Why im evaporating that much?

[Notsolostfish]

It might be a stupid question. But my redsea aro allow me to see how many times it ran. And i can see it ran once every hour. Sometimes it runs twice hourly. My basement is unheated so it hits on 25%-30% humidity. And 59-61F temp. Its a 150G is that normal? Salinity still 1.026 as of this morning

 

[TX_REEF]

25-30 humidity is quite low, high evap doesnt surprise me. My 90 gallon systems lose ~1 gallon per day generally, more if the HVAC is drying the air out more than usual

 

[shakacuz]

if 59-61F, you might be evaporating more because your heaters are trying to adjust/keep the temp at whatever temp you have it set to. outside of this, i'm not sure what could cause more evap for your tank as the bigger tanks tend to evap less(but require more top off) because of the higher water volume.

 

[BryanM]

My new tank I had to adjust how my ATO worked, it was coming on every 2-3 minutes. Its now scheduled to run for up to 5 minutes every two hours.

 

[drewzaun]

In my 210 in my living room I can go through 5 gallons of water in as little as 2 days in the winter.

Before I got this system everyone complained about static electricity all winter. My reef has saved me the expense of adding a humidifier to my hvac system lol

 

[DatReefGuy]

This legit ran through my head the other day. My guess is that it's more dry in the winter so the air will pull more moisture from your tank.

 

[rhitee93]

My 120 gal evaporates a little over a gallon a day in the winter. The 65g I setup for my mother goes through almost as much.