Thanks for all the replies. I think I am leaning toward the hydor and maybe running a eheim compact 300.

Exactly what I have and it works great!

I've noticed that as well skimmin, my power cord at times turns off and on by just knocking it's by accident


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Thanks for the help everyone. I went with the hydor and the eheim compact 300 and everything seems to be working good so far. Very easy to setup as well.

...and an SPS frag pak, big spender!

The frag pack was sold to someone else :sad: Waiting to see if another one gets March magicked into existence.

I have three Tunzes and 3 or 4 clients also have them. I am still using my original from 2009. The pump is loud as heck, but it still works. The pumps are cheap to replace, and I really should, but I haven't bothered. I used to run it dry twice a week for 3 years on my old tank, and the pump still works.

Using smart ATO since it came out no issues I clean the sight glass and mounting area monthly. It has audible alarms incase something were to go wrong.
I love the unit and I also heard good things about the tunze

Anyone have experience with the new Pacific Sun ATO? I noticed JL carries it now. It comes in at about $100 less than the Tunze, while also being optical based, and including a pump and even a tube holder for the side of the sump.

Anyone use gravity fed top off from eshopps?