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Originally Posted by Reef Pilot
During the winter, instead of keeping rodi water on hand, why not produce the water just before you do the water change? I do that all the time anyways, as it only takes 1 day to produce enough rodi water for a water change. And just keep a bucket in the house, enough for evaporation replenishment.
I assume your rodi must be in the house, as no way it could work in -30.
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I thought of that.. but I fear the time when I need to do a sudden water change. My RODI takes forever to produce too..
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Originally Posted by SoloSK71
Couple of options.
1) A large enough volume with sufficient motion may not freeze. You would have to do the calculations to double check.
2) Build an insulated "mini-shed" around the storage containers and combine it with the pump and you will need a lot less energy. Again, need to do some calculations to make sure.
3) The "mini-shed" plus a heater on a timer, just enough to keep from freezing.
All of this and you are still going to have to do a lot to heat the water up for any significant water change or top off.
Charles
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Thanks Charles. Agree with all your points. Have considered building an insulated closet in the garage.