Water Changing Station

Nevets9333 · Mar 17, 2020

I got the green light to finish part of the basement for a fish room! (contingent on also making room for the laundry and dry storage to be in a finished room rather than always covered in sawdust). I started about a month ago and now am to the point where I can start the actual fish stuff instead of just construction. Here are a few progress pics from the start.

Also wanted to give a big shout out to @SpectraPureInc, @Daniel@R2R and @slief who set me up after I won the giveaway here on R2R a couple months back. That really kicked me into gear to get this done!

Pre Construction

Nevets9333 · Mar 17, 2020

Couple week in

Nevets9333 · Mar 17, 2020

Almost there!

PSU4ME · Mar 17, 2020

Looks great! How big will the fish room be?

Nevets9333 · Mar 17, 2020

PSU4ME said:
Looks great! How big will the fish room be?

Thanks! I get most of the room for fish stuff. Planning on two 50 gallon containers for RODI and saltwater, shelving and a bench for storage/fish related things and hopefully a frag tank at some point. I was able to add a sink down there as well.

Nevets9333 · Mar 18, 2020

Fish related things started moving in

Nevets9333 · Mar 18, 2020

Question - I rinsed out the containers with vinegar and water. How do I know if they are clean enough? Should fill with RODI and see if it is still 0 tds? Didnt want to waste all that water though..

Nevets9333 · Mar 21, 2020

Half plumbed and testing. Water coming out is 0 tds but in the container is 6 tds. Emptied it out and will try again. Hopefully just had to flush out some leftovers from shipping and drilling.

Marc88 · Mar 21, 2020

It looks like it's coming along nice! See if you have a brush long enough to scrub the sidewalls for your vinegar rinse. That might help remove some of the production residue lining the inside of the tanks.

Red_Beard · Mar 21, 2020

Very nice work! Totally jealous! One thing to keep in mind is that water at 0 TDS gets hungry and will pick stuff up quick. So, if the top was off and it was exposed to air it could have gone up a few ppm.

mestorm121 · Mar 21, 2020

Nevets9333 said:
Fish related things started moving in

Where did you pick up those 50gallon storage containers

Nevets9333 · Mar 21, 2020

Marc88 said:
It looks like it's coming along nice! See if you have a brush long enough to scrub the sidewalls for your vinegar rinse. That might help remove some of the production residue lining the inside of the tanks.

I used a spray bottle of vinegar and rinsed with the garden hose. I didn't have a brush but I used a rubber band and a towel on a piece of schedule 40 to try and wipe down the inside. I am hoping all it needed was that final flush with some ro water.

Nevets9333 · Mar 21, 2020

Red_Beard said:
Very nice work! Totally jealous! One thing to keep in mind is that water at 0 TDS gets hungry and will pick stuff up quick. So, if the top was off and it was exposed to air it could have gone up a few ppm.

Thanks! I did have the top off. Ill be sure to keep that on.

Nevets9333 · Mar 21, 2020

mestorm121 said:
Where did you pick up those 50gallon storage containers

50 Gallon Plastic Vertical Liquid Storage Tank in White

Vertical storage tanks are most frequently used for bulk storage and mobile nursing applications. Norwesco vertical tanks feature tie-down slots, built-in graduated gallon indicators, an offset fill-opening and a self-vented, slosh-proof lid.

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