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Most tanks that are not covered tightly seem to evaporate about 1-3% of the tank volume or so every day.
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Has anyone looked into or researched using a home humidifier to combat tank evaporation, especially in the winter time? It seems like that would be a cheaper and easier way than just topping off more often since you can use tap water in a large humidifier.
I used to have one because I have radiator heating in my house and my acoustic guitars would start to warp in really low humidity. I've been considering getting a new one since the old one broke. I'd be interested to see how much it could mitigate tank evaporation.
Good point! But with that setup wouldn't you want to try and keep a stable humidity in the house so your evaporation rate is constant? That way you're adding a consistent amount of kalk across all seasons. The humidity in my house can fluctuate quite a bit between the summer and winter season, so my evaporation rate is significantly higher now than in the summer.In my system, I never thought it was something to minimize since I dosed kalkwasser by ATO, but it is certainly sensible that it might save RO/DI water.
Good point! But with that setup wouldn't you want to try and keep a stable humidity in the house so your evaporation rate is constant? That way you're adding a consistent amount of kalk across all seasons. The humidity in my house can fluctuate quite a bit between the summer and winter season, so my evaporation rate is significantly higher now than in the summer.
Randy I dose kalk in my ATO as well so I don't mind some evaporation. Plus, I keep my humidor down in the basement as well so it is a double win for me! HAHA
@muzikalmatt i am intrigued by your concept of humidifying the whole house to slow down evaporation of the tank. that would be cool, especially for someone who has allergies or constantly wakes up with a dry nose.
corey
I love my Tunze ATO. Been using it for years.FWIW, I just upgraded my sump and in the process changed my ATO from an old DIY version to a Tunze ATO. It works great. No issues with set-up once I Googled a couple videos. It seems to work great. I may change the pump to a solenoid one day, but for now, the pump works.
I have a 230g + 70g sump reef with about 25 gallon evaporation a week and a 320+80 FOWLR that has about 30 gallons evaporation per week. I also have a 240g 1/1 fresh 1/2 salt rodi system and have been trying to figure out how to pump from garage to wall (shared living room one side bedroom other) that I can come down and fill my storage systems. How are you pumping? Is it out with float or???Roughly 30g/week with my 280gDT + 40b.
I have my RODI in the garage and pump it to a 15g ATO container. Fill it about 2x-3x/week.