How do you fill your ATO?

[ShakeyGizzard]

I use a 5 gal bucket for my 20G AIO with a osmolator ATO, my 40B uses a gravity fed float valve. I fill the 5 gallon jug about every 5 to 7 days on the 40B via my RO/DI filter, its a bout a 20 foot walk with it. The 20G can go 3 to 4 weeks with 5 gal of RO/Di

 

[mfinn]

Honestly curious how everyone fills their ATO.

Are you bucketing your RODI around every other week? Do you have an elaborate hose setup in your walls that fill it? Something else? Share what you have going on!

We have 2 tanks that are in our living room/dining room. I find myself bucketing water during the weekend, but I'm sure there is a better way...knowing my RODI lives in the basement and probably needs to get about 8-10 feet of head pressure to fill the ATO res under the tanks.

My ATO container sits under a cabinet in my garage. It is filled ( when I flip the switch) from the rodi. It shuts off automatically with a float valve on the container ( 20 gallon brute).
I use a JBJ ATO unit to run the water to my sump inside the house, also controlled by a float valve.

 

[Raptor72]

My mixing station has a 65 ft hose that reaches all my concealed reservoirs. The 2-button remote for the pump works anywhere in the house.

 

[kitti-fish]

I bucket but my tank is right next to my guest bathroom/RODI system. I fill it up weekly. I don’t run a big system though so I can’t imagine the pain with anything larger than 50 gallon.

 

[Grog]

My reservoir is a 4g square bucket. I reliably evaporate 4g every two days. So, every two days I grab 4g from the RODI station in the garage, dump my dosing chemicals (AFR and K) into the ATO, and fill it with 4g of RODI.

I kind of like having to do this every two days. It makes me check on things in the sump and is a level of protection because if the pump gets 'stuck on' then it can only flood the tank with 4g of RODI.

 

[mfinn]

I do have to carry buckets( 3 of them) to hand fill my top off container for my small tank in my computer room. About every 2 weeks is normal.

 

[BryanM]

Honestly curious how everyone fills their ATO.

Are you bucketing your RODI around every other week? Do you have an elaborate hose setup in your walls that fill it? Something else? Share what you have going on!

We have 2 tanks that are in our living room/dining room. I find myself bucketing water during the weekend, but I'm sure there is a better way...knowing my RODI lives in the basement and probably needs to get about 8-10 feet of head pressure to fill the ATO res under the tanks.

pump from brute to ATO. I would hate to use buckets.

 

[littlebigreef]

I use the 5gal plastic Jerry cans for my greatroom display. They’re far more discreet than a bucket. I can fill up a couple at a time, cap them, then fill ato as needed.

All the other atos I top off with the rodi line.