ATO and Dosing From Remote Location

Tuffloud1 · Jul 18, 2019

I’m currently planning where my equipment is going for my 265 gallon in-wall build.

To free up space under the display tank, I want to have my ATO reservoir and dosing containers in a separate room. The tubing wouldn’t be longer than 15 feet and would go through the floor into the crawl space and then back up into the sump area. I have a Tunze 3155 for ATO and Apex DOS for dosing.

Anyone have success doing something like this?

reefwiser · Jul 18, 2019

The dosing pump works this well like this. The Tunze pump is not great at this. Dosing pumps push water. A pump need a lot of power to push head pressure.

Silver14SS · Jul 18, 2019

I think the Tunze is rated for whatever the length of the included hose is, adding @rvitko to keep me honest

If sticking with a remote ATO reservoir and it's too great of a distance for the Tunze, Spectrapure "LLC- UPLC- ATO is capable of pumping liquid to a level of 60 feet above the pump itself or 300 feet horizontally. "