Sump water level

[Peterbuff]

hi I had recently calibrated my sump and overflow and it has been fine the first few days but recently the water level of the sump has been dropping at around a 1/4 inch every hour or so I'm not sure why I keep having to fill the sump up it's a pro clear premier 75 wet/dry, thanks guys

 

[one-fish]

Have you thought about evaporation. I thought I had leaks in my DIY set-up at first, have a 55gal and fill sump daily w/RODI to keep the flow to my liking. Just a thought..

 

[Peterbuff]

Have you thought about evaporation. I thought I had leaks in my DIY set-up at first, have a 55gal and fill sump daily w/RODI to keep the flow to my liking. Just a thought..

I thought About both but I have a towel under my sump and shut off the heater but it still goes down no leaks or anything

 

[one-fish]

Not familiar with your equipment. I would goggle your name of sump if you haven't already. I remember looking for leaks for about a week before figuring out it was evaporation....even added a valve to throttle pumps output bc didn't think it would be so much of a volume. pour in about a half gal every day.

 

[Peterbuff]

Not familiar with your equipment. I would goggle your name of sump if you haven't already. I remember looking for leaks for about a week before figuring out it was evaporation....even added a valve to throttle pumps output bc didn't think it would be so much of a volume. pour in about a half gal every day.

So it's normal for it to evaporate that fast, and add a half gallon of r/o water right

 

[2quills]

My system evaporates 1.5 gallons a day in the winter months and about 1 gallon in summer months.

The smaller the return chamber is the more dramatic the drop in water level is.

 

[Peterbuff]

My system evaporates 1.5 gallons a day in the winter months and about 1 gallon in summer months.

The smaller the return chamber is the more dramatic the drop in water level is.

That's crazy thanks for the help!!

 

[deejeff0442]

I lose at.least a gallon a day on my 90 dt and 30 sump

 

[geridoc]

220 gal display with open top, and I need to replace 3 gallons every other day in the winter, less in the summer.

 

[florida joe]

do you have any filter material on your overflows

 

[beaslbob]

other than leaks and evaporation, it could be some blockage in your drain/overflow. Our tank had a screen on the inner overflow box the would become covered with algae. And the sump would go down very fast until we took the screen out and cleaned out the algae.

my .02

 

[beth]

Moved to Equipment forum. Aquarium is for off-topic.