Booms cube-80

[Boomboy]

if you spend the money on more expensive ones, im sure it is fine, its great to have an ato, save alot of the time and frusteration keeping the salinity in check.

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Boomboy

if you spend the money on more expensive ones, im sure it is fine, its great to have an ato, save alot of the time and frusteration keeping the salinity in check.

I don't regret adding the Tunze ATO my system... saves me daily work on the tank of having to top off... I'll take the risk of it getting stuck on, if it saves me that work.. Plus my skimmer skims better without the fluctuation in water level, I've also noticed the corals look better.

[Skimmerking]

here is a no brainer for ya if your sump isnt drilled for it
get a piece of glass and drill a hole 5/8" and make sure that it will fit in the corner of the sump
And get a float switch and have it connect to your RO unit and then you dont have to worry about the water over flowing or put it on a tub say like 2-3 gal if you are the nervous type.
I like it on the RO unit my salinity never goes up or down.

I have been running one eversince i got into the hobby. April 02 and it hasn't failed me yet

[rattler]

yea, a normal entry level ato unit can fail. I bought a bulk reef system ato with a timer (for a second fail safe). This has been running for three months with out a failure or hiccup !!

I'm sold!!

Cheers!

Geoff

[banditpowdercoat]

If you wire up 2 floats, one that is in water that controls whatever ATO you choose. Then the other, is a HIGH LEVEL that will shut it all down. Thje high level will NOT be in the water, so wont get salt creep or buildup. Will allways be ready and working. My ATO consists of a $20 Omron timer and 2 floats, all from ebay. Works great and never had a problem.

[Boomboy]

i have the one from BRS, and it works great, i also have it on a timer just incase, i would easily spend 200 bucks on a more expensive one, but tried to keep the cost down by buying this one. works great for me, the problem wasnt the ATO it was the drain it clogged, i really need a better pump like a QO6000 but i cant get one at the moment as in saving money, and needing a new computer for school in september. priorities i guess, thats what the wife says. hahah no kidding, im smart with my money too, thats why i spend it all on the tank

[Boomboy]

so im having some issues with micro bubbles, and im at the point where they are starting to annoy me, are there any quick fixes that people find in keeping the bubbles to a minimum. ive got my fuge flowing back into the skimmer section and have filterfloss between the glass dividers any other tricks or something i can do to help reduce the bubbles. also the water doesnt drop more than 1" over the last baffle and the intake of the pump is about 5" underwater. i will take a picture later so you understand my setup better.

edit- im also having a problem getting my surface to flow into the overflow, im getting alot of it just going around in circles to the point where i can clearly see it going around. ive redirect my outputs around but it doesnt seem to want to flow into the overflow, any ideas there would be helpful also.

[Boomboy]

i know i havent updated in a LONG time, the tanks been running for 4 months now, got a few new fish, and added more rock to the display looks more natural now than it did before. got a few more zoas also, will get pictures up later battery is charging, also picking up 2 new kitty's tonight, they are 6 weeks old, i will post pictures of them also because come on who doesnt think kittens are cute.