Mixing Saltwater and getting it back into your tank....

[Werbo]

Originally Posted by Simmy

You can pump your old water to your bathtub with the Hagen 802? What is the head rate for that pump? How far is it from your tank to tub? And how thick is the tube/hose you use? Is it vinyl tubing...1/2 inch inside diameter? Ideally that is what I'd like to do....the bathroom is about 20 25ft from the tank.

Just a standard green vinyl garden hose. Fits the Hagen nozzle perfect. Bathroom is about 20 feet. Takes 30-40 minutes total including clean-up

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by Werbo

Just a standard green vinyl garden hose. Fits the Hagen nozzle perfect. Bathroom is about 20 feet. Takes 30-40 minutes total including clean-up

Yah if it's mostly horizontal/downsloped I don't think this pump would have any issues whatsoever. 20 feet uphill might be a different story

[Aquattro]

I siphon my tank to the bathtub with a 50ft hose, with the tank end measured to drain 50g exactly. I then take the tub end of the hose to the 50g mixing barrel, hook it to a MAG12 and plug it in. When it sucks air, I'm done. Takes about 20 minutes.

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I siphon my tank to the bathtub with a 50ft hose, with the tank end measured to drain 50g exactly. I then take the tub end of the hose to the 50g mixing barrel, hook it to a MAG12 and plug it in. When it sucks air, I'm done. Takes about 20 minutes.

How do you fill that mixing barrel? You use R/O right?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

How do you fill that mixing barrel? You use R/O right?

Yes, I have a RO line that I unroll when needed.

[Simons]

a topic that everyone with an aquarium will deal with.

I have a 100Gal food grade vertical plastic container in my furnace room, RO/DI unit in the same room. It will take a full 20 hours to fill the tank, I have an 400 GPH pump submerged to the bottom and leave it running all the time.

I add approx 9 full cups from my trust salt measuring dispenser, let it sit and mix for a day and verify salinity. I do use a heater since the ambient temp of my furnace room is a few degrees lower than the rest of my basement.

I have 30 feet of 0.5 inch tubing I hook into another submersible pump for water changes, after siphoning out about 80 Gal. I due 80 to 95 Gal every two weeks, but I have over 300Gal of total water volume.

Since I have limited space in my furnace room I went with a 23" wide but 65" tall container. It was just dump luck that the power cords attached to my heater, and pumps just pops out the top of the removable lid. I forgot about that part when I got the tall tank, thinking I was all smart n stuff but...it worked in the end.

[Werbo]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

Yah if it's mostly horizontal/downsloped I don't think this pump would have any issues whatsoever. 20 feet uphill might be a different story

Display tank is 2-3ft above the bathtub so that helps too. But when I drain my sump it takes about the same so the Hagen has more than enough juice