What's the best way to deal with evaporation?

[Leafy]

There must be a better method then just added ro water every night...

[jasonchi]

have you tried top-off switch that they usually sell with ro or ro/di system. I got the Kent Marine topoff switch, it works like wonder. jason

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[Schottman]

or set up a kalk drip in your sump for like 1/2 gallon a day or whatever you need!

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[tane]

or get a nurce from www.aqualan.to

[Iron Crab]

I've ordered a few electronic float switches along with my sump that will sense when water is needed that will draw it from a RO holding tank. Since the holding tank will be in a closet behind the tank with the piping coming through a hole where an outlet use to be- all I have to do is figure out how to get the RO water from the holding tank in the basement to the one in the closet. There's always something. Bill

[skipm]

I put a Kent float valve in my sump hooked to a Rubbermaid container filled with make-up water. This system has never given me any trouble and it maintains my water level in the sump at the same height. Skip

[myreef]

I am doing exactly what skip is doing. Kent float valve in my sump to a 20 gallon rubbermaid container. The container is higher than the sump so I let gravity do the work for me. I can go out of town for about 10 days, if I have to and not worry about it! HTH

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[jlazo]

zAll i did for my 20l is use a 2 litre plastic bottle, ran an airline down into my canopy and sump, attached a simple aquarium gang vavle, (the type used for air-pumps), see website for a pic. with this I can easily adjust flow. This seems to work out for my small set-up.
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[MartyD]

You can buy this float switch for about $15 at Graingers Supply Co. if you have one in your area.

Marty

[Bamm Bamm]

Iam lazy I but i just top it off every couple of days on both my tanks..I will be setting up a few Kalk drippers on both tanks eventually..I made them just haven't quite figured out where I am gonn aplace them to keep them out of sight..Plus i don't like the rubbermaid containers i used so I need to find a few other with a tighter lid on them..Dan

Oh I used a IV dripper on one and a simple needle valve you can buy at any lfs for like $0.50

[SPASSE]

Leafy,

I think the nurse that Tane recommends is the best solution.

Float switches can stick…

I plan on getting one of these after my upcoming move.

Regards,

Scott

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[G]

I use float switch made by spectrapure! Works great and cheap too!

[Baywatch Babe]

Originally posted by Bamm Bamm:
..Plus i don't like the rubbermaid containers i used so I need to find a few other with a tighter lid on them..Dan

Dan, how about using a 5 gallon water container and IV drip set? The water container has airtight lid and the container itself is transparent. [img]/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

[Baywatch Babe]

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