Reliable ato

[rope33]

Whats the most reliable ato for $100. I have a 75g dt with a 75g sump in the basement pumping up to dt. I also have my ro/di unit in the basement filling a 55g drum next to my sump. Thanks

 

[natas]

I personally like the avast marine ato. I have for each tank I own. They require very little maintence and have multiple options for hooking up.

 

[shifty51008]

A little more but tunze's ato is great

 

[azjohnny]

Spectrapure UPLCII, a peristaltic pump for a very good price ( $200)

http://spectrapure.com/DOSING-TOP-O...op-Off-System-UPLC-II-Liquid-Level-Controller

never mind, just saw your budget was $100, in that case a JBJ would be ok

 

[ColinAbi]

I would go for the avast ato for 100$ budget. It doesn't use any float switches so less chance of failure.

 

[Johnseye]

Spectrapure UPLC II. I also own the Avast but can't recommend it at this time. They are working on correcting my issue though, so we'll see. I never had a problem with my Spectrapure and Jeremy's support is second to none. Neither Spectrapure or Avast are $100 or less.

 

[ColinAbi]

Spectrapure UPLC II. I also own the Avast but can't recommend it at this time. They are working on correcting my issue though, so we'll see. I never had a problem with my Spectrapure and Jeremy's support is second to none. Neither Spectrapure or Avast are $100 or less.

It looks like avast ato is about 90.00 w/o pump or shipping right?

 

[Johnseye]

It looks like avast ato is about 90.00 w/o pump or shipping right?

The ATO outlet, or controller interface (output) is $90 yes. You also need a peristaltic pump which is another $100 from them. You could go cheap on the pump for $50 instead.

 

[ColinAbi]

The ATO outlet, or controller interface (output) is $90 yes. You also need a peristaltic pump which is another $100 from them. You could go cheap on the pump for $50 instead.

I just used a aqualifter for my pump.

 

[solitude127]

Aqualifter pump works great for low head pressure

 

[ColinAbi]

Aqualifter pump works great for low head pressure

I'm just using it because it is slow for the kalk but it does work good for an ato

 

[Allentown]

My tunze has been bullet proof. So much so that I bought the nano version for my 90

 

[Mayberry]

This works great for $79.99!

http://www.marinedepot.com/Auto_Top...n_Units-Marine_Depot-MD82805-FIDPETPU-vi.html

 

[booyaa138]

Smart ATO. I have this ATO and it works great!

 

[gcarroll]

Coming in at $106 hard to beat. Also Tunze has a great reputation for making quality products.

http://www.marinedepot.com/Tunze_Os...f_Plug_In_Units-Tunze-TZ4114-FIDPETPU-vi.html

 

[Allentown]

Coming in at $106 hard to beat. Also Tunze has a great reputation for making quality products.

http://www.marinedepot.com/Tunze_Os...f_Plug_In_Units-Tunze-TZ4114-FIDPETPU-vi.html

That's the one. It uses a float switch but has a protective sheath over it.

I also own it's big brother which costs $208 and has both and electric eye and a float switch.

Based on the 2 year run of that system, I'm fairly comfortable with the quality of a tunze float switch. I clean it about once a year and it all ways looks like it could have gone much longer without bring cleaned before failure.