Salt Water Mixing Stations Let's See Them

[reelredfish]

I have never had issues with it sitting for a month. I do run a pump on mine 24/7 pulls from the bottom of the tank and puts it back in to the top.

I dont see where its an issue if its mixed all the time or even part time on a schedule. Water sits in your aquarium for long periods of time. How is this any diffrent?

Just my thinking i may be wrong but have yet to see an issue from it.

 

[jason2459]

I have never had issues with it sitting for a month. I do run a pump on mine 24/7 pulls from the bottom of the tank and puts it back in to the top.

I dont see where its an issue if its mixed all the time or even part time on a schedule. Water sits in your aquarium for long periods of time. How is this any diffrent?

Just my thinking i may be wrong but have yet to see an issue from it.

Difference is sitting no pump at all. If you didn't have any circulation in your aquarium for several hours that can start to be a very very bad thing.

We're also talking about small hourly/daily automatic water changes. I'm doing 2 minute water changes on the hour, 21 hours a day, to produce ~2gpd water changes.

 

[jason2459]

I'm on a smaller scale than you, but I mix internally with power head mounted bottom/center pointed straight up, and ordinary 150w heater 24 hours before my 10g weekly wc.

Doing a weekly to monthly water change for a higher percentage of the water at once you would certainly want the water parameters like heat and oxygen levels to be similar.

Doing very small hourly/daily changes there's more room for play there.

One issue I could see with long term storage with out some kind of circulation is if the salt mix contains organics. One reason I've always went with basic IO and will continue to do so is reduce any issues that might produce.

 

[zachts]

OK I looked a few days ago but now I can not find the answer.

I am getting ready to setup 2x 200g mixing station. One 200g for RODI and one 200g for SW.

Some people say mix right before you use it and don't let it sit for too long. While personally I have let SW sit for a week before. While right now I am using Brute cans, I do get the brown caking on the sides.

I plan on sitting the sw up to do daily small water changes through a stinner pump.

So my question is how long can/should sw not only sit, before use, but sit in general.

I plan on putting a pump to mix during salt addition, also to keep it moving. Piped from the bottom to a hard pipe into the top.

What luck have people had using something like an MP60 mounted to the bottom. Mixing before use VS 24/7 mixing.

What about a heater?

I found some of my question in a few places, but trying to get a conscious from this post, geared toward mixing station / storage.

Thanks

-Larry

btw, yeah I am adding a 265 tank to my fish room. So I will have 120+180+265 for DT and sumps below. So going through 200g will be interesting.

An air stone and a small pump like a MJ1200 or an old korilla is more than enough for maintaining the mixed salt. No way I'd waste an MP 60 for my salt barrel. Or run the main mixing pump periodically on a timer.

On my 30gal brute container I just run the air stone on for about 15min each time the AWC pump runs 7 times a day or so......running since march of last year. No issues. Takes about a month to use up the water before mixing more.

 

[worm5406]

An air stone and a small pump like a MJ1200 or an old korilla is more than enough for maintaining the mixed salt. No way I'd waste an MP 60 for my salt barrel. Or run the main mixing pump periodically on a timer.

On my 30gal brute container I just run the air stone on for about 15min each time the AWC pump runs 7 times a day or so......running since march of last year. No issues. Takes about a month to use up the water before mixing more.

A 6 foot tall 200g container is a bit different than the 30gal brute that you and I both are currently using. LOL

My future total water volume will be about 700g. A preplanned 10% weekly change turns out about 70 gallons a week.

 

[coffee_snob]

A 6 foot tall 200g container is a bit different than the 30gal brute that you and I both are currently using. LOL

My future total water volume will be about 700g. A preplanned 10% weekly change turns out about 70 gallons a week.

Meh, I would store 200g rodi, but only mix 70g weekly as needed. You could get away with smaller mixing pump and heater.

 

[worm5406]

Meh, I would store 200g rodi, but only mix 70g weekly as needed. You could get away with smaller mixing pump and heater.

Yeah but I am going to set it up to also be able to do larger water changes, not just the automatic ones. Also a larger sw storage will give me ability to rinse gfo and carbon.

 

[dbl]

Thought I would share another example. Don't hold the flooring and tile work against me, it was not complete at the time of the photo.

 

[zachts]

Yeah but I am going to set it up to also be able to do larger water changes, not just the automatic ones. Also a larger sw storage will give me ability to rinse gfo and carbon.

200g of stored saltwater isn't a problem if you going thru 70+ a week and keeping it circulated and airated. In a tall narrower container I would think you could get a way with an air stone for maintaining the water between mixing batches (course it would take a much beefier air pump and larger stone than the standard run of the mill big box store air pump to force air all the way to the bottom of the tank) But it would be cheaper to run power wise than a water pump. Or just have the mixing pump kick on a few times a day to circulate water as long as it will introduce some air as it circulates, ie at least some water drops in above the storage container water line.

 

[mrkalel]

I have read it shouldn't matter for Saltwater to sit for a week or more without agitation... But I normally mix a fresh set right after my Sunday water change... Let it mix for 24hrs then 1hr a day with my pump on a timer...seems to be perfectly fine...

 

[jason2459]

Chemistry section would be a great resource for this topic.

 

[worm5406]

Chemistry section would be a great resource for this topic.

Starting a new thread there. Thanks so far everyone.

 

[shaggss]

Here's my mobile station.

kgk

Nice! Would you mind sharing a link to where you bought those containers?

Thanks in advance!

 

[dbl]

Here are a few sites that sell containers. If you have a Tractor Supply Co. Store near you, they sell some as well. I purchased mine from the first link.

http://www.tank-depot.com/

http://www.ntotank.com/

http://www.plasticwatertanks.com/

 

[worm5406]

OK Started a thread in chemistry to get ideas moving.

My 2x 200g will not be movable like that but that is pretty interesting espc for multiple tanks in a small room.

 

[kgk]

kgk

Nice! Would you mind sharing a link to where you bought those containers?

Thanks in advance!

Here are the tanks. They are 16 gallons each.

Here's the cart. The big wheels are awesome for door jambs, curbs, etc.

 

[shaggss]

Here are the tanks. They are 16 gallons each.

Here's the cart. The big wheels are awesome for door jambs, curbs, etc.

Cool, thank you very much!

 

[dabob79]

Holy crap! I came here looking for ideas for a simple mixing station for my new setup, but everything here is a bit more complex than what I can do right now. I'll be moving in May, into a rented townhome. Obviously I can't run any lines or pipe or anything like that, so my RO/DI and mixing station will be in the laundry room and the display tank/sump are in the living room, completely separate from each other. I was looking for ideas for a simple mixing station in the laundry room where the RO/DI unit will be, and then ideas for doing water changes without lugging buckets back and forth. This is for a 93 gallon rimless, Eshopps R-100 sump in the stand. Thanks!!

 

[worm5406]

I use Brute trash cans. Add RODI add salt and mix.

But that is the simple way...

 

[coffee_snob]

Holy crap! I came here looking for ideas for a simple mixing station for my new setup, but everything here is a bit more complex than what I can do right now. I'll be moving in May, into a rented townhome. Obviously I can't run any lines or pipe or anything like that, so my RO/DI and mixing station will be in the laundry room and the display tank/sump are in the living room, completely separate from each other. I was looking for ideas for a simple mixing station in the laundry room where the RO/DI unit will be, and then ideas for doing water changes without lugging buckets back and forth. This is for a 93 gallon rimless, Eshopps R-100 sump in the stand. Thanks!!

Pump connected to "1 silicone hose long enough to reach between the two points. Pump old out (to laundry drain), pump new in from your existing station or a 20g Brute that hold RODI/SW.