R-3 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Just wondering what everyone is using for an ATO container? Need some suggestions.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBlue Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) I am kind of lucky since all my gear is in the garage, so I use a 5 gallon water jug. Drilled a small hole in the back of it so it dumps out quickly when I remove the tubing for cleaning it out. I can also put a golf tee in the hole to keep it from leaking if I ever needed to use it for picking up water. Sent from my SM-G928V using Tapatalk Edited March 9, 2016 by PowderBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratore Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Same, I use a 5 gallon bucket also. Was thinking about drilling my 10 gallon tank to use instead but....I turned it into a nano haha. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbarockies Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Same, I use a 5 gallon bucket also. Was thinking about drilling my 10 gallon tank to use instead but....I turned it into a nano haha. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Why do you drill the ato tank? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratore Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I was going to drill it because I used a gravity fed ato. The bucket sits above my sump. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbarockies Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Gotcha. Thank you Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I use a 5g water jug. I put a cinderblock in my sump to raise it up a little bit and just swap the jugs out. I have a ton of them from when I used to do water changes, so I make 30-40g at a time n 5g jugs and that will last me a couple months. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 These, Winco sells them for $6. One for my topoff, one for my skimmate, and a bunch full of RO in the garage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Winco it is! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySaber Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Yep I have the one from winco too speaking of which need to swing by and grab another one. Oh and a 5gallon food grade bucket for saltwater mixing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevo5 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 30 gallon brute can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 These, Winco sells them for $6. One for my topoff, one for my skimmate, and a bunch full of RO in the garage These are exactly what I use, love em! I think Jeff told me about them even... You can drill the lid and put in float switches if you are into automatically refilling the ATO (I am... ) You can also put in the feed line from the RODI, and the lines that draw for the ATO and Kalk feed. The lid is a killer panel to mount this stuff to. In the end you have a lid, that you can screw onto any one of these empty containers, that automatically fills itself up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 You can drill the lid and put in float switches if you are into automatically refilling the ATO (I am... ) Dude you know your nuts right. I hope you have a conductivity meter on that Apex controlling this somehow. PNWMAS lost a very very good tank a while back due to it having an automated filling of the top off reservoir. Be careful. One for my topoff, one for my skimmate, I would not want to know how that smells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssappington Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 30 gallon brute can. same- 20 gal brute can for my smaller tank- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevo5 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 So I've got the 30g Brute can in a closet behind the tank. I drilled a whole in the wall to run the lines to the sump. In the Brute I have a float switch that will send me an alarm once the level gets too low - and at that point it will turn off the pump altogether so it wont run dry. The switch is about two inches higher than the pump, though, so I can manually top it off a bit more if I'm out of town or something...manually meaning turn on the ATO pump via the Apex. At first I was refilling the can by pumping in water from my RODI station, but I kept having a problem with saltwater in the lines (I was using the same pump system to do water changes so there was always salt leftover). Now I just walk the 20ft with one of those jugs to refill it with fresh water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoreefer17 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I was going to drill it because I used a gravity fed ato. The bucket sits above my sump. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk How do you gravity feed ATO? Just set amount drip/day? Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratore Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) How do you gravity feed ATO? Just set amount drip/day? Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk I have a little float ball thing(can't remember proper term ha). Basically I have my bucket that sits above the sump with a while drilled in the bottom. Basic RODI tubing goes into the hole and then runs down to my sump where the ball valve is. When the water level drops the valve lowers allowing water to drip in. Then closes again when the water level rises. It's not nearly as complicated as it sounds haha. Float switch thing I'm referring too. I used a different one though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited March 9, 2016 by Paratore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 These, Winco sells them for $6. One for my topoff, one for my skimmate, and a bunch full of RO in the garage Is this thing 5 gallons too? I may have to make the trip down to Winco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratore Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Yes they are! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) I use the winco special...have to refill it about every 2-3 weeks on my nano. Im paranoid though, so i only put the intake tube a couple inches below the water level. On my large tank i use a combination of 40 gallon brute which is manually plumbed to a home depot 5 gal bucket. Thats about every three days...in fact that reminds me i need to fill it:) Edited March 9, 2016 by Mandinga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunpeal Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Blue 7 gallon jug from bimart when they were on sale for ~$12. Has a wide mouth hole for easy refilling from my blue 5 gallon. Would love to have it hard plumbed, but not an option right now Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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