Evaporation solutions?

[Wingnutt021]

I am looking for an alternative to just refilling the tank with distilled water every morning from the evaporation loss...

Does anyone have any suggestions on a possible drip setup or something similar? Any links to articles or other threads would help.

 

[rbursek]

I drip Kalk to maintain Ca and it takes care of evap.
Bob

 

[ChrisRD]

I find using a Litermeter for evap topoff to be very reliable and failsafe, but there are cheaper solutions - especially for small tanks.

Something like this would be a relatively affordable "fully automated" option:
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~ ... Q4513.html

...but there's a whole slew of auto topoff products to choose from these days, for example:
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_AquariumP ... index.html

One of the cheapest options would be a small vacuum pump like this controlled by a digital appliance timer (the kind that does 1 minute intervals). I've used these to topoff small tanks and feed ca reactors and they seem to work well, although they often need to be replaced after a year or two of continuous use and can't handle much vertical head pressure...

Do a search on the board and you should turn up a bunch of info.

HTH

 

[rbursek]

Dripping Kalk is one of cheapest solution. I set up the timer and Tom's Aqua lifter pump only becase I could never get the drip rate to stay constant.
Bob

 

[Anonymous]

rbursek-I love your sig line :lol:
(sorry for the threadjack )

 

[Snappy]

I use a dosing pump and in case the float switch fails I also have it on a timer.