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Hi there,
Not really new to reefs and fish, but am new to a lot of the "make life easier" technology stuff. On my recent setup(s), I have added some automatic monitoring, and on my 90 an APEX unit. I built a water changing station with an RO unit and 2 - 55 gal plastic (nylon) drums. I plan to run a direct RO line from the RO unit directly to the sump on the 90 gal using a Neptune optical float switch. If I should ever reach high level, I will activate an electrical inline cut off switch. No, I do not plan to incorporate automatic water changes at this time (1. because in my world that is getting a bit too lazy; 2. I like to remove detritus when performing water changes in my bare bottoms as well as my sand bottom aquariums)
My curiosity really has very little to do with the over all system, connection, or programming, which seem very straight forward; however, basic tank maintenance seems to warrant in my mind some discussion. BLUF: When performing water changes, I can never get the fill line exact - the dynamics of adding water from a fill station via a pump and the sump pump pumping water to the tank always results in the water being a bit too high, or a bit low, and yes, on occasion, just right. When performing manual top offs no big issue - adjust to salinity.
So , question to those who either do auto water changes or auto top offs (using float (level sensing)), what are you doing to keep your levels "just right". My assumption would be to slightly adjust the float height at each water change, but am always looking for the better mouse trap??????
Thx!
Scott
5 different tanks to many different equipment packages to list for this discussion
Not really new to reefs and fish, but am new to a lot of the "make life easier" technology stuff. On my recent setup(s), I have added some automatic monitoring, and on my 90 an APEX unit. I built a water changing station with an RO unit and 2 - 55 gal plastic (nylon) drums. I plan to run a direct RO line from the RO unit directly to the sump on the 90 gal using a Neptune optical float switch. If I should ever reach high level, I will activate an electrical inline cut off switch. No, I do not plan to incorporate automatic water changes at this time (1. because in my world that is getting a bit too lazy; 2. I like to remove detritus when performing water changes in my bare bottoms as well as my sand bottom aquariums)
My curiosity really has very little to do with the over all system, connection, or programming, which seem very straight forward; however, basic tank maintenance seems to warrant in my mind some discussion. BLUF: When performing water changes, I can never get the fill line exact - the dynamics of adding water from a fill station via a pump and the sump pump pumping water to the tank always results in the water being a bit too high, or a bit low, and yes, on occasion, just right. When performing manual top offs no big issue - adjust to salinity.
So , question to those who either do auto water changes or auto top offs (using float (level sensing)), what are you doing to keep your levels "just right". My assumption would be to slightly adjust the float height at each water change, but am always looking for the better mouse trap??????
Thx!
Scott
5 different tanks to many different equipment packages to list for this discussion