For those who a familiar with salt water tanks one of the pains we Indore are freak went water changes. Most of use usually do this in a 5 gallon bucket. I do 15gallons a week on a 90 gal reef, imagine when you start a 220 or larger. Once you've done this for a while you start thinking of easer ways. So here's what I've come up with so for form a few spare parts laying around and a trip or two to the hardware store.
here's most of the parts 30 gal barrel, pvc fittings,mag drive pump,stealth heaters
here's it assembled. one valve for mixing and the other for pumping it out
now I went a little over board on the stand I needed 8" for the pump so I took some angle I had laying around and welded it up and then I powder coated it, best way to paint metal as far as I'm concerned and easy.
I put a valve on the bottom to drain it
well there it is what ounce took me a half hour now takes me 5 minutes.just make the 15 gals of water with a ro/di unit dump 9 cups of salt turn the heaters and pump on and your done. when it gets up to temp I just roll to the tank and pump it in.
here's most of the parts 30 gal barrel, pvc fittings,mag drive pump,stealth heaters
here's it assembled. one valve for mixing and the other for pumping it out
now I went a little over board on the stand I needed 8" for the pump so I took some angle I had laying around and welded it up and then I powder coated it, best way to paint metal as far as I'm concerned and easy.
I put a valve on the bottom to drain it
well there it is what ounce took me a half hour now takes me 5 minutes.just make the 15 gals of water with a ro/di unit dump 9 cups of salt turn the heaters and pump on and your done. when it gets up to temp I just roll to the tank and pump it in.
