets filled by my RO directly... no more buckets.

 

[William Norman]

This is what I use from Wally World. I only fill it half way usually. It has a vent hole in the back that can be closed. Long spout that can be reversed and stored in the plastic can.

Robot or human?

When I am doing water changes, I just switch my hose from the Salt to RO to fill it up. I am using a Mag drive pump to move the water, with a wifi plug to control it from my phone or my google assistant.

 

[ashtonp]

I used a $4 container from ikea (filur, the smallest one). It holds 11 litres to the top, but I’ve got about 10 in there. I am using the Smart ATO Micro, and the container comes with a lid that opens with the perfect amount of space to keep in the Kallax Shelf that my Fluval Evo 13.5 is on.

 

[HTFE]

I used a $4 container from ikea (filur, the smallest one). It holds 11 litres to the top, but I’ve got about 10 in there. I am using the Smart ATO Micro, and the container comes with a lid that opens with the perfect amount of space to keep in the Kallax Shelf that my Fluval Evo 13.5 is on.

Hi ashtonp,

I appreciate this post is from the start of the year, but I was just wondering if you was still using the Kallax unit as a stand?

I'm looking to purchase the Fluval Evo 13.5 in the next few days and the Kallax looks really nice as a stand, I'm just a bit worried about the weight it can handle.

Have you had any issues at all with the Kallax since your last post, has it become unstable?

Thanks.