Water loss / evap?
- Thread starter pkstylez
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Yeah sounds legit.. depending how close your lights are to the water, what kind of lights, but also if you got a lot of splashing from the down pipe to your pump.. it's a big reason why a lot of the fancy sumps also have a cover for the intake
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pkstylez
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Bad boy t5 I see humidity on the hood. Should just add 2 gallons of rodi to my sump or will that screw things up?
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RobZilla04
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Look for an Automatic Top Off solution. Tunze 3155 is probably the most popular.
I lose about a 1.5 gallons a day so that is about right. It's a little concerning though that you are seeing humidity on the hood. I'd check into that. Maybe a small computer fan mounted someplace to move that air so you don't have humidity building up like that. If you are seeing humidity on the outside then most likely you are getting some on the inside as well. Just a thought.
ReefkeeperZ
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I lose roughly 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon a day on my 40b with 55g sump I do have very high surface turnover in both my sump and tank so that sounds about right, it's always worse here in the winter when the air is dryer. it'll drop come summer.
mcgyvr
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IF you don't have an ATO (auto top off) system yet then you simply place a mark on the side of your sump in the return section to mark the normal water line.. Then you top off manually as often as you want with RO/DI water to keep the water at that level..
1G in a 120G every 2-3 days is actually really good (low).. Some people could loose 2+G a day on a tank that size..
As stated people will typically add an ATO system to avoid manually topping off daily..
CRJ
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No problems there, but humidity on the hood tells me the rooms humidity is high, so keep an eye on room humidity as it can cause water damage to walls, windows and furniture/flooring. As stated, you are seeing low evaporation for the tank size, which also says the room humidity could be too high. when its near freezing outside I keep my house at 40-45% relative humidity.
Keep in mind that the amount of water lost to evaporation is a function of many things. The amount of surface area exposed to the open air and the relative humidity of that air and two major factors. The evaporation rate from my system declines by about a third during the more humid Summer months. Even though I keep the RH inside my house at 50% in those months, it is typically under 35% in the Winter. Right now, my 65 gallon ATO reservoir lasts about 10 days.
Indymann99
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my basement 120g evaps 1.5g per day. Your evap seems LOW... indicates your room humidity is HIGH... might want to check that
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pkstylez
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Dmorty217
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Yes it will cause things to start molding... Very bad
