New guy here......

[Anonymous]

thanks for the help. that helped a lot

 

[IslandCrow]

You've got that right, Mr. X. Over the course of a day, the water level in that last section will go down significantly due to evaporation. Even if the return pump isn't just sucking air, the splash of the water going over the baffles is going to give you a lot of micro bubbles. I prefer that to a flood, though, and an ATO is pretty easy to set up. I lose about a gallon of water a day to evaporation, so keeping up with that manually just isn't very practical, not to mention when I go out of town.

 

[mr_X]

i just got home from work and added 6 gallons :roll: i would have to have a 55 gallon drum next to my tank to go away for the weekend.

 

[IslandCrow]

Yeah, that's quite a bit of water. Some people have their ATO connected directly to their RO/DI, but I'm not entirely sure how that works or if they have it running continuously. Out of curiousity, what do you do if you go away for a weekend? Does someone have to go to your house and top off your tank every day?

 

[mr_X]

yep. i beg "shavo" to go feed my critters and fill my sump :wink: