Here it is. I bought 75' of 3/4" braided flex hose of Amazon for 50 bucks, put a ball valve on the end to manage drips in the house. I just have to get the slip x spigot fitting to connect the hose to the station.
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I like how you secured your fill lines with the string. Simple yet effective.I have 2 75gal containers one for my fresh water n one for my salt water. They are filled with my ro/di line that runs from my laundry room into the garage. Each tank has a hose that will reach each aquarium to be filled. They are mixed by the pumps that circulate the water.
I have always felt that the only truly "noob" questions were those that folks are afraid to ask.
I am a retired sysadmin so I have had a lot of questions ask of me. Mostly starting with "Why..." but that's for another time...lol!
How this system works is, the bottom pipe allows water to be pumped from either tank depending on how I set the ball valves. Closing the ball valve on the RO/DI tank and opening the ball valve at the bottom of the salt water tank allows for circulation of the salt water with the ball valve on the vertical pipe open or if I open ball valve on the outlet port than salt water flows out that. If I leave the ball valve open on the vertical pipe I will continue to circulate the salt water as well as pump it out but the flow is cut by around 1/2.
When I close the ball valve on the left, the salt water, open the vertical ball valve, open the RO/DI ball valve and close the outlet ball valve on the outlet, I fill the salt water tank. That's the valve setting in the picture.
Closing the vertical ball valve while opening the outlet ball valve and leaving the RO/DI valve open allows for RO/DI water to flow to wherever I have the hose running to.
The ball valve on the inlet side of the pump is normally open and would be closed only when I need to replace the pump or to do some kind of pump maintenance; I can isolate the pump completely for easy removal/replacement.
I hope that explains the workings of the system. Honestly, it's a lot easier to use than it is to explain.
Thank you for this explanation! I was wondering the same.
A couple other questions....where do you add your salt mix and where is your pump located?
The top of the water storage containers have lids that screw on/off so salt is added from the top.
The pump is in between the two tanks.
Thank you for the reply. So this is the pump?
Here is a better view. I was just finishing the plumbing in this picture.
Thank you for the reply. So this is the pump?
Thank you! This is very helpful.Correct...
I am using the MD-20RT - 492 GPH - Iwaki Japanese from BRS. I vacillate between thinking I should have gone larger to being awfully glad I didn't. I think it's going to be a bit small for mixing salt but if it were any larger I would have a tough time not over filling my ATO tanks. If I need more water movement for salt mixing I can always add a pump into the tank.
Sntmods, yeah but why do you need so much RO/DI? I just want to make sure I'm not gonna be like, "oh crap I didn't think of that, now I need to fit another giant barrel somewhere!"
Also used to refill ATO. Also RO/DI filters do best when run for long periods, not short 5gal bursts. I let my container get mostly empty and then start it up to fill completely.
Since it takes hours to fill it’s best to just always have it available in case you need it in a hurry.
This!
I have a 200 gallon water volume system (with auto water changer), three fish QT setups @ 22.5 gallons of water a piece, 12 gallon Coral QT, a 34 gallon red sea reefer setup and a 5 gallon pico. I keep enough water on hand for water changes, ATO and for emergencies.