Evaporation. 1 gallon a day sound normal...

[darren24]

On a 90G?

Thanks, Darren

 

[wbholwell]

Sounds pretty good to me. I get nearly 2 gallons of evaporation on my 72G daily, with fans. (The drier air of winter w/ gas heat has sped up my evaporation rate.)

 

[glxtrix]

that all really depends on how much water movment you have, temp of tank vs. room temp. I'd say mine evaps around that....maybe more. I dont know now that I think of it, lol. Perhaps I should find that out.

 

[skriz]

Sounds normal. wish I only evaped one gallon!

 

[tnyga]

I was evap a gallon on a 54 a day

 

[xyzpdq0121]

Ya sounds good to me, I have about 1 gal a day on my 40 and about 2 gal a day on my 55...

 

[reefkeeper]

Only one gallon, your one of the lucky ones!!

 

[drnecropolis]

I get about 3-4 a day on that 180 of mine...

 

[darren24]

I will pay closer attention. I work from home and add fresh RO/DI manually whenever I see it has lost some. Maybe I am putting in more than I think. Will measure tomorrow. Seems like I am having to make a lot more since I upgraded.

 

[flyingarmy]

Darren...you definitely need to get a Auto TO system on that new tank. Worry free(ish)!

 

[cameron]

I get about a gallon per day on my 125g tank.

 

[darren24]

Mark you know that I am a "simple man". Automatic anything scares me!

 

[victor626nj]

3 gal a day but my lights are about 3 inches form the top and my temp stays at 78.5 degrees constantly

 

[reefkeeper]

If you build some fail safe protection, you can limit the damage. My auto top off runs on a timer that drives a inline solenoid for the auto top off. You can find all you need to do this on the web.

 

[tim8111]

Darren24;128406 wrote: Mark you know that I am a "simple man". Automatic anything scares me!

You can get an ATO with 2 float switches and a use a 5 gallon bucket. Then you only got to worry about 5 gallons of water not a stream from the RO/DI unit.

The main benefit to an ATO in my book is the salinty never changes. It stays constant, which stability is the most important factor in marine aquaria.

Tim

 

[washowi]

dude i am close to 4g's a day on my 90...

 

[xyzpdq0121]

Darren24;128406 wrote: Mark you know that I am a "simple man". Automatic anything scares me!

Everyone knows I am a CHEAP man... but I hooked up a JBJ ATO unit yesterday it was a) easy as pie. Only took me about 5 min to hook up. and b) something I should have done from the start!!