Suggestion for approx 10g ATO reservoir that will fit inside a JBJ 45g tank stand?

[IzzyTheFool]

If anyone is familiar with the stand that JBJ sells to accompany their 45g and 30g Rimless all-in-one tanks, I'd love some suggestions for a RO water reservoir. The stand has a center wall which cuts the space inside by half. My left side with the shelf is filled with my UPS and other wiring/plumbing. This leaves the right side which is just to small to hold a standard 10g all-glass aquarium longways front to back. I'm not handy enough to custom build an acrylic tank like some others. Any thoughts?

And on the same note, do people suggest a powerhead or bubbler in the RO water resovoir just to keep oxygen levels up and the water moving, or is this not important at all. Thanks!

 

[jgraz]

I don't use a powerhead. I just don't see the point. The amount of water added at any give time is really not enough to effect any thing.
As far as a reservoir you could always go smaller. Maybe a 5gal water jug.

 

[kevin]

I just bought one of these 5gallons though
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002IW6JS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
9" wide x 15.25" long x 11.5" high.

 

[mnat]

There is a guy on manhattan reefs that builds custom sumps/ato containers for people like you were room is very important. If you can't have something made custom, then yeah smaller containers.

+1 to nothing in the ato container, not necessary.

 

[redfishbluefish]

For my JBJ 28 I'm using a cereal container from Walmart. What I like about it is the wide opening in the top to make water additions very easy. This one is only two gallons, but still check out the other plastic containers they have....loads of all different sizes.

 

[IzzyTheFool]

Thank you all for the suggestions. Much appreciated!

I settled on a 5.5 gallon Rhino Pak from Amazon.

 

[kevin]

For my JBJ 28 I'm using a cereal container from Walmart. What I like about it is the wide opening in the top to make water additions very easy. This one is only two gallons, but still check out the other plastic containers they have....loads of all different sizes.

What's holding the line to the bottom??

 

[redfishbluefish]

What's holding the line to the bottom??

Kevin, it's half inch plexi that I first cut a kerf (slot), using my radial arm saw that snugly fits the tubing, and then cut into a circle using a hole saw. These were originally made to fit into the mouth of a one gallon Ocean Spray juice jug. I no longer use these jugs, having switched over to the gallon cereal containers with the wide mouths. But these weights still work just fine. I have them in my Alk, Calc and ATO containers.....a big square one in my ten gallon ATO container.

 

[TanksNStuff]

That's a pretty neat idea Paul. I may borrow that for the containers for my new dosing pumps. I'm sure I have some acrylic scraps laying around that I could use.

 

[kevin]

Kevin, it's half inch plexi that I first cut a kerf (slot), using my radial arm saw that snugly fits the tubing, and then cut into a circle using a hole saw. These were originally made to fit into the mouth of a one gallon Ocean Spray juice jug. I no longer use these jugs, having switched over to the gallon cereal containers with the wide mouths. But these weights still work just fine. I have them in my Alk, Calc and ATO containers.....a big square one in my ten gallon ATO container.

Ahh.. neat! I need something like this!