Ato and alkalinity satablity. Wow.

[mb167204]

So I’ve always manually topped off my water with all my tanks. Never could justify spending 200 bucks on the tunze ato. I ended up sucking it up and buying it do to live getting busy.

I have to say I am so ticked I didn’t get this thing earlier. First off just for the shear fact of not having to lug a 5 gallon jug over my tank to inadvertently spill on my floors is worth it. But something that I didn’t expect was the stability I’m seeing. I expected the obvious stability in salinity but I guess never thought about the other parameters. Since using the ato my alkalinity and calcium have been rock solid. They don’t budge at all. Everything in the tank just looks happier and overall I’m so glad I purchased this thing.

 

[Spdstr280Z]

Right there with you, added a Tunze to a new tank, doesn't even have life in it yet, and I can't believe I've been doing this for years without one. I owe some animals an apology.

Jason

 

[dede]

I have to agree with you here, wish I had bought mine sooner too for the same reasons.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

For folks to understand the extent of this effect, here's a typical correlation between specific gravity and alkalinity, where the effect is caused purely by evaporation:

sg......alkalinity in dKH
1.0280...... 7.40
1.0277 ...... 7.32
1.0274 ...... 7.24
1.0271...... 7.16
1.0268...... 7.08
1.0265...... 7.00
1.0262...... 6.92
1.0259...... 6.84
1.0256...... 6.76
1.0253...... 6.68
1.0250 ...... 6.60
1.0247...... 6.52
1.0244...... 6.45
1.0241 ...... 6.37
1.0238 ...... 6.29
1.0235...... 6.21
1.0232...... 6.13
1.0229...... 6.05
1.0226...... 5.97
1.0223 ......5.89
1.0220 ......5.81

 

[Cory]

My amazament came when i added limewater .