Automatic Top Off

DrPeaches

DrPeaches

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I need suggestions for an automatic top off system. There are so many available, I don't know which way to go. I need something I can run from a reservoir since I have no desire to run a water line to my tank. And does anybody here topoff with kalk? My pH drops overnight from 8.2 to 7.9. I don't think that's such a terrible drop, but kalk would cure that little problem.

Guide me, o wise ones.
 
http://www.tunze.com/index.php?id=149&L=1&C=US&user_tunzeprod_pi1[predid]=-infoxunter036

they are pricey but very good. if you look at the next page of the link they have the reservoir which a calcium dispenser can be attached for dosing. the only problem i had was the optical sensor took a time to adjust. roger and dave recommended to wash it with soap and water and be patient. also micro air bubbles close to the sensor can distract it's normal operation. ramiro
 
i would suggest the liter meter 111 / i have 1 topping off 3 different tanks from 3 dif. resivours . dose kalk 24/7 in 1 of them it is a bit pricey but rock solid, worth every penny IMO :rollface:
 
I'm looking hard at the dosers since I could also automate the delivery of A-B. I need something where I could leave the house for at least a couple of days without finding a tank babysitter. And since I don't have much room left in my cabinet, I'm really limited on options.
 
Running a doser to deliver your two part during the night ( have it dose smaller amounts over the course of the night vs one large dose) would solve your pH drop and the AB unit wall mounts and can draw straight from the containers.


I like the AT-1 for top off. No electricity in the sump with this unit as it uses a air pressure switch.
 
How do you do the automatic dosing of the A-B when the B has to be shaken? Don't you get a concentration of what settles the the bottom and have problems with lines clogging from the buildup?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8084261#post8084261 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crpeck
Don't you get a concentration of what settles the the bottom and have problems with lines clogging from the buildup?
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Nope.
 
Then why ... by the time I get down to the bottom of a bottle of Part B, is it usually full of clumps and crumbs.

Does the B-Ionic product do better without being shaken? I've been using the Kent. I would love to automate dosing.
 
i have a reef doser twin by aquamedic. i dose a and b as well and the only build up i see is at the end of the part b tubing. i just squeeze the end and its clear again.
 
Steer clear of the Aqua Medic SP3000. It has big problems which have lead to a couple very *close* calls with regard to overflowing my sump.
 
I've read that's a pretty good unit as long as you disable the annoying little beeper that blairs while the tank is filling. It seems that all you have to do is stab it right in the speaker with a straight pin.
 
Doc where is the speaker located on this stupid thing.
It works just as advertised but the beeper is getting annoying real quick.
You can't see it from the front panel, but I'll find it and when I do.....
 
I haven't ever seen it, but somewhere I saw that it's just a small plastic cylinder with a hole in the middle. Just insert a pin in the hole and stab it right in the voicebox. (just make sure it's a speaker and not a capacitor)

They might also have a schematic on the company's Web site.
 
The web site says to just break it off the circuit board.
Seems drastic.
I think I might try and silence it without destroying it then if I ever want it to make noise again I don't have to solder
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8074214#post8074214 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DrPeaches
I need something where I could leave the house for at least a couple of days without finding a tank babysitter. And since I don't have much room left in my cabinet, I'm really limited on options.
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I guess we need to set up a tank babysitting cooperative! When someone goes away for a couple days another club member tanksits! And then has someone sit in for him/her when they're away! And who said this was a tankless job!

But you guys would drink my booze!

"I put the vodka in the tank, man.... I read about it on Reef Central"..... yeah, right!:bum:
 
Gott sei Dank Kermit's Reff akzeptieren Kreditkarten!

I thank Him that online vendors except yours so readily.

I'm trying to find its limits.
 
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