Mixing station pump ?

[apb03]

I originally used a Jebao 10k but it died on me at around the 6 month mark. I replaced it with a Sicce Syncra AC pump and its working great.

Plenty of head pressure to fill my tank from the basement to upstairs.

 

[IKD]

How do you get the water to your display?

Hi! You will see some RO/DI tubing in between the bins. One set delivers RO/DI water to the bins when filling up fresh water (to left or both bins). The other (at the top) pulls water via a DOS which then runs to the tank. The DOS runs ~100g every ten days. Since the DOS is under a cabinet in my patio, I don’t have to worry about the noise they make (which has always bugged me)

 

[IKD]

I originally used a Jebao 10k but it died on me at around the 6 month mark. I replaced it with a Sicce Syncra AC pump and its working great.

Plenty of head pressure to fill my tank from the basement to upstairs.

Yikes, I will have to watch mine. I’m hitting the 4 year mark but I do clean it thoroughly every 6 months or so. Even if mine leaks, it’s outside so no wet floors.

 

[exnisstech]

Hi! You will see some RO/DI tubing in between the bins. One set delivers RO/DI water to the bins when filling up fresh water (to left or both bins). The other (at the top) pulls water via a DOS which then runs to the tank. The DOS runs ~100g every ten days. Since the DOS is under a cabinet in my patio, I don’t have to worry about the noise they make (which has always bugged me)

Nice. I really need to start thinking about something like this. My new tank is 285g total and I'm draining into buckets and pumping fresh salt water up from the basement where I mix. I roll the brute over to the bottom of the stairs and pump it up with a pond pump lol.

 

[IKD]

Nice. I really need to start thinking about something like this. My new tank is 285g total and I'm draining into buckets and pumping fresh salt water up from the basement where I mix. I roll the brute over to the bottom of the stairs and pump it up with a pond pump lol.

That was exactly my life with my 265g. Two brute cans and rollers that broke every six months. I would run podcasts and YouTube over the course of a few hours of the whole process. This is much easier after you get it set up and running.

 

[mythesis]

How are you all connecting the PVC/tubing to the pumps?

I think mine just had barbed connectors.

 

[twentyleagues]

How are you all connecting the PVC/tubing to the pumps?

I think mine just had barbed connectors.

should have come with pipe adapters also. All mine did.

 

[mythesis]

should have come with pipe adapters also. All mine did.

ah, the initial pump I have was from a used purchase and just has 3/4" barb.

The Aquatop MaxFlow I also had for this only has 3 sizes of barbs as well.

Guess I'll have to do find another pump (which....is actually the point of this thread, not my inane questions about plumbing!)

 

[twentyleagues]

ah, the initial pump I have was from a used purchase and just has 3/4" barb.

The Aquatop MaxFlow I also had for this only has 3 sizes of barbs as well.

Guess I'll have to do find another pump (which....is actually the point of this thread, not my inane questions about plumbing!)

If you are speaking about Jebao then yes they come with pipe adapters. Anything else I dont know.

 

[mythesis]

If you are speaking about Jebao then yes they come with pipe adapters. Anything else I dont know.

Ah, I see that now --- grabbing a Jebao then, thanks!

 

[mythesis]

You bet. Here is my setup; left side is fresh, right is salt. you can control the flow with union ball valves

Where did you find tanks like these by the way? I'm coming up empty in the Home Depot / Lowe's etc

 

[IKD]

Where did you find tanks like these by the way? I'm coming up empty in the Home Depot / Lowe's etc

For me, I went through national tank outlet

https://www.ntotank.com/