Originally Posted by JABlacher Yeah, I agree that the Tunze is a bit overkill for mixing salt when a $30 Koralia would do the same but thats your choice. Just toss a heater in there if need be to get the water within the temperature of your tank before doing water changes. Ablacher, I like the Tunze overall design and they use less energy than the Koralia so I dished out the extra money for that feature. Twice the price but whatever I can do to stay one step ahead of Consolidated Edison.
Originally Posted by Alaska_Phil That should do the trick, in fact the tunze is overkill. I use a little Minijet 404 rated for about 60gph to mix 10 gals at a time in a Brute garbage can. That tunze is going to create a whirlpool. I also drop a spare heater in there since my mixing room can get down to 60 degrees in winter. Alaska_Phil, it definitely will do that job for mixing the salt and I do plan on including a heater as well as an airstone to aerate the water for 24 hours before placing it into the aquarium for scheduled water changes.
Yeah, I agree that the Tunze is a bit overkill for mixing salt when a $30 Koralia would do the same but thats your choice. Just toss a heater in there if need be to get the water within the temperature of your tank before doing water changes.
That should do the trick, in fact the tunze is overkill. I use a little Minijet 404 rated for about 60gph to mix 10 gals at a time in a Brute garbage can. That tunze is going to create a whirlpool. I also drop a spare heater in there since my mixing room can get down to 60 degrees in winter.
Yes same floor is definitely a plus. I couldn't imagine have to hull water up or down a flight of stairs for the tank. I don't even think I would be willing to hull water from a LFS if I din't have a RODI unit. Hey, do you have a bleed off between the RO and the DI resin to bleed off the TDS creep? I have started doing this with mine under Marc's recommendation; however, I need to get more containers so I can run it longer. My starting RO TDS is around 14 and makes its way to 3-4 after about 30 seconds. Coming out of my DI is 0-1, it seems to bounce back and fourth.
Originally Posted by Midnight Luckily mine is set up above a wash basin in the pool room off the garage that is conveniently located with in 10 feet of the tank. Midnight, do I get kudos for having mind on the same floor as the tank? :-)
Originally Posted by melev That'll work! Melev, just learning from you!
Originally Posted by marks69 couldn't you have just put another shut off under the sink and t'd off of it? my kids would trip over that so quick.lol Marks69, I definitely would have removed it if I own the house myself but I am renting the house so that is why I went the route that I did. It this were my house the setup would be completely different and I would have replaced the plumbing with compression fittings accordingly. But my unit it as least set 5 feet high so I don't think anyone will be tripping anytime soon, especially since it in the bathroom in the Master Bedroom.
Luckily mine is set up above a wash basin in the pool room off the garage that is conveniently located with in 10 feet of the tank.
That'll work!
couldn't you have just put another shut off under the sink and t'd off of it? my kids would trip over that so quick.lol
No worries.
Originally Posted by Midnight maybe you should have gotten a unit from melev's reef shop the price is about 6 dollars more but would have all come in one shipment...plus at the moment he could probably use the extra sales. Midnight, I would have but I am operating on a very small monthly budget set aside for this hobby and I wasn't sure if I would be able to make the purchases all in one shot or I would have. Sorry Melev .
maybe you should have gotten a unit from melev's reef shop the price is about 6 dollars more but would have all come in one shipment...plus at the moment he could probably use the extra sales.
Actually that is what I was going to do, post a blog. I will do that and then you could maybe answer some of my questions. Thank you though for wanting to help me now. ;-)
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