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11-21-2011, 04:35 PM
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Thanks for the replies! Seems like its more now than it was in the summer, the HOB fuge has made a difference. Won't worry about it for now. Guess I should test the salinity swing though, but I would think it shouldn't be too much. I topped up this morning, so will wait until tomorrow.
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11-21-2011, 04:36 PM
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Your best investment will be an auto top off.
It's the best thing I ever did.
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11-21-2011, 04:50 PM
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11-21-2011, 05:08 PM
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The house is not humid at all and with the onset of winter, my skin says its dry in the house. No fans on the lights, guess I'll be making a ton of water....ah well.
I'll set up an ATO when I get a bigger tank set up. For now, not a lot of effort in maintaining the water levels, but I'm sure that will change once I go bigger hopefully sometime in the next year  . Funny how family tanks, pets, etc are manditory, but no likes to help with the maintenance...same in my house....thankfully my ro unit is in the kitchen 5 feet from the tank so not a lot of hauling to do.
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11-21-2011, 05:10 PM
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See now I would think the other way on that. The smaller the tank the less evap needs to happen to change the salinity. My salinity could jump from .026 to .03 in the matter of a couple hours in this JBJ cube.
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11-21-2011, 05:17 PM
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even my 97 has started losing a ton so my temporary topoff (5g bucket) is not even lasting me 2 days. I did have fans kick on WITH the chiller but have since unplugged the fans and told the chiller to just pickup the slack. This has reduced my evaporation some. I also lowered a powerhead ever so slightly as it was really churning the surface.
I'm manually topping off my tank downstairs with 5g everyday. I can't wait to have that on an auto topoff!
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11-21-2011, 05:19 PM
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I'll check the salinity when I get home as I'm sure the water level will have dropped off. I did test it yesterday before topping off and was at 1.027 and hadn't been topped off since Friday as I was away for the weekend. I keep it around 1.025. I'm doing a water change tonight, hadn't been monitoring it as the tank has been stabilizing over the last bit and am seeing improvements. Will start to monitor and see what the actual difference is....
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11-21-2011, 05:32 PM
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I turned my MP 40 down a bit last night but only because I added a couple of new clowns and a maxi mini, just letting them settle a bit. I had it turned up about 75% for the last month for both surface movement and to clean up the sand.
I really only noticed the increase in the evaporation with the addition of the fuge, cooler temps, and the furnace being on. Over the summer, I topped up every couple of days, wasn't nearly so much. The tank temp is 79-80. Sounds like this is normal. Phew!
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11-21-2011, 05:27 PM
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5 gallons every 3 days.
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