|
|
|
#1
12-14-2004, 05:26 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
DIS Auto Top off
Hello any one interested in a DIS (Do it Someone else) I am nervous about doing it myself.
 I would pay for all supplies and whatever the "Builder" has in mind for his/her efforts  . PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I am leaving for my honeymoon in mid january, and really need one before then, but do not really want to put out the $100+  for a plug and play version from aquaria Canada. If someone won't build it for me perhaps they could voluteer to be my coach.  Robb 
|
|
#2
12-14-2004, 07:33 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Top Off
A little cheaper....and they look good, never tried myself, was actually going to use this as a guide to make my own...
http://www.autotopoff.com/products.html Hope it helps Quinn
|
|
#4
12-15-2004, 03:28 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
What's your setup like Robb?
__________________
No matter what the morrow brings, inventors keep inventing things. ----------------------------------- Jonathan ----------------------------------- www.cakerybakery.ca
|
|
#5
12-15-2004, 05:54 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I use a humidifier float valve ... hole drilled in the side on my sump to attach it to and 1/4" line to a gravity fed water storage container ... simple but effective
__________________
Steve “The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.” ― Voltaire
|
|
#6
12-15-2004, 02:33 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I have a 28 gallon bow front aquarium, with no sump or fuge, KISS system, CPR Bak pak 2, 3 powerheads, Coralife 130 watt aqualight. I am looking at the float switch type system, using some sort of pump that would be activated by the switch that would be in some sort of container. I will be upgrading a bit to a 36 x 24 x 24 aquarium in the spring, so something I could switch over to that system would be nice.
|
|
#8
12-15-2004, 02:51 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I don't want to knock your system, but, see if you had a sump, you could have had a 5g bucket and a $5-10 humidifier float valve and you would have had your auto topoff for <$20. Nothing un-KISS about that.
 Float switches and pumps? They work fine, but that's not KISS!
__________________
-- Tony My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
|
|
#9
12-15-2004, 03:07 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
On my 50 gallon FOWLR I built this auto top off system. It is a 5 gallon water jug from Canadian Tire which I tapped a valve into and a humidifier float mounted in the sump to control the level. I used a scrap piece of glass siliconed into the corner of the sump so I would not have to drill into the sump itself (I was concerned about breaking it). I used a dremel tool to make the hole. I had room enough in the cabinet for the water jug. I built a small shelf for it to sit on as high as I could place it so it just gravity feeds. There is also a vent tube on the jug to allow air in as the water drains.
 
__________________
I retired and got a fixed income but it's broke. Ed _______________________________________ 50 gallon FOWLR, 10 gallon sump. 130 gallon reef, 20 gallon sump, 10 gallon refugium. 10 gallon quarantine. 60 gallon winter tank for pond fish. 300 gallon pond with waterfall.
|
Linear Mode
