Water evaperation

[monsinour]

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Originally Posted by Sparty059 http:///forum/thread/380076/water-evaperation#post_3307698
Well mine is a 125 gallon, and my RO/DI is a 75GPD... so I'll be getting about 3 gallons per hour and if I do 10% every week I'll be looking at a 4 hour's a week for making water... that is... unless I do what meowzer does and just have spare water on the side... which might be the better idea, so I'll probably start working towards doing that and just keeping an extra bucket in the basement and lugging 13 gallons up the stairs once a week
Best advice I can give is to get a 50 gallon rubbermaid trash can, extra powerhead, extra heater, and put all that in the basement. Have your RO/DI make water and store it in that can. then whenever you need water, you wont have to wait days for it. Keep the lid on tight and you should always have ~50 gallons available to you whenever you need it.

 

[meowzer]

50g's is a lot.....I keep 10g's made at all times......which is enough for w/c's for my 2 smaller tanks
 
I have a 45g brute trash can for my 225G tank....I can have 40G's made up in one night....so I make that up right before the weekend

 

[sparty059]

Yeah, I might end up doing that. I typically get a very bad case of paranoia when it comes to this type of stuff and if overflow is a possibility I typically do not sleep well. I know for a fact, I will not sleep a wink the first few days I have water actually running through the overflow in my 125 gallon... I barely slept when I started up my QT... I had to run into the room every 30 minutes to make sure there was no overflow going on and no leaking anywhere. If I get a 50 gallon rubbermaid I might be able to sleep the whole night knowing that the water won't come close to reaching the top since it takes 24 hours for 75 gallons.

 

[meowzer]

LOL..I NEVER leave mine on for water changes....I have a float in my 13G can.....and I put 10g's at a time in my 45g brute.....
 
BEFORE I had the float....YUP...OVERFLOWS happened

after float....never

 

[sparty059]

What is this float you speak of? I will probably be able to sleep well if I have that. Can I use it on my DT as well? Do you have an idea of how it would be built (if it needs building)?

 

[meowzer]

This is it....I have it close to the top of my 13G trash can.....water comes directly from the ro/di unit to it.....and when it reaches the float...it stops