bdyslm

Should have posted this here instead of in beginner. Stealing picture from another member. I have a 20g brute. I filled it up to the top edge of the larger indentation under the handle on the side. Is that 15, 17, 18 gallons? How do I know so I can properly calculate how much salt to dump in. I'm sure someone has figured this out before.

anyone done this for a 20 gallon brute?

Stealing picture from another member. I have a 20g brute. I filled it up to the top edge of the larger indentation under the handle on the side. Is that 15, 17, 18 gallons? How do I know so I can properly calculate how much salt to dump in. I'm sure someone has figured this out before.

Hey Brian...thanks for the GSP! I ordered a cheap submersible pump off of amazon that I'm going to use to mix the SW and then when i need the mixed SW, I'll just hook up a length of vinyl tubing (have a bunch) to it to pump into 5g buckets for now. that at least gets me going while I plan something more long term and detailed. float valve in on the way. brute dolly's are about to be ordered. need more time to plan a platform for ro/di container so I can gravity feed into SW brute.

hmmm that might work better due to the shape and the space i have available my brutes are the small 20 gallon ones.. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Rubbermaid-Commercial-Products-BRUTE-20G-VENTED-RETAIL-COMBO-GRAY/1002102848

yeah the float valves have been in my amazon shopping cart since before i got the actual RO unit. right now I'm running a timer on my phone...as a reminder and just get an idea of how long it takes to make a certain amount.

so the challenge is that I dont have the space in the laundry room for two brutes. at least not side by side. if the SW holds and doesnt go bad quickly like i've read, I can also fill one brute, mix the SW in it, and replace that one with the other brute and have it filled with RO/DI so I always have some of both on hand.

ok after the initial elation subsided.... do i get an inexpensive pump to pump water out of the brute with RO/DI into my second brute and mix the SW in there? That way i can do a smaller amount and it's easier to carry upstairs? or pick up and pour into the 5 gal buckets?

Thanks to a fellow WAMAS member I got a good deal on a Marine Depot 4 stage. After several trips to HD, I finally got it all hooked up with wye between the washer cold water and hanging in the laundry room (theres a drain there and I'm in a TH rental). No more schlepping buckets from Sterling to Centreville Aquarium or Capital Aquarium in Manassas and back. I'd doing my freaking happy dance! Next up making my own SW. If anyone wants to comment. I'm just below 80psi into the unit. How long should it take me to make a 20 gallon brute? Got the alarm set for 20 minutes. I know it will take longer but just want to check on progress. Next up is probably a float valve so I dont have to worry about that. For making SW. Wondering if I should just mix 20 gallons worth in the brute? But then I'm dipping 5 gallon buckets in the brute to schlep it upstairs to the tanks. Concerned about contaminates by dunking the bucket. Highly doubt I can carry the brute up a flights and half of stairs and even I can do I want to? I could just make the RO right into the 5 gallon buckets but again doesnt seem like the most efficient. Being in a rental that I know Im moving out of next summer, I dont really want to build out a full mixing station. I'm just happy to be making it myself at this point but more details to work out. 20 gallons the first time might make sense because I will need to fill my daughters new IM Nuvo 20. But on a weekly/bi-weekly basis I'll be doing a 5 gallon change in my nuvo 40 and 5 gallons in her nuvo 20. Unless others thinks that too much in the 20. Point is....I'm starting out with RSCP salt and I've heard you shouldnt keep it longer than 3-4 hours after mixing so making a whole 20 and having it sit there doesnt seem to work.