Ro water holding tank

Ok, so i finally got a JBJ auto top off from a local reefer, and I'm getting a little pump for it tonight.

So now I need to figure out what is the best for holding the RO/DI water.

My LFS uses the brutes.

I was kind of hoping to get a transparent food grade water barrel about 20-30 gallons,  but I went to the water store just now and they want a rediculous amount of money for them. So it looks like its the brute for me.

Do you guys put little taps on the side of the can to allow you to remove water easily or just dip it out of the top?

Do you run the electrical for the pump through the side wall and then silicone it in or just over the top? same thing with the hose going to the sump?

I was gonna do the joe thing and make my trash can magically disapear so they bring me a new one. but the one they brought out for me that I use right now is not new at all. so that's out.

Do you guys leave the lid on to keep out bugs and debris? Or do yuo leave it open for good areation?

I'm not really concerned with a heater. Ive never heated any of my water outside of the tank. I do 10% water changes once a week and that 10% of 65 degree water in my tank doesn't even change the temp enough to make my heater come on. i used to heat all the time but now i feel like its just a waste of resources

might be different for you doing a 20% water change instead of a 10% like I do. just keep track of the temps as you change the water and see how it goes :)

I do mine weekly at 10% so if you did that you would only need to do about 7.5, but if you weant to do it bi-weekly then 15 gallons is about right.

hahaha, yeah

yeah, we had a great fall, but it got cold in a hurry once the snow came about 2 weeks ago.

its been right around 0 when I get to work every day and its about 20 during the day.

hours are getting short. sucks

nice

I don;t understand the RO shut off thing. mine is connected to a faucet in my wash tub in the garage, I don't think I can make it turn on and off, unless there is something I'm missing here.

I think mine would need something extra to do that. its just got a faucet adapter with a plastic hose running off it that goes right into the system and then a white hose that runs out the other end and another section that has the waste water.

I don't see how even adding anything in there could shut off my faucet water or how that would go.

Not a big deal, i'm going to have a Brute big enough to hold enough water for a few weeks worth of top off, so if I have to do it manually like I've been doing no biggie

I don't have enough room in my little fish room to do 2 big containers, so I'll probably just do one good sized brute and then mix the fresh saltwater in a seperate holding container outside the room in the garage like Ive always done.

Kinda cramped in there, should ahve built it bigger to take up more of the garage LOL