SHARE YOUR DIY MIXING STATIONS PLS!

[Whiskeyboy84]

Two 65 gallon Pickle transport containers, 1” plumbing a sicce pump, two 300 watts heaters

 

[jsmkmavity]

Fancy, I know…

That is whan mine looks like only elevated 3' so i can gravity fill buckets underneath.

 

[mpatterson42]

This is a pretty good step by step guide on plumbing a nice mixing station.

 

[skey44]

Fancy, I know…

Exactly what I wanted to post lol. Except I have three. One for RO with float and auto shut-off, one for salt , and one I have some leftover rock curing. In.

 

[FernBluffReef]

Mine below. Before 100% finished. I realized after I really did need union, valve and outlet on the riser in the end but it’s pretty much as is otherwise

 

[Crabs McJones]

Here's mine. RO/DI filled one container, then got pumped into a second one for mixing and heating. Then a nozzle for filling my buckets to bring upstairs

 

[petcellar]

Fancy, I know…

Mine is along the same line lol :face-with-tears-of-joy:

It was kind of a hack to run the line up and back in like that instead of drilling the cans.... But I'm not the best plumber and that will never leak .....

 

[ajremington68]

Mine below. Before 100% finished. I realized after I really did need union, valve and outlet on the riser in the end but it’s pretty much as is otherwise

What pump are you running?

 

[ajremington68]

I'll admit going a little overboard on the hose-- I ordered a length of silicone tubing from BRS (sold by the foot) that I think set me back about $200.00. But very flexible, to say the least. I do have a float valve, but don't trust it; I have over-flowed my tank by forgetfully walking away from the tanks while making water. We probably all have (though setting an alarm on my phone has saved me several times.) If you are dealing with 180 gallons in your DT, plus a large sump as you say, you will be amazed at how much water you can go through, and so two 70+ gallon mixing station tanks would probably be the minimum you'd want.

Gotcha will be hunting then before I design the stand and plumbing. What pump are you using?

 

[JumboShrimp]

 

[ajremington68]

Two 65 gallon Pickle transport containers, 1” plumbing a sicce pump, two 300 watts heaters

What is the hose setup you have? I wanna to do something like that where it is a retractable like 100ft hose so I don’t have to wind it up manually or atleast can just spin a wheel to wind it up

 

[LiquidSpace]

 

[ajremington68]

What gaskets or fittings did you use at the bottom to have the pipe go into the van but make a water tight seal??

 

[ajremington68]

This?

 

[Bartanto]

My horizontal tanks, incorporated into a two-workbench set up.

That is inspirational! Do you put salt in scoop by scoop?

 

[LiquidSpace]

This?

I used bulkheads from BRS but if I did it again I’d use those. I had some small leaking issues at first.

 

[Bartanto]

This:

From:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/s...efer-xl-425-build.358990/page-34#post-6173194

 

[riche]

Here's mine. RO/DI filled one container, then got pumped into a second one for mixing and heating. Then a nozzle for filling my buckets to bring upstairs

Hey man , you have been very helpful on a few of my post and I came across this post and have a question

What bulkheads are you using on these brute trash cans? I need to build something similar

 

[Crabs McJones]

Hey man , you have been very helpful on a few of my post and I came across this post and have a question

What bulkheads are you using on these brute trash cans? I need to build something similar

Just regular slip bbulkhead from brs

 

[Anthrax91]

It was supposed to be temporary but sadly it's been a year.