top off idea, good or bad

[hooked]

Well, I was sitting around thinking about my tank like most do. I have no sump, refug, wet/dry of any kind on my 90g FOWLER. I wanted a way to add my top off without just putting in a gallon at a time and possible shocking my fish. My tank is on a furnace wall and I have about 2 feet on the other side of the wall and was thinking about putting a 5g tank or plastic container on the inside of the furnace room above the main tank. I was thinking then of drilling a small hole in wall big enough for 1/2 pvc then running from the top off to tank and into one of my emperor filters. I will use a ball valve to control flow. Any ideas on this? Would it be bad to store fresh ro/di water in a container exposed to air for a top off? Should I put a lid on top of the top off to keep dust or any other stuff from entering? Am I missing anything?

Thanks,

[hooked]

How long can ro/di water be stored? Does it ever go bad?

[Spanky]

Hey Jim

Just be sure you store it in sealed food grade containers. It's so pure that it will actually absorb contaminants from the air.

Spanks

[MontanaRocknReefer]

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[fishinchick]

I have been told that if kept in a sealed container.... RO water will last for up to 6 months fresh if you keep a powerhead circulating the water. If in that time it gets stale you can place a bag of carbon in front of the powerhead to filter out the stale smell.

HTH.

[Mickadee]

I store my water in 1 gallon jugs that drinking water comes in never had a problem with it.
Mike