Mixing Station is coming along!!!!

FLSharkvic · 11/24/2017, 01:34 PM

Above my mixing station will go my BRS 6 stage RODI System with a Booster pump. For my Salt reading, I will have a Pinpoint salinity Monitor in my salt container. 1 heater when needed that will plug into my Temp Controller from Ink Bird. Hang up a 4x2' pcs of plywood, then mount the RODI & the booster pump! I still have to drill a hole from my garage to my FL room where my display is. Then I have to run some tubing for my Neptune DOS for my Automated water changes to my main Apex Panel which is under my tank..

If you have any question or concerns please let me know?

maddmaxx · 11/24/2017, 03:58 PM

kudos. well done...

vanburen · 11/25/2017, 07:48 AM

I’m doing Awc like this with my DOS and I could not be happier. It is so much nicer than lugging buckets. Assuming that you have an auto top off (mine runs from the ro container) you can add apex outlets for up and down salt. Up salt adds a gallon or two of saltwater which then evaporates and raises salinity. Down salt takes out a gallon which gets replaced by ato with rodi lowering salinity. I love that. And when I take water out to acclimate an animal I use up salt to replace the water.

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Reefpuck · 11/25/2017, 09:49 AM

Looks good so far. Wish I had room to set one up.

Xxxtremewv · 11/25/2017, 10:15 PM

Man that looks great. I wish I had room to do something like that (with the girlfriend losing her mind). Where did you get the containers at? Anywhere online?

iced98lx · 11/26/2017, 09:19 PM

If you plan to run the heater all the time for the DOS to do water changes I'd suggest not, no need to with the amounts you're changing at a time, the in tank heater can easily keep up. Looks good!

homer1475 · 11/29/2017, 04:05 PM

Only thing I would do is add a tap on the RO/DI tank to draw plain RO/DI for cleaning testing equipment and such.

I had to redo my plumbing on my mixing station once I realized I needed RO/DI.

fullonsound · 11/30/2017, 02:59 PM

Hey guy where is good place to get water storage containers for mixing station set up?

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lapin · 11/30/2017, 03:20 PM

Looks GGGGGGGGGreat. Ditto on the extra tap drain in the plumbing. You might have to drain a tank for cleaning.

""Hey guy where is good place to get water storage containers for mixing station set up?""

A local feed store here carries them. Tractor Suppy

fullonsound · 11/30/2017, 06:18 PM

Hey thanks ill check that out.

VoltzNSalt · 12/02/2017, 09:50 PM

USPlastics and Tank-Depot have every size and shape of tank imaginable...

Esh1 · 12/02/2017, 10:15 PM

Looks great! I've my station setup in the basement, though its on the other side of the home and the tank is up stairs. Makes for a good arm workout walking across the basement then up the stairs hauling 5gl buckets. I'd have placed it closer but the floor drain would have been to far away.

I do have a closet in the room that shares a wall with a shower that never gets used and am tempted to move the station upstairs and tap into the shower line + drain. That could turn into a pricy remodel for just a closet.

urban_s · 12/04/2017, 02:53 PM

Nice and clean!!

BigDave · 12/05/2017, 08:57 AM

I'd add a shut-off valve between the pump and the salt-water tank after the T for the output.

I didn't at first and the first time I went to draw fresh water out of the output, the pump pushed past and up into the salt tank.

Having the last valve allows me to turn the water off to the top of the salt tank and divert it out the output. This then allows me to use the pump to draw the rest of the fresh water or salt water out of the bottom of the tanks. Otherwise, gravity won't let the water level drop below the output point.

11/24/2017, 03:58 PM	#2
maddmaxx Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 3,003	kudos. well done... __________________ One Life One Shot Current Tank Info: 40B Mixed reef

11/25/2017, 09:49 AM	#4
Reefpuck Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Georgetown, TX Posts: 1,122	Looks good so far. Wish I had room to set one up. __________________ Josh Current Tank Info: 90g mixed reef w/ 55g sump/fuge.

11/29/2017, 04:05 PM	#7
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Only thing I would do is add a tap on the RO/DI tank to draw plain RO/DI for cleaning testing equipment and such. I had to redo my plumbing on my mixing station once I realized I needed RO/DI. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

11/25/2017, 07:48 AM	#3
vanburen Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 372	I’m doing Awc like this with my DOS and I could not be happier. It is so much nicer than lugging buckets. Assuming that you have an auto top off (mine runs from the ro container) you can add apex outlets for up and down salt. Up salt adds a gallon or two of saltwater which then evaporates and raises salinity. Down salt takes out a gallon which gets replaced by ato with rodi lowering salinity. I love that. And when I take water out to acclimate an animal I use up salt to replace the water. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

11/25/2017, 10:15 PM	#5
Xxxtremewv Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 144	Man that looks great. I wish I had room to do something like that (with the girlfriend losing her mind). Where did you get the containers at? Anywhere online?

11/26/2017, 09:19 PM	#6
iced98lx Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,258	If you plan to run the heater all the time for the DOS to do water changes I'd suggest not, no need to with the amounts you're changing at a time, the in tank heater can easily keep up. Looks good!

11/30/2017, 02:59 PM	#8
fullonsound Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 69	Hey guy where is good place to get water storage containers for mixing station set up? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

11/30/2017, 03:20 PM	#9
lapin Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Austin Posts: 801	Looks GGGGGGGGGreat. Ditto on the extra tap drain in the plumbing. You might have to drain a tank for cleaning. ""Hey guy where is good place to get water storage containers for mixing station set up?"" A local feed store here carries them. Tractor Suppy

11/30/2017, 06:18 PM	#10
fullonsound Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 69	Hey thanks ill check that out.

12/02/2017, 09:50 PM	#11
VoltzNSalt In Memoriam Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Higher than the Mile High City Posts: 137	USPlastics and Tank-Depot have every size and shape of tank imaginable...

12/02/2017, 10:15 PM	#12
Esh1 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 70	Looks great! I've my station setup in the basement, though its on the other side of the home and the tank is up stairs. Makes for a good arm workout walking across the basement then up the stairs hauling 5gl buckets. I'd have placed it closer but the floor drain would have been to far away. I do have a closet in the room that shares a wall with a shower that never gets used and am tempted to move the station upstairs and tap into the shower line + drain. That could turn into a pricy remodel for just a closet.

12/04/2017, 02:53 PM	#13
urban_s Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 53	Nice and clean!!

12/05/2017, 08:57 AM	#14
BigDave Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Wylie, TX Posts: 473	I'd add a shut-off valve between the pump and the salt-water tank after the T for the output. I didn't at first and the first time I went to draw fresh water out of the output, the pump pushed past and up into the salt tank. Having the last valve allows me to turn the water off to the top of the salt tank and divert it out the output. This then allows me to use the pump to draw the rest of the fresh water or salt water out of the bottom of the tanks. Otherwise, gravity won't let the water level drop below the output point.