Mysterious water disappearance

[ctyler85]

So the last 2 days I've been loosing a ton of water. Like 15gallons a day. There's non on the floor. Yesterday I thought maybe the skimmer was blowing out (skimmer is hooked to a drain) but today I lost another 15 gallons and the skimmer seems to be dry like it wasn't blowing out. The only thing that's different is that I just installed an apex and a trident. There's no way the trident uses that much water during t sting is there??

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

What size is the system?

Is anything else run to a drain?

 

[Chortanator]

Is your salinity going up/are you going through a lot of water in your ATO? The air exchange in my home causes a lot of evaporation, and I lose about a gallon a day in my 55 gallon

 

[gbroadbridge]

So the last 2 days I've been loosing a ton of water. Like 15gallons a day. There's non on the floor. Yesterday I thought maybe the skimmer was blowing out (skimmer is hooked to a drain) but today I lost another 15 gallons and the skimmer seems to be dry like it wasn't blowing out. The only thing that's different is that I just installed an apex and a trident. There's no way the trident uses that much water during t sting is there??

If you're losing water through something other than evaporation and topping up with RO water, your salinity would be dropping. Have you checked the salinity?

What is the size of your tank?

 

[Sean Clark]

Has it been hot? I could see 15 gallons a day on a larger system in Florida.

 

[a4edwin]

I’ve heard of 200 gallon tanks with halides loosing 4-5 gallons a day. But 15g for a 265 that seems excessive.

 

[Auquanut]

Just theorizing here. 15 gallons a day X 7 days a week = 105 gallons a week in a 265-gallon tank. That's a lot of water! I can't imagine that between the Trident and evaporation that you could lose that much.

A couple of questions:
Do you have an ATO?
Do you have an AWC?
Do you have anything other than the skimmer going to a waste drain?
How are you calculating that 15-gallon a day loss?

If you're absolutely certain that there isn't a leak, I would suspect the skimmer first regardless of it seeming to be dry. Shut it down for a couple of days or drain it into a very large bucket to test it. Regardless, if you're losing salt water and replacing with RO, your salinity test should already be showing that.

If your SG is staying stable, I'm completely flummoxed.

 

[ctyler85]

If you're losing water through something other than evaporation and topping up with RO water, your salinity would be dropping. Have you checked the salinity?

What is the size of your tank?

Yeah I checked the salinity, down to 33 from 35, I brought the salinity back up. The tank is a 265 gallon

 

[ctyler85]

Has it been hot? I could see 15 gallons a day on a larger system in Florida.

I am in Florida. But the house says at 78 during the day and then 74 when we're home

 

[WVNed]

Sometimes I get a batch of frozen food that causes the skimmer to fill my 5 gallon bucket in an hour after I feed the tanks.

 

[ctyler85]

Just theorizing here. 15 gallons a day X 7 days a week = 105 gallons a week in a 265-gallon tank. That's a lot of water! I can't imagine that between the Trident and evaporation that you could lose that much.

A couple of questions:
Do you have an ATO?
Do you have an AWC?
Do you have anything other than the skimmer going to a waste drain?
How are you calculating that 15-gallon a day loss?

If you're absolutely certain that there isn't a leak, I would suspect the skimmer first regardless of it seeming to be dry. Shut it down for a couple of days or drain it into a very large bucket to test it. Regardless, if you're losing salt water and replacing with RO, your salinity test should already be showing that.

If your SG is staying stable, I'm completely flummoxed.

I do have an auto top of that's fed from a 30gallon reservoir, I'm guestimating 15gallons a day because it drained the ATO reservoir from full to empty in 2 days. I do not have an AWC. The only things going to the drain are the skimmer and Trident waste line. Salinity did take a dive but I got it back in check. I put both the skimmer waste and Trident waste into some buckets to try and see if either of those are causing the issue

 

[a4edwin]

Where is the 30g reservoir located? Did you check to see if there was a leak ther?

 

[ctyler85]

Where is the 30g reservoir located? Did you check to see if there was a leak ther?

In the closet across the room from the tank. As far as I can see there are no leaks

 

[ctyler85]

In the closet across the room from the tank. As far as I can see there are no leaks

Also, the sump was almost empty so I'm assuming it's a tank issue and not an ATO leak issue

 

[a4edwin]

Your best bet is what auquanut said then process of elimination.

 

[a4edwin]

Any updates?