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07-05-2006, 03:07 PM
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My 40G evaps close to 5G a day when its this hot.
 I picked up an Auto-Top-Off off of AB Aquatics. It works great and best of all its only $50 tax in. Add an old powerhead and a small length of tubing (everyone has these lying around) and an empty 5G salt pail and you are good to go. You still have to top off the bucket everyday but the tank level and params are more stable this way. http://www.abaquatics.com/ Last edited by muck; 07-05-2006 at 03:11 PM. 
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07-05-2006, 03:11 PM
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Wow! Maybe I am just "lucky". I don't need any fans blowing across my water, maybe that helps reduce evaporation.
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07-05-2006, 03:12 PM
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2. The fans are the biggest contributor to evap. 
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07-05-2006, 03:20 PM
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Yeah probably with my big surface area of water because of my big sump, I don't need the fans for cooling. And yes it is in the basement.
I had a 110 and 50 with no sumps in a second story apartment during the summer and don't remember high evaporation though, but again, no fans across the water at all, my lighting was seperated from the tank so there was little/no heat transfer. The salinity swings without auto-top off of 10% evaporation per day must be pretty significant?
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07-05-2006, 03:27 PM
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07-05-2006, 03:29 PM
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Thats not too bad at all.
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07-05-2006, 03:42 PM
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I get about a 0.01 - 0.015 swing with SG it seems.
If i can get these lights hung from the ceiling (or raised higher with wood or something) then i THINK i will be ok ... i am thinking maybe another 4" or so. anyways, i will look into that top off system. Gonna Need something but at least it will be a help!
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