How often does your ato turn on?

[Terri Caton]

I live in the high desert and go through almost 10 gallons a week! Rimless tank.

 

[Saltyreef]

No issues. 5g x 7days =35 gallons week. The tank 550g another prob 100g in the sump . 650 total, so that about a 5% change a week. Since I change out about 10% a week with a water change, its easy to correct any drop that is noticeable on the refractometer. I keep my tank at 1.025 and when adding new water I mix it to 1.026 or 1.027.

Makes sense with that much volume of water in your system. Good stuff!!

 

[Cerberusfish]

I've got the tunze osmolator nano on my 75 (wanted something good but couldn't afford the full version) and it kicks on for a few seconds at a time every minute or 2. It's got me paranoid that something is leaking somewhere I can't see. Is this normal? It has only been on there for about a week so I marked my salinity and now I'm going to watch for a decrease.

 

[MERKEY]

Great question. This should be a poll. Mine turns on every 10 minutes or so. Super annoying.

Do you have a lid?

 

[MERKEY]

I have a 80 gallon rimless with 5 gallon reservoir and a aqua gadget smart ato. My reservoir needs to be filled every 2.5 -3 days! Rimless tanks are great but evaporation is through the roof .i was worrying about mold as well in house as well. I finally decided to buy a a sheet of acrylic at Lowe’s for $78.
I cut out feeding holes on each side of sheet . It’s has worked great! 3 days and I have only used a gallon! I do keep a towel near tank so when I do my weekly coral feeding I will take top off to feed .

I didn't even think about mold from evaporation....funny the little things that make total sense and yet are seldom thought about.