Is there an award for being a reef dummy head?

[my2rotties]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

I've been trying to fit 50 gallons into a 20 gallon container for at least 20 years and cant figure it out, if you can please share.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

you need to use the square 20g. 50 gallons won't fit in a round 20g container, I've tried.

So that's the trick! I've spilled more water then I can remember. The worse was an extra large rubbermaid container of curing live rock, it sprung a leak and the water spilled all over the floor!

[Parker]

I'm pretty good with the RO but I have a habit of shooting water out of the tank with powerheads while blowing off the rocks.

[my2rotties]

That's a wonderful idea!!! Mind you to stay focused on timing out how long we need to have the timer going will be the challenge. There are always a million more interesting things to do rather then watch water into a pail. I have made almost to the end, and the dogs wanted in, the phone rang, went to refill my java...

The bucket in the sink is a great idea but the lines are not long enough to do it. I was thinking to go to UFA to get a very big water storage drum or plastic rain barrel, but I am not sure if the plastic will leech toxins or not.

Anyone use anything aside of rubbermaid garbage cans for water? At least I could probably wait all night before flooding the basement or something. My husband was able to install the sink, but not close to where he plumbed the RO unit. He did not think we needed a sink but changed his mind later in the project.

Originally Posted by i have crabs

i now stick the bucket in the sink (laundry sink) when i make just a bucket at a time.
im gonna go buy a sprinkler timer so i can just crank the time to run for a hour or 2 at a time

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

you need to use the square 20g. 50 gallons won't fit in a round 20g container, I've tried.

Oh for Chrissakes; why didn't you tell me this earlier?

[X-Treme]

Doesn't anyone have timers in thier houses? It takes me roughly 73ish minutes to fill an 18L water jug, so I set the timer on the microwave for 73 minutes and go down and wait 2 more min for the last 3 inches or so. Haven't spilled a drop yet.

[my2rotties]

The day before I spent time downstairs with my iphone stopwatch timing how long everything fills. Then an alarm would go off when the time went by... The next day were downstairs and I didn't bring the phone down with me.

Its a no brainer to time things, but I never said I had much for brains to begin with.

Originally Posted by X-Treme

Doesn't anyone have timers in thier houses? It takes me roughly 73ish minutes to fill an 18L water jug, so I set the timer on the microwave for 73 minutes and go down and wait 2 more min for the last 3 inches or so. Haven't spilled a drop yet.

[Jay180reef]

Oh ya, I would go to bed and flood the kitchen floor with RO, the worst was when a prestage filter burst in the RO unit and the flow rate went up 400%, my 2hr brute can fill took 30mins, and I noticed it an hour too late

[Mrfish55]

I am solving my problem once and for all, I just got back from the plumbing store with a soleniod water valve that will hook up to a float switch, when the reservoir is full the water is automatically shut off, total cost $35.00.

[Jay180reef]

hmm, I have one of those solenoid valves in the humidifyer on the furnace...maybe I'll 'borrow' it!