Adding large water reservoir to system

[~Flighty~]

I could run the output of the reservoir into the fuge or a pseudo skimmer thingy with microbubbles and uppy downy things to get them out again if I need to, but I have not heard of the O2 problem mentioned in other people's setups. Have you? Maybe I could experiment with a damsel and see if it has trouble with the output water.

 

[~Flighty~]

Anyone want to go to Utica?

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[joefitz]

Bad Cindy! Now I want one! ;-)

 

[~Flighty~]

It wouldn't be hard to burry that outside and run the plumbing in through the wall. It would only take 20 or so buckets of IO to fill it the first time ...

 

[Jill & Brian]

nice ... now that's talking

forget your meager 600 gallons... THIS is the ultimate in stability

-Brian

By the way, I like your original idea. I am interested to see your progress if you decide to do it.

 

[Matt L.]

I could run the output of the reservoir into the fuge or a pseudo skimmer thingy with microbubbles and uppy downy things to get them out again if I need to, but I have not heard of the O2 problem mentioned in other people's setups. Have you? Maybe I could experiment with a damsel and see if it has trouble with the output water.

I can't guarentee you that there will be a dissolved oxygen problem, or that there won't be a dissolved oxygen problem. I just wanted to caution you that it may be a problem.

Also, its not just a matter of how much air you introduce to the water, but how long the water is in contact with the air. In other words, if the water in the reservoir becomes very depleted in terms of oxygen, then it will take a large amount of air to be in contact with the exiting water a long time to return the oxygen level to near saturation.

Matt

 

[Conlius]

i would rather have a 1000 gallon tank

 

[PyroJon]

I think it's a great idea and if I had the room I would have done it ages ago.

I can, however, see Matt L's cautions about oxygen. If your big container full of water is a closed system with no method of adding oxygen in that area you may run into problems with that water losing oxygen due to bacteria and such living in that space.
People that use coils of tubing buried under ground to heat/cool sometimes have this problem, if the water is moving too slowly by the time the water gets to the the far end of the tube it's lost all it's oxygen and begins to stink of sulphur thanks to anerobic bacteria living in the low oxygen environment of the tube.
So you pump oxygenated water into the system and oxygen free water flows out. The efficientcy of your system in terms of it's ability to oxygenate your water will come into play. You may want to find out ahead of time if your system can handle the need to replace all of that oxygen.

As far as water changes, why should they get smaller (reletivly) or become a hassle? Put a couple of valves on your storage tank, when it's time to do a water change, close the valve sending water back to the reef, open another valve to empty the big tank, put in new water and salt, mix, and open the first valve again. Simple, easy, HUGE water change.


Good luck!
Jon