Plans for a DIY top off
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viper_930
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I use a 5 gallon water jug, some airline tubing, a check valve, and a strong air pump. The air pump forces water through the check valve into the sealed water jug. The increasing pressure then forces the water from the jug through airline tubing to drip into the sump. Also a good way to add kalk at the same time.
maelv
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Originally Posted by ninjamini
Does anyone have plans and a part list for a DIY top off? I hate dumping in a gallon at a time.
Ninja....I do have plans that I found....e-mail me, and I can send them to you...
ismael.velez@bcdtravel.com
Does anyone have plans and a part list for a DIY top off? I hate dumping in a gallon at a time.
Ninja....I do have plans that I found....e-mail me, and I can send them to you...
ismael.velez@bcdtravel.com
hurt
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Here is a picture of mine. It's 15 gallons total when I use the two buckets, but usually I just use the 5g acrylic resivor with float valve. No relays, switches, or anything else to worry about. It is simply a gravity feed Kalk ATO. Drips at the exact rate water is evaporated, it does not flush like some ATO's do.
I just had a 5 gallon acyrilic tank made to my dimensions. I would have used a 10 gallon glass, but I had only 8 inches clearence behind my tank. I simply ordered two adjustable float valves. The bottom of my ATO sits on the top of my sump. The float valve sits in the sump and adjusts the water as used. You can also see another float valve in the top of my ATO. I use this when I hook up the other two buckets if I leave town for a week. Works great, extremely simple, cost me $28. If I used a 10g glass tank it would have been $15.
I just had a 5 gallon acyrilic tank made to my dimensions. I would have used a 10 gallon glass, but I had only 8 inches clearence behind my tank. I simply ordered two adjustable float valves. The bottom of my ATO sits on the top of my sump. The float valve sits in the sump and adjusts the water as used. You can also see another float valve in the top of my ATO. I use this when I hook up the other two buckets if I leave town for a week. Works great, extremely simple, cost me $28. If I used a 10g glass tank it would have been $15.
goblin
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This one cost me 6 dollars and works just fine. I havn't had any problems with it.
Top off plans
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scsinet
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Originally Posted by gwh57
Here is one I used when I first started my tank.
This setup is exactly identical to the one I have. The only thing I did different is tie in a pH controller to allow for a high-pH cutoff. The kalk mix goes in pretty quickly with the aqualifter, so it cuts out of the pH starts to spike. I've built several of these and they are all still working great!
Cheap and effective, but you have to know enough about electricity to build the relay unit.
Here is one I used when I first started my tank.
This setup is exactly identical to the one I have. The only thing I did different is tie in a pH controller to allow for a high-pH cutoff. The kalk mix goes in pretty quickly with the aqualifter, so it cuts out of the pH starts to spike. I've built several of these and they are all still working great!
Cheap and effective, but you have to know enough about electricity to build the relay unit.
thegrog
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Here is mine. Has performed flawlessly for over 2 years. Got it feeding into my Ca reactor now for added buffering
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=199059
hope it helps!
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=199059
hope it helps!