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Offline Grymtooth

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So I made a thing
« on: October 16, 2016, 16:54:16 »
As most of you know, I have a small 20 gallon tank, and recently I started making my own water from an RO unit someone graciously provided. Thanks to a work trip and selling some stuff at the frag swap, I was able to get some things I had been wanting...

So now that I have better filtration, how am I going to get it from garage to bathroom on the other side of the house?

Went to Lowes and picked up some wood, and this is what I came up with:


The RO/DI will bolt in at the top, and the pump will be below. I don't have all the tubing yet to hook it all up, and going to paint the "rack" before it's first use.

Thought I would share my first "useful" wood project.

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2016, 17:03:48 »
 :-Thumb     Nicely done
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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2016, 17:13:02 »
  Very nice ! ! !  :sSig_checkmark:
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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2016, 18:14:53 »
Thanks! Will post more pictures once I get it painted and get everything in place. I will need to order some tubes from marine depot unless Lazy has some colored 1/4" tubing...

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2016, 19:08:34 »
I have 1/4" blue tubing and most ro/di fittings you may need.

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2016, 19:09:50 »
Was hoping to get red and some other color as well. How much for the blue?

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2016, 19:11:08 »
I should be good on fittings as well, I have the adapter for the sink. I can't think of any others I would need right now

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2016, 19:31:55 »
It is .25 cents a foot

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2016, 19:41:59 »
Cool, mark me down for 5 feet. Dunno when I can pick up, hopefully this next weekend

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2016, 12:23:02 »
Almost done, all that's left is tubing, and some form of storage items (wrench, and the in/out tubes)



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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2016, 14:10:07 »
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Nice clean setup


Currently doing a 75g build | http://ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=16275.0| tanks of the past : 26g Bowfront LPS and Fish| http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=4858.0 || 37g a little of everything | http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=7751.0

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2016, 14:22:08 »
Thanks!

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2016, 21:01:10 »
Looks great, awesome idea!

Offline Kenn

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2016, 21:08:30 »
Do you know what the waste vs recovery is on that system? How much R/O vs wasted water that is discarded.

Thanks!
Currently doing a 75g build | http://ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=16275.0| tanks of the past : 26g Bowfront LPS and Fish| http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=4858.0 || 37g a little of everything | http://www.ohioreef.com/index.php?topic=7751.0

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."   < K >

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Re: So I made a thing
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2016, 13:25:23 »
No data on the ratio yet. I haven't even hooked it up yet, but as soon as I throw some water through it, I'll let you know. It's only a 100gpd RO/DI set from MarineDepot, with the booster I am anticipating close to a 1c:1d or 1c:1.5d or so.

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