My AIO Mixing/Fill Station

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Too much for a 30 gallon AIO? Perhaps, but I had the 3rd water tank and the additional parts cost less than $40. This was also my first time working with PVC plumbing and the practice has made me feel comfortable with the idea of plumbing a sump system in the future.

There are two things I would change if I could do it again. My in and out pipes as slanted away from each other due to a mis-measurement or not holding the connections tight enough while the glue set; lessons learned. The other is the plugged hole in the rear right. I starting drilling before the parts arrived and the gate valve was too long to plum in that space, but it gives me the option to plumb all three tanks together in the future.

The pictures are pretty self-explanatory. From left to right: ATO, RO container, Mixing/Fill container.

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Cool,,, not sure if I understand completely so:
- how do you get RO/fresh water into your mix container? (don't see a loop "TO" it in the pics)
- why 2 separate containers for ATO and "RO container"? (could just be one bigger one for ATO and pull RO/fresh from there, right,,, or you had 3 containers anyway so worked with what you had?)
 
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Cool,,, not sure if I understand completely so:
- how do you get RO/fresh water into your mix container? (don't see a loop "TO" it in the pics)
- why 2 separate containers for ATO and "RO container"? (could just be one bigger one for ATO and pull RO/fresh from there, right,,, or you had 3 containers anyway so worked with what you had?)
I just use a pump to move it over and yes, I already had three containers. I originally planned on doing what you said with two, but buying the third let me reach the free shipping minimum. I figured I might as well put it to use.
 
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