ATO water

[legalreefer]

How do you store your water? Do you let it circulate or does it sit stagnant?

 

[spankdog]

Mine is in an old salt bucket with a sealed top. Just a small hole in the top for the hose

 

[superclown]

I make 2 weeks worth at a time my ato container is a christmas wrapping container holds about 5 gallons of water. This used to be one weeks worth of water until I switched to led's

 

[eagle9252]

mine will last about a week on a cool days. I only store around 9 gallons. and the sw is filled and then mixed about 1 to 2 days before using.

 

[rdnelson]

Mine is in a 5 gal bucket with a lid on it. No circulation.

 

[tsellers]

I keep a 40 gallon container filled with my RO/DI water that I use to make salt water and fill up my ATO reservoir. I do not have a circulation pump in my container.

 

[eagle9252]

opps sorry, No circulation. there is some slight movement of backflow when the pump stops. but not a lot. if you can keep it air tight and no light it will keep for a long time with no circulation. due to nothing in the water

 

[kirkwood]

i store mine in a 5gal jug in my stand. No circulation and only minimally exposed to air (lid just cracked enough to prevent a vacuum effect when the ATO pump kicks on).

 

[cjsparky]

I used to store mine in a food grade 55 gallon drum. Hole was only big enough at the top to accept the RO/DI hose. No circulation. My uneducated guess is the only issue with sealed but stagnant RO/DI would be leaching oxygen content...but that should be no big deal right? A few trips through the sump and skimmer fixes that no?

CJ