If your gonna use this as the Res.Gonna need to some how make it lightproof.
As you know algae will be a issue.Tape,paint or cover with some R-max board to help insulate.....Would be my suggestions.
Beech
ps.Im ready for you to start very interested!! With all you have done with Pools this should be
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ill be spray painting it black. I'll be using atex board on top to mount the water pipes. The feed pump will have a drain T in it so I can do quick water replacement. I always have 40 gal of ro/di water on hand due to needing it to make salt water for my fish tank. I'll just add a feed line with a float valve to the res. I'm thinking about installing a doser to the system so that once I'm comfy, I'd like to experiment with constant supply of nutes that would maintain that weeks level instead of letting them deplete as they are consumed. Instead of increasing each week by a greater amount, have those values increase by smaller amounts daily based apron consumption. Maybe I'm over thinking it, but weed is a lot like coral. They rely on the same things to grow and maintain strong cell structure.1- I do weekly water changes in my tank and replace the minerals used, good coral growth. 2-I water change weekly but maintain levels by dosing nutes, phenomenal growth.