Salt Water Mixing Stations Let's See Them

[Padrino]

I kinda copied cmacld's setup...

Finished mixing station. Still need to test. The pump is a Mag12. I have some other pumps if this one proves to not be up to snuff...

RC headloss calculator: Total losses are 5.37 feet of head pressure, or 2.32 PSI. with a flow rate of 1002 GPH.

Why are there two valves above the mixing tank and another valve over the saltwater tank? Well I made a boo boo and wanted to recycle most of what I had already built....

Question for you, where did you get those barrels and what are they worth each? Love them way more than my standard 55 gal poly drums

 

[browning_boy20]

Why do you have a mixing tank and a saltwater tank? Why wouldn't you mix it in the salt tank?

 

[Steveb]

Question for you, where did you get those barrels and what are they worth each? Love them way more than my standard 55 gal poly drums

I got them from alltanks dot com here in Houston. They are HDPE and they where 140 USD with bulkhead.

Why do you have a mixing tank and a saltwater tank? Why wouldn't you mix it in the salt tank?

I'm implementing a continuous change water system and didn't want to have to shut it down when mixing new saltwater. Otherwise you could just do a 2 tank system.

 

[stacy_vennes]

heres ours

 

[OsiViper]

Just about finished with mine.

 

[Psirex]

Very simple...

My mixing station

My pump

Drain from DT and sump from upstairs drains into utility sink

Output to DT and ATO

I control the pump via a remote controlled power outlet add on

For whatever reason the original didn't show pics...

 

[johnwick]

Here's mine. Simple. Effective. RO/DI goes in top. Top barrel had float switch to turn off water. Gravity feeds to lower barrel where salt water is mixed and kept using power head and heater.

Top freshwater barrel has a spigot for easy Auto top off container refills.

 

[woodnaquanut]

Here's mine. Simple. Effective. RO/DI goes in top. Top barrel had float switch to turn off water. Gravity feeds to lower barrel where salt water is mixed and kept using power head and heater.

Nice. Some questions:

Does the saltwater mix loop go back into salt brute just below the union I can see on front?

I assume the water is circulated by a submersible pump in the SW brute, right?

Are all your 'thru brute' connections via uniseals?

I think that's all the questions for now!

 

[nuch]

2 65 gallon tanks

2 65 gallon tanks

 

[nuch]

 

[kpk]

Gotta plumb it.

 

[cubanazo83]

Hello, I'm trying to do the same you did with those tanks. But there are something that I'm not sure how to do it. Can you please help me telling me if you have any pictures of the pluming inside the tank, or how you did it? And another questions is the pump inside the tank?? Thank you very much for your help.

 

[cubanazo83]

These cover my ATO and semi-auto water change apparatus. The lower 15 gallon drum is for SW while the upper is the RO drum attached to the ATO float valve and gate valves to fill the lower drum. The upper drum is filled automatically by the RO filter attached to an RO filter float valve. Once SW is mixed, I have matching pumps and the valves are sent to remove old water from the overflow directly to the kitchen sink and add new water to the sump from the SW drum. The whole process takes about 15 miuntes. I have also recently added (not pictured) a secondary valve off the new SW sump fill line to be able to easily get water for my QT when needed.

Hello, I'm trying to do the same you did with those tanks. But there are something that I'm not sure how to do it. Can you please help me telling me if you have any pictures of the pluming inside the tank, or how you did it? And another questions is the pump inside the tank?? Thank you very much for your help.

 

[Dustin1300]

This Weekend's Project (Water Mixing Station)

This Weekend's Project (Water Mixing Station)

Just wrapped up water mixing station with 2 X 200 Gallon Vertical Tanks from Tank Depot and a couple DC10000 pumps for keeping the water moving/mixed. Also have a line from RO/DI tank and SW to basement to do fast water changes should they need to be done and to plump directly into reactors to rinse carbon/GFO with a couple flips of the valves.

Another step closer to having tank in full swing!

Stand Design:


Built:


Full Picture:


Another angle. Valves on outside of each will have loc-line connected to them to fill a bucket for water/saltwater, etc...:

 

[anarchyx914]

Are you guys getting these awesome containers online?

 

[SteviesReef]

All of these container cost as much, if not more to ship, than the container itself costs. I've been looking local for some time.

 

[rovster]

Here's a quick video...not enough room to take a pic. I ended up putting an additional rio pump in the salt bin to prevent the salt from settling on the bottom. Speeds up the mixing time too. Definitely recommend the overflows.

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What is the purpose of the vertical components with the long horizontal pipe run? I also noticed you did a collection trap (the u part) like under a sink. Curious what the thinking is here? Not questioning design. I will be doing one soon, and would appreciate any tips and suggestions for why things were done that way. Thanks!

 

[Dustin1300]

Are you guys getting these awesome containers online?

As stated above, ordered mine from Tank Depot. Required some bleaching to clean up the outside to sparkling white!

http://www.tank-depot.com/productdetails.aspx?part=N-41856

 

[Sean626]

25 Gallons each 18"x30"

Stainless table

3/4" Pipe

PanWorld 40PX Pump

BRS 75 GPD 5 STAGE RO/DI Plus system

That is one nice station

 

[joedc]

Here's mine its hidden due to my basement being finished