Hydor smart level.
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Silly clownfish
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I have 2. One works well in the return section of the sump for my 75g. The area is small enough that I. An use an aqua lifter for the pump and am adding a small amount of top off a few times a day. Note that if the lines for the aqualifter get clogged, it can slow the flow rate enough to set off the alarm, so I try to clean the lines every few months.
For the 75 g, I use 2.5 gallon top off containers and they last about 5 days, so I am topping about a half gallon/day.
The other I tried to use in my sumpless 30g. This really does not work of me. Since I do not have a small sump area to use for the sensor, it needs to be in the main tank, so the water level in the entire tank needs to drop about half an inch to trigger the ATO on. This is more top off water than I really want to add at one time, particularly since I top of with kalk. Also, it took some math and trial and error to get a pump setup that could fill the required amount in under 10minutes, but not so fast that it overfilled.
In the 30g, I only use this ATO when I am on vacation, and only with plain RO. Other times I manually add about a quart/day with a drip container.
When the unit on my 75 dies (it is about 4 years old), I will likely replace with the apex version since I now have an Apex controller, which I did not have when I got the hydor.
For the 75 g, I use 2.5 gallon top off containers and they last about 5 days, so I am topping about a half gallon/day.
The other I tried to use in my sumpless 30g. This really does not work of me. Since I do not have a small sump area to use for the sensor, it needs to be in the main tank, so the water level in the entire tank needs to drop about half an inch to trigger the ATO on. This is more top off water than I really want to add at one time, particularly since I top of with kalk. Also, it took some math and trial and error to get a pump setup that could fill the required amount in under 10minutes, but not so fast that it overfilled.
In the 30g, I only use this ATO when I am on vacation, and only with plain RO. Other times I manually add about a quart/day with a drip container.
When the unit on my 75 dies (it is about 4 years old), I will likely replace with the apex version since I now have an Apex controller, which I did not have when I got the hydor.
Using the Coral Box ATO for 5 months, uses an infra red primary sensor and a float backup, includes pump, and has a warning system when ATO is low. can be ordered with extra sensors, $100 bucks in Canadian, Amazon delivered.
Has run flawlessly for about 6 months now. Very Happy...
Has run flawlessly for about 6 months now. Very Happy...
Scott07
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I've been using it for about a year and a half on my 65. The sensor is mounted in the return section of my sump, and I'm also using an aqualifter. You'll have to modify the one prong of the plug if using a pump like the aqualifter that has a polarized plug. Not a big deal if you have a dremel tool or something similar.
Zero issues so far. It hasn't done anything other than operate as expected.
Zero issues so far. It hasn't done anything other than operate as expected.
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