DIS Auto Top off

[RobbAdams]

Hello any one interested in a DIS (Do it Someone else) I am nervous about doing it myself. :redface: I would pay for all supplies and whatever the "Builder" has in mind for his/her efforts :smile: . PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I am leaving for my honeymoon in mid january, and really need one before then, but do not really want to put out the $100+ :eek: for a plug and play version from aquaria Canada. If someone won't build it for me perhaps they could voluteer to be my coach. :wink:

Robb

[Quinster]

A little cheaper....and they look good, never tried myself, was actually going to use this as a guide to make my own...

http://www.autotopoff.com/products.html

Hope it helps

Quinn

[medican]

Quinn....

I run those float switches, its been about a year now.

There great have never failed


Richard

[Canadian Man]

What's your setup like Robb?

[Buccaneer]

I use a humidifier float valve ... hole drilled in the side on my sump to attach it to and 1/4" line to a gravity fed water storage container ... simple but effective :smile:

[RobbAdams]

I have a 28 gallon bow front aquarium, with no sump or fuge, KISS system, CPR Bak pak 2, 3 powerheads, Coralife 130 watt aqualight. I am looking at the float switch type system, using some sort of pump that would be activated by the switch that would be in some sort of container. I will be upgrading a bit to a 36 x 24 x 24 aquarium in the spring, so something I could switch over to that system would be nice.

[RobbAdams]

Oh and the system is in my living room so having a container above the aquarium is not an option. It would have to be something that would fit in behind, I was thinking of a 5 gallon bucket :mrgreen:

Robb

[Delphinus]

I don't want to knock your system, but, see if you had a sump, you could have had a 5g bucket and a $5-10 humidifier float valve and you would have had your auto topoff for <$20. Nothing un-KISS about that. :razz:

Float switches and pumps? They work fine, but that's not KISS!

[BMW Rider]

On my 50 gallon FOWLR I built this auto top off system. It is a 5 gallon water jug from Canadian Tire which I tapped a valve into and a humidifier float mounted in the sump to control the level. I used a scrap piece of glass siliconed into the corner of the sump so I would not have to drill into the sump itself (I was concerned about breaking it). I used a dremel tool to make the hole. I had room enough in the cabinet for the water jug. I built a small shelf for it to sit on as high as I could place it so it just gravity feeds. There is also a vent tube on the jug to allow air in as the water drains.

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1017top-off-02.jpg

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1017top-off-01.jpg