Mixing station Questions

[Lance A. Lot]

I see a lot of mixing stations on here and it looks like the ones that use the 55 gallon food grade drums (like what I have) use bulkheads and not uniseals for plumbing around the curved sides of the drums. How do they keep them from leaking? I thought I should use a uniseal for this kind of plumbing but if there is a way to use a threaded bulkhead I would rather do that.

 

[chucklez]

I used uniseals. Cheaper, leak proof (if done right), and readily available

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[Lance A. Lot]

I used uniseals. Cheaper, leak proof (if done right), and readily available

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If done right?
is there a secret I should know?

 

[chucklez]

Drill right size hole with a hole bit.nice smooth edges not jagged

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[makeshift101]

Just use a uniseal, I tried using bulkheads on some curved stuff and it just didnt work, no matter how much i tried to seal it. It will save you time, money and frustration

 

[Aqua Man 07]

i used bulkheads on my 100 gallon tanks with no problems. you could always heat the surface a little with a heat gun and tighten the bulkhead while the plastic is still hot.

 

[Pife]

Uniseal here

 

[Lance A. Lot]

While we are on the topic... What pumps do you use for your mixing stations? Mine will have 2 55 gallon drums and I want to have enough power to pump SW across the room (21ft over 5.5ft up) to my display tank.

 

[Aqua Man 07]

I'm using a panworld 200ps.

 

[Pife]

Iwaki something.

 

[chucklez]

Iwaki something.

^^^ditto

 

[Lance A. Lot]

anybody have good pictures of their mixing stations?

 

[Coreybg]

mixing station

mixing station

i do but still can't figure out why some of my pics won't post.

 

[kegogut]

I use an MJ1200~

 

[Aqua Man 07]

 

[ItzJustinN]

i got two bulkheads on a 55g drum and niether one is leaking.
did not have to do anything special just put them on and good to go.

 

[Lance A. Lot]

I ordered some uniseals. I will let you know how it goes.

 

[Lance A. Lot]

What I have done so far:

Slop sink between the laundry and the blue barrels? I'm thinking yes.

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[kegogut]

Yes.Gotta have a slop sink.

 

[chucklez]