Evaporation

[OsiViper]

How much evaporation do you guys get on average per day here?

Mine seems like almost 1-2 gallons in 24 hours on a 90 gallon. Seems like an awful lot to me.

 

[Nocare]

I usually dump about 5 gallons in every 2 days or so on a 120

Its open top also

 

[OsiViper]

Just seemed like a LOT to me. I've had a 125 gallon fw tank and I don't remember it evaporating this fast..

 

[fishaholic911]

1+ gallons a day on my 90's

I am use to 1 gallon a day on a 300 gallon tank

They say Tucson is a dry heat LOL

 

[OsiViper]

Yea. I'm almost done setting up my ATO with controller. Have a 5gall reservoir and I thought that would last a while. I lol

 

[kracer1025]

I add about 10 gallons every 2 weeks to my ato for my 180 and a gallon every 2 days on my 46 bow

 

[Chronicj7]

I go through about 5 gallons every week on my 40

 

[Gomer]

about 5 gallons a week on my ~55 open top.

 

[channingd]

A ton of factors go in to play when it comes to evaporation. Surface movement, surface space, ambient temp, tank temp, ambient humidity, using glass top or not.

I go thru 5 gallons every 3 days on my 210.

 

[Osteopth]

I have no idea how much I go through. I run my RO/DI to a float valve in my 20 gallon auto top off tank, then I have a tunze osmolator that keeps the DT level perfect with a safety backup float switch.

The float valve in the auto top off tank doesn't have to deal with snails or salt. If it fails it won't affect the DT and I have a leak detector/alarm ($10 at Lowes/HD) next to it so I can catch any leaks early.

Automation with redundancy for your redundancies is the way to go!

 

[Sapien]

1-2 gallons a day here. The air is thirsty. I have a 32 gallon Brute trash can in the closet behind my tank with a Reef Angel controller for top off. Don't usually have to worry about anything, unless i forget to fill the trash can every couple of weeks.